Marching on

This month has been holed up inside climbing. Confidence feels at a low for now. Motivation to go outside isn't the highest it has been but it is there. Mostly in part to the weather. It rains then is sunny and right when the outside areas are starting to become dry, it dumps again. Case in point at Castle Rock yesterday with Sue and Will. Wet rock simulates humid summer conditions. You touch the wall and it feels dry. As soon as you put pressure on holds they seep.

We were careful not to pull out as so not to break any fragile holds (sandstone you pull down, not out). Some thing were saturated with water. Parking Lot rock for one. It's weird seeing no chalk up high on it. Probably what it looked liked years ago. Minus all the breakage that has come with time and traffic.

But it was a reminder that climbing is climbing, even with repeats. Even if you don't do anything new that day but still got up stuff after being indoors for a couple weeks, I call that a success. So if you're in that cycle of being indoors because of weather and it's got you feeling down, you'll be out of that hole soon enough. Don't get down on your self for feeling weak or like a punter (PUNTER: (n.)(v.)(adj.) to fall off things repeatedly you could do easily before. Similar to CHUFFER).

Hopefully this period of rains stops for three more weeks bring dry conditions back to the Bay Area. It's probably also a good thing the members of Bridges will have some new problems for four weeks starting next week in the North Corridor. New sets going up every Tuesday for the next four weeks (as far as I can see in the schedule). Hopefully Mortar Rock dries off enough to be able to climb on it.

Here's hoping!

Thanks for reading!

High and dry on Deforestation (V10) in Febraury

It's so wet