Good day....Bad day

Last week, Chris, Matt and I headed up to the wonderful "Bavarian" Village of Leavnworth, Washington for some climbing. Overall it was a good trip...fun routes, good boulder problems, and fun filled epic day on a "Diagonal" a Fred Becky route that had me wanting my mommy. But by far the best part was bringing home some poison oak! Yes for the second time in three months by body is covered in a lovely red rash. Its got me feeling run down and tired, but I have carried on to do fun stuff, such as hitting up the skate park with the boys.

Two weeks ago, my long board proved a bit too cumbersome for the skate park, so I invested some of my hard earned funds in a fine looking stick, which I still can't ride, but makes the park fun, and allows me to do more fun stuff with the boys.

Summer has finally arrived in the Northwest, for the most part the skies have been clear,aside from some haze (thanks to wildfires in California)and a bit of humidity, things have been perfect.

I took advantage of this yesterday by heading up to Carver with Chris to get a few projects off of my back. For the past two months I've been working my ass off in the gym (or at home) even though I've stopped the business of posting my work outs, doesn't mean that I've been slacking off. I don't normally have good climbing days outside, I always seem to puss out and not go for it. I'm happy to report that I bucked that trend yesterday. I actually used redpoint techniques to dial the moves that where giving me trouble on Rubicon (5.9). After 3 redpoint attempts I have finally put it to rest. Chris being the great climbing partner that he is didn't allow me to puss out again, so we moved down the crag to New Generation(5.8+) a route that has always given me a hard time. I hadn't been on it in almost a year, and I've never tried to lead it. I won't say that I wasn't a little freaked out, but I pulled through it to the run out section and gunned it to the chains.

Though not a difficult as Rubicon, it meant more to me, and I couldn't help but yelp with joy when I clipped the chains. I forgot for a moment that I'm itchy as all hell.

I had today off because I swapped with Jonathan so he can head home to see his dad. It was my plan to clean a boulder problem which may or may not have been done. However, when I woke up this morning with a raging headache, which soon had me on my knees in the bathroom floor pucking my guts out this morning. Needless to say, today took the form of a rest day. Chopper and I watched 300 and chilled on the couch all day. So not such a bad day I guess.