Victory is mine!

I went climbing both yesterday and today... a lot of climbing...

Today Mark and I decided to tackle some of our vendetta walls. I actually surmounted one of the ones that has been plaguing my brain for about a month and a half now. I conquered it! I had to jump for about three rocks on different occasions... but I made it to the top! I was so happy when I touched the top rock and could let go of the wall to be let down. I now have a new vendetta wall, it basically goes up about 10 feet and then jets out at a 90 degree angle for about 6 feet and then goes straight up at a 90 degree angle from that another 15 feet. I can make it just to the second flat part, but can't get over the corner.... something to conquer another day I suppose.

I realized yesterday that I am getting some wicked calluses from climbing on a regular basis. I am pretty happy because that means I am getting used to it, and actually going enough to make a difference. I am finding I can do more difficult holds, or hold myself on the wall in certain places longer... but going to failure is coming more and more quickly. Since I am doing harder walls, I am getting stronger but my endurance seems to be going down, so I guess the next thing to work on, my next goal if you will, is doing the harder holds while still having the endurance. Also I am very excited for my shoes to be broken in... I am getting some awesome blisters... oh well, a minor thing when compared to the awesome rush of finishing a climb...