but anyway,
Tomorrow I go to London, and from there France.
I finally feel like I can climb without particularly endangering my finger, I crimped pretty darn hard today on a route at Craggy but didn't feel a thing.
Unfortunately I also discovered my complete and total lack of anything even remotely resembling stamina. I did a 6b or something and a couple of 6a type of routes on the overhang. I then tried a cool looking sloper problem on the front wall and got owned by it.
Fortunately I dont seem to have any particular fear of falling any more, not that I think I was that bothered in the first place - I would prefer not to deliberately take a big fall, but taking one during the course of action doesn't get to me too much either.
I was also rinsed by a 6c problem which was only 14 moves...I counted them...and then I managed to read the route wrong while I was up there. I was dissapointed by this effort because it symbolises, for me, a large backward step in what I was capable of doing.
However, when Ed got on the green sloper problem I had attempted, and cruised up to the point I fell off, I have to say I was a tad jealous. It has been a long time since I have climbed with someone who makes me want to push myself in a competitive manner, I have too long been around people I am not bothered about beating and I think the return to Craggy will do me good.
End of summer aim is to lead a 7a route up the craggy comp wall, this will demonstrate a return to some sort of stamina and also help to train my overhang ability that for too long I have avoided combating.
Cant wait for Font now! Hoorah!
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