It’s devastating how happy Tanjiro is as a House girl.

He doesn’t want to be fighting demons. He wants to be arranging flowers and fixing things and being a useful member of a small mountain community. 😭

Boulder Report!

This week I went climbing three times at three different gyms.

On Tuesday I checked out The Boiler Room gym in Kingston. I was only there for 30 mins but I FLASHED one V1-V3 and sent another slab V1-V3 problem after 5 attempts. I take these sends with confidence and gratitude 😉.

I made good progress on the orange tags (V1-V3) I'm working on at GRR Waterloo on Wednesday. Someone recommended I try the pink tags, even if I don't think I'm ready, so I found the gentlest one in the gym and am projecting that now, too.

On Thursday I took my kid to GRR Kitchener, because school is out and its his favourite place. I really only climbed yellow tags (V0-V1) because I had to keep up with him, but still! Fun to flash. I also tried the Slab-of-the-Week for the first time! And could do the first few moves 🏆.

Do I need new shoes? I want new shoes. Really small ones with itty bitty toes. (Or I can just keep practicing 😅).

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Boulder Report!

This week I made it to the gym five times (Sunday, Tuesday-Friday) and once again FLASHED every new yellow tag (V0-V1) problem. I now use them as a warm up!

I was also able to send a new orange tag (V1-V3) in one session, after five attempts! Does this mean it's soft? Probably, but I'm still proud of myself. My beta involves two heel hooks and a knee bar and feels AWESOME.

A very well intentioned and completely lovely person tried to hype me as I was climbing yesterday, and folks, I almost died from the attention. I really can't handle being a) perceived on the wall or b) praised in any way.

HOWEVER I also had a very fun conversation with another person about technique and style and approaches to progress. They had been climbing for a year and had great advice.

So I'm definitely up for feedback and conversation when I'm off the wall.

Rock climbing is a social sport and I struggle with that, but I'm confident over time I'll get more comfortable participating...