Rest Day Initiative

You can't have a strong climbing day without first having a strong rest day. Some ways to improve your crag and community during those restless rest days, compiled by the boulderProject community.

So which came first; the rest day or the climbing day? Seeing as one always necessitates the other, rest days are an important part of the greater climbing picture. There's no dearth of duties to keep us all busy on those sometimes desired, often dreaded, days off from climbing, that improve the quality of our climbing environments and community. We asked YOU for ideas on how to make the most of a rest day and compiled it here. Some suggestions for that  "not climbing" time during the day-after. Or is it day-before? You decide what's right.

climb some more

anything but sitting on my a$$ all day…go out and help

stretch more

sleep more

eat some chocolate and get a full body massage

scrub off chalk and ticks

pick up trash

trail maintenance

drink more water

get a massage

install a training board

chill out mentally and physically

go skiing

go boating

just be outside

check out this website to see what's up

get the word out about Access Fund and the boulderProject

tell more people about climbing

increase interest in outdoor recreation on my campus

do yoga

drink more water and less coffee

take part in a crag clean up

train

work on personal projects
find the next local area

dream about places to go and climbs to climb

make a tick list

pick up litter that somehow always manages to be found amongst our natural areas

give some lipservice to being green in the new millenium

sew up holes torn in yer trousers

pick up a little trash...

work out

teach others how to climb

rescue tennis balls?

clean up local areas

pick up trash…fast

take a second to look at boulderproject.org or accessfund.org and see what is going on in your local climbing community to get involved, meet new climbers, and lend some help.

go into town and see a movie

edit climbing films

hike in a bag, hike out the trash…you can do it on your climbing days too

make plans to take an enthusiastic beginner out climbing

look for new climbing areas on GoogleEarth

make a plan for building trails to developing crags

volunteer for something

build trails

promote the sport/activity in the most positive way

disengage physically

engage mentally via writing and filming

contact your local climbing organization (LCO) about making a difference locally

rest and read a book

go to work

grow a money tree and give it to the Access Fund

brush tick marks

spot a stranger

scout new problems

slackline...or just slack

volunteer for the Access Fund

do some pull-ups

promote adopt-a-crags

go door to door knocking on doors for $$ to donate to the Access Fund