The past two weeks I have been having a ton of fun competing in fun competitions. My first competition i helped set the routes for the intermediate division at Climb This, this competition took place at the Kenosha Y. For the competition I was in advanced division. The route were a lot of fun and I really liked the moves that were in them. The day of the competition I was feeling good but my forearms didn't agree with me or the rock wall. All of routes we about 5.11-5.13 and all were lead but one. I completed three of my five route that I had to climb and got half way on my final route. Result wise I took second place with a difference of one hold that had points given to it. I was pretty happy with how I did for having a rough day. The day after the competition I came back in and warmed up and went straight in to the routes that I was given for the competition. I flashed all the routes but the final. The final route I got four moves from the top hold. Where I got stuck you can do the move two way, either you can dyno for the next hold or you can grab to edge of the lip on the wall and do a very slow more up to the next hold. The day after the competition I was working on a certain move an a route and I went for the next hold but my hand slipping off and I fell about 12-15 feet. Due to the type of move and where i was located on the doing the move. That helped a lot with my next competition and will do a ton in the long run of things. I spend the next couple days trying to work the last couple move of the final. Thursday I got the last four moves so I went back to the beginning and tried the whole route. I got the the one tricky move and stuck it but got really pumped out right after that.
Friday, the 21st, we headed up to Adventure Rock for the Battles of the Ages competition. I got on some really neat routes there. There was one route that was about a 5.11+ that I had to do a knee bar in order to move my hands up with out falling off the wall. The route was a lot of fun. I really want to do that one again lead, though. For the night I was feeling really good about my climbing. I took second place in the 14-19 year old category. I have gotten a lot more comfortable with take lead falls which has spiked my climbing grades up again. Within the past two weeks I have gotten some new sponsors and have been sending out information for gear to companies that have sponsored me. Recently my coach had surgery on his wrist so he is unable to climb for about 4 months. I have a new climbing partners and he is helping me out a lot as I help him. Along with a new climbing partner, I have a new training program that is a 16 week program for both bouldering and sport climbing. Right now I am doing the bouldering program to help prepare for USA Climbing ABS Season. I have been in the Kenosha News Paper for 3 weeks straight now because of my climbing achievements and how its helping me with everyday challenges. My newest sponsor is KASK Helmets; other sponsors are ClimbTech, So ILL Climbing Holds, Powerbar, and FiveTen Climbing Shoes. Thank you to all the companies who have sponsored me this year and helping me further extend my climbing career. All of the photos are loaded to my Facebook and Flickr and all videos will be loaded to YouTube with in the week.
