Sunday, January 4, 2015

December Post

I went into regionals with the attitude that I would have fun and try to qualify without hurting myself. I climbed zero crimps but still was able to do well enough to make it to divisionals in 5th place. From that point on I was determined to heal up. Despite all the measures I took to speed recovery, a couple weeks later it was time to travel south for some bouldering. I could not climb harder than V1 or V2 and so I originally decided to not go on the trip. After further consideration, I changed my mind, and decided it would be worth it to go anyways. I could not have been more right. We were in Chattanooga from the 22nd to the 30th, and we had a blast! Despite many rainy days, we still got a few awesome days of climbing in. I managed to do many of the area's classic V1s 2s and 3s, as well as the Wave, an awesome V6 that I had wanted to do. Thankfully, it was almost exclusively left handed, which is my non-hurt hand. The rest of the crew, Jeremy, Elan, and Dylan, all crushed and had a blast. I was super psyched to meet a ton of crazy strong climbers too. We met up with some friends of mine from Chicago and had some rainy gym days. We made a ton of awesome memories, and bonded incredibly. Now, it is one week from Divisionals. I am currently climbing V3/4 in the gym. My plan is to progress one grade per week, so long as I remain pain free. I will go into divisionals with the same attitude as I did regionals, and will hopefully have just as much fun.