This Spring
Well, my goal of climbing 5.11 by this spring has faltered. I am struggling to get up them, and can haul myself move by move if need be, but I am really struggling to maintain the finger strength throughout a route. Still, it is a process and I am climbing better than I was this past fall.Went to Austin Texas recently for a conference and ended up flying in a day early to do some climbing in the
Frustrating Past Couple of Weeks
For some reason I have really taken a step backward the past few weeks. I was climbing steadily at 5.10 and working toward 5.11, but now it seems that I struggling to get up pumpy 5.9s and fall often on easy 5.10s. My forearms are really suffering on these days. I know that warming up is crucial to my performance, as is strength and endurance building, but I should not be feeling as weak as I am.
The Quest Continues to 5.11
So I have been climbing a lot with Jonathan, Tyler and Matt lately. Before I proceed, I will give an update of the three:Jonathan - He is my boss and a talented climber. He is also the brother of the first female to climb 5.14 on American soil. She was the fourth woman in the world to climb that grade at the time (the other three had apparently climbed at that level before her but in Europe?).
New Partner
I have recently started a new job, and on my resume I have put a very small line on my personal interests. One of those listed is climbing, which my boss mentioned to me during the interview process. We agreed to go climbing someday and last night was it.Well, he kicked my ass. I now have somone to look up to when I go climbing, and I think that his skills are solid enough to aspire to. For one,
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