Injury and Heat
"Jesus Christ the season is already over"
This is the phrase that has been floating around our minds for the past few weeks, but now the denial and optimism have faded away, and we are left with the harsh reality of 80+ degree days and soul-crushing humidity.
To top off the grueling entrance into the summer months, I have also been quite injured, making everything a little more devastating.
Injury #1 Shoulder : Prevents me from doing any kind of left hand gaston, not to mention holding any sort of lock off on it. Boulders this prevents me from trying: Child of the Storm, Mr. Tricksta.
Injury #2 Tweaked middle finger pulley : Prevents me from closing my right hand on any hold. Climbs this prevents me from trying: Climbs with right hand crimps AKA every f***ing climb in New England!!!
Both there injuries have been consistant for the last two weeks, and show no sign of improving.
ANYWAYS, neither these injuries or the awful weather have stopped us from trying to climb, and I have still managed to do a few new climbs! First we went to Farley, and Brian and I climbed this newish v8 called Three Men in a Mud Hole, which climbs out of a cold cave on cool edges.
The next weekend we went out to Great Barrington and I got on a bunch of new stuff I hadn't tried before. I managed to do two slopey v9's, both of which I don't know the name of. I also did a cool v7 on the probe boulder I also don't know the name of, and a v6 called the Egg on very nice rock. I made a little video of a few climbs we've done over the short spring season, here it is.
https://vimeo.com/126755836
Despite all the setbacks, I am excited to keep on climbing as much as I can, and am already thinking to fall and the nice weather. I am going to try hard this summer, and be ready for fall, I promise.
Maybe everything isn't doomed yet... this weather will probably cool down, and conditions at night look good!
We shall see!
Kai
This is the phrase that has been floating around our minds for the past few weeks, but now the denial and optimism have faded away, and we are left with the harsh reality of 80+ degree days and soul-crushing humidity.
To top off the grueling entrance into the summer months, I have also been quite injured, making everything a little more devastating.
Injury #1 Shoulder : Prevents me from doing any kind of left hand gaston, not to mention holding any sort of lock off on it. Boulders this prevents me from trying: Child of the Storm, Mr. Tricksta.
Injury #2 Tweaked middle finger pulley : Prevents me from closing my right hand on any hold. Climbs this prevents me from trying: Climbs with right hand crimps AKA every f***ing climb in New England!!!
Both there injuries have been consistant for the last two weeks, and show no sign of improving.
ANYWAYS, neither these injuries or the awful weather have stopped us from trying to climb, and I have still managed to do a few new climbs! First we went to Farley, and Brian and I climbed this newish v8 called Three Men in a Mud Hole, which climbs out of a cold cave on cool edges.
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| Brian climbing the Egg v6 |
The next weekend we went out to Great Barrington and I got on a bunch of new stuff I hadn't tried before. I managed to do two slopey v9's, both of which I don't know the name of. I also did a cool v7 on the probe boulder I also don't know the name of, and a v6 called the Egg on very nice rock. I made a little video of a few climbs we've done over the short spring season, here it is.
https://vimeo.com/126755836
Despite all the setbacks, I am excited to keep on climbing as much as I can, and am already thinking to fall and the nice weather. I am going to try hard this summer, and be ready for fall, I promise.
Maybe everything isn't doomed yet... this weather will probably cool down, and conditions at night look good!
We shall see!
Kai
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