Eric Jerome
It has been far too long since I have written a blog post and so much has happened since regionals. The main events I would say have to be my winter break climbing trip to LRC and Rocktown with team, ABS Divisionals, and the Winter Burn which was today. There is so much to write if I go into detail but I will instead attempt to summarize. LRC was amazing. Amazing rock, amazing views, amazing people, amazing climbs. It was all fantastic. My hardest tick of the trip I guess would have to be Red House Extension-V8. I was lucky to climb a lot of super classic boulders and experience some world class bouldering. As for divisionals, they did not go quite as well. I had a really awful day during qualifiers. My nerves kept getting to me and kept me from sending. None of the climbs were that hard but my nerves got the best of me and I ended in 11th by one point, keeping me away from finals. It was a disappointing end to my bouldering season especially because I knew that I was easily strong enough to make top 5. I'm not too bummed considering it gives me a chance to get on ropes and build some endurance. Today, the annual Winter Burn at PRG took place. I had an okay climbing day. I kept hurting myself in all different places but it wasn't a huge hinderance. I ended in second place closely behind Cameron Horst. I also placed 3rd in the pull-up contest with 30 pull-ups. Prizes were lots and lots of Clif bars which I'm pretty happy with. I'm really hoping that the weather can get better and dry up some of the rock near my house so that I can go clean and hopefully climb some boulders.
