The past five days I have been in a training camp going to a bunch of gyms. Friday I was in Bloomington, IL at Upper Limits. For the majority of the day I was lead climbing which I had the best day in about two weeks. Friday I flashed a 5.11 and then completed it two more times. When I wasn't lead climbing I was bouldering. I attempted a V6 and got one hold from the top, I also finished a V3. The V3 was fun because you had to go around this corner, in a swing motion, to this jug that higher than it looked.
Saturday we were in the St. Louis' upper limits climbing gym. We took our belay tests which i passed all of them. We warmed up on a 5.9 lead and then went on to climb the rest of the day on 5.10s or higher. It was another great day of leas climbing because i fell on only one of those 5.10s. Most of the 5.10s i did were roof routes or over hangs. They were a lot of fun because i got to do some crazy moves. One move that i like a lot was a one handed and one footed clip on the steepest part of the roof. The next move was fun and a little painful because i had to go into the splits in order to be able to grab the next rock. Top rope was another good day because I was two holds from the top on a 5.12+. I'm really happy with how I'm climbing because the last couple weeks were rough. Saturday night we stopped by my grandma's house and visited with family. The best part of the night was being able to sit down for a while and watch a movie with my uncle.
Sunday was fun. We got up early and went to my Grandma's house to go fishing in her pond. We were outside for almost 5 hours just fishing. While we were out there we caught maybe in all of 30 fish (bluegill) and I got burnt again. Grandma made lunch for the family at 2pm. So my unlce Robet and aunt came over with my cousins, my uncle Jim, my step-uncle Jim. We all had lunch and stayed inside till 4. We went back to the pond and caught nothing so we went to my uncle Jim's pond and again caught nothing. After awhile we went inside and played a card game that last about an hour and a half. Once everything settled down I stretched for the next hour or so.
Monday was awesome!! We went to the brand new Upper Limits Climbing Gym in West County, MO. The pictures that are on their website don't do the real thing any justice. The wall had a major overhang and a roof. I warmed up on a 5.9 and 5.10 toprope then went to lead climbing. Lead climbing was alot of fun. I flashed two 5.10c and then did them both again three more times. I also attempted two different 5.12s and made it half way up them. for lead climbing I didn't climb anything easier than a 5.10. I stayed mostly on the overhang. The best thing about monday was I could climb really hard routes all day.
There will be a bunch of new photos and videos that I will be uploading very soon. There is a lot of cool ones that look awsome and you should take a look at. Only two weeks til my first comp of the year!! I can't wait, I'm gonna tear it up!!!!!
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