Florin Grama

Age: 34, Years climbing: 18, Hometown: Atlanta, GA, Favorite product: Miura

blog: http://www.fgrama.com

Do you clip bolts, plug cams, stack pads, or crush ice?

all

How long have you been an athlete with La Sportiva?

5 years

What are some of your lifetime climbing goals?

just to be able to climb ... the rest is coming in time

Do you have a claim to fame?

climbing

Do you have any vices?

no

What makes you tick as a climber and in the real world?

the opportunity to learn, teach and explore

What drives you to climb? The money? The groupies? The fame? What?

the climb itself

What is your favorite movie?

The Mission / Pulp Fiction/ Forrest Gump

Do you have any nicknames? Explain:

Mario - I played too much when I was a kid

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? Why?

6 days ... on and off. I got sick from a water bacteria and a bad cold in the Himalayas. Nothing serious :)

If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?

Ala-BAMA - (the way Forrest Gump says it)

What did you have for lunch yesterday?

4 eggs with cheese, one loaf of bread (Ciabatta) one apple, 3 1/2 strawberries (my son got the other half) and one Fruitables juice box (took it from my kids)

If you could hook up a thought monitor to your head, would you see pictures, hear words or would music be playing?

it will be the whole Carmina Burana Opera (in romanian)

What really scares you about climbing?

don't know yet

If your life was made into a movie, what would it be called?

Paralleled Worlds

Where would you live if it could be anywhere in the world?

USA

Have no food or have no gasoline?

no gasoline

Do you wish you had sexier feet?

my right one