vegastradguy
Dec 18, 2010, 6:11 AM
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Registered: Aug 28, 2002
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it's been a weird year for me- its my first focusing far more on sport than on trad, despite my moniker and leanings toward playing on gear. somewhere in my playing on the rock this past spring i decided i wanted to climb 5.12 on bolts and went for it having no idea how exactly to push the envelope, so i picked a project (Fear and Loathing, .12a) and worked it...and worked it, and worked it until i injured myself and ended up taking a month off.
getting back into things, i worked it again, but lost interest after one of many burns, went over to another crag and fired my first .12a on my second go, and less than a month later, my second .12a went (but not fear and loathing) and again i injured myself...*sigh*
a good summer was had, laid up injured, i spent a fair bit of time in the PNW playing on moderate trad and sending harder than i expected in Squish (.11ish) before returning with a vengance to bolts this fall at the Red. No .12s there, but i got strong and FINALLY sent my original project a few weeks ago after my return to the desert and shortly after I managed to flash a .12a with running beta- an excellent day to be sure. definitely not a .12 climber, but i can finally get on them and get up them- getting them clean, of course, is still a project. but my goal was achieved, so yay.
# of Pitches: 400ish
# of routes: almost 300
hardest sport: .12a
Hardest trad: .11ish
oh, and i replaced somewhere around 119 bolts in Red Rock this year with the help of my partner Scott, and an extremely generous donation of bolts and supplies from the American Safe Climbing Association and support from the Las Vegas Climbers Liaison Council.
(This post was edited by vegastradguy on Dec 18, 2010, 6:12 AM)
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