Midwest Regionals 2012

The Saturday before regionals I wasn't feeling to great so we took the day off from climbing. I ended up helping my dad and brother work on the truck. I disconnected the battery, took off the serpentine belt, and removed the alternator. When we got the new alternator I had to put it back in. I had to fight with it a little because either I would be too high or too low. Putting the belt back on was a trick but got it after I figured out what I should have been doing. After that was done I went over to my buddies house and changed the brake pads and rotors. The hardest part was getting the tire off. Sunday we headed to adventure rock and got in a bunch of really hard lead route in before regionals. The route that I have been projecting I got on two more times. I did both times in 6 falls. I was really happy with that because the route always challenged me right at the beginning and then got easier. Monday we had climbing classes so I helped out with that. Wednesday we went to estreet for league and had a lot of fun because it was really nice and was quiet. Thursday I had school and after that we started to pack up for our trip to Road America for super mileage vehicle challenge. Friday we had open climb at the Y and Roan and Spencer came in to climb. They did really good. Saturday the 11th, was Midwest Regionals at Adventure Rock. I got there around 830 to check in then he's to wait till about 11 o'clock before I started climbing. All of the routes I had to do we're done lead climbing. My first route I had was about a 5.11. That route I got to the 3rd quick draw and about two holds passed the draw. It was a fun route just wasn't completely ready for a 5.11 as my first route. My second route was a 5.12+. This route was really sloppy and the start on the route kind of gave the rest of the route away on how it would be. I got to about the 5th hold and made my clip then the next hold was about 2 feet away. I was leaning back to the left with no feet below me. I ended up jumping at the next hold and missed. My arm was over the rope and when I fell I got rope burn on the back of my arm. After I was done I sat down and watched the rest of the climbers climb the routes and watched my brother climb his routes. I didn't make finals but i felt pretty good about the routes that I had to climb. The final for the Youth-A Female was about a 5.13. Both of the Junior and Youth-A Females didnt make it past the 5th draw. Finals was alot of fun because the routes looked really cool. My brother made it to divisionals in both sport and speed in Youth-C. On Sunday I went with my mom, my older brothers fiancee, her mom and sister to go find a dress for their wedding in August. After we did that we went to build-a-bear workshop and got a bear for my older brother and put it in a military uniform. When I got home I had to pack for my trip up to Road America. Monday we went up to Elkhart Lake, WI and ran about 3 runs for our car (6 laps). Our average milage for 6 runs (12laps) was 146.9 mpg. Our highest was 160.25mpg.  We took 4th place for the  two days. All photos and videos for Regionals will be posted within the next couple days to Facebook, Flickr, and Youtube. check them out there are alot of really neat pictures.