
jojomakesdoesclimbs
Climbing and creative blog
One woman (and her dogs) making things, doing things, and climbing things.


The Happiness of Pursuit


Photos of a Cute Dog


A Stuck Key Letter Puzzle Poem


Thighs of the Climber


A Hard Water Stream of Consciousness


40 Hopes for my 40 Year Old Self


I've Always Been Wordy


The Problem With Minimalism


One Year as a Failed Blogger


My Top 8 Sporting Memories


Is Ambition Always a Good Thing?


7 Quotes to Cheer You Up


8 Lessons Learned as a Part-Time Pole Dancer


“If I could time travel, where would I go?”


Backstage at Geneva Airport


Women's Bouldering Festival 2022


The Balance of Power


A Guide to Types of Rock Climbing


Learning To Fall


Advice for New Climbers


To Spray Or Not To Spray? That Is The Question

Setting (Another) Personal Climbing Goal


Training Plans: The Good, The Bad, and The Hip Flexors


My Top 8 UK Bouldering Gyms


Climbing My First 7a Boulder


Repeating the 9c Strength Test


Review of Climbing's First Olympics


A Guide to Climbing at the Olympics


Meet My Current Boulder Project


10 Things I Learned on a Home Climbing Wall


House Update


Household Makes and Restorations


Tour of my New Sewing Studio


Boning, Frogging, and a Pounding Block


Favourite Clothes I've Made


Remaking a Home Climbing Wall


Creatively Practical or Practically Creative?


How To Reuse Old Bedding


Clothes Are Stupid, But I Love Them


From the Lily Pad - the Unexpected Sequel


Hospital Style (and a rant about pockets)


Things We Made For Our Wedding


Making Treasure From Trash


Making Clothes For Myself


Women's Bouldering Festival 2022


Climbing My First 7a Boulder


Meet My Current Boulder Project


10 Things I Learned on a Home Climbing Wall


Spiritual Home: Ode to a Climbing Wall


9c Strength Test


Campus Moves In Climbing


Climbing My First Outdoor Boulder Project