You might surprise yourself

Stacey and I had not been climbing in so long we finally carved out some time to go to the gym. It felt really good to be back. At first I was worried I wouldn’t remember how to belay but it all came back naturally. I guess it’s like riding a bike, you never forget.

Stacey is a great climbing partner, if it weren’t for her I probably wouldn’t have tried a 5.10a. Logically I thought there was no way I could have been away from climbing for so long and slip right back into I where I left off. I had my mind set hat Stacey was going to smoke me (this is becoming a pattern) and I would be stuck back at 5.8 at the most. Stacey pushed me to try 5.9 and then a 5.10 and it took a bit of convincing but I finally did it.

To those of you reading this now, learn from me. You can be our biggest obstacle. Think about that!