Siurana
Since Dave mentioned it too, I should acknowledge that I will be in Siurana for a week. Training went amazingly well for about 2-3 weeks before it, and then died in the past two. Blame work! But such is life (good timing with Dave MacLeod's blog for that matter :), and I'm keen to get out and play on some routes again anyway, it's been months since I was on real routes so it's all good.
If I get a day up at Monstant I'll jump back on the 8b+, L'Mens, again to see how it feels. Who knows, I'm strong enough for it now (I did the moves on it a few years ago anyway) but might be lacking regular sports climbing fitness now for an epic such as this. If not, there's always the route in the photo above to have a go at (again if time and the stars align).
I always struggle a bit to get my head fully into gear after being off 'real' rock for so long. I'm well capable of ticking the routes, but have learned from experience that getting my belief system to the point of doing it can't just be switched on for me. One of the nice parts is recognizing the little things that trip you up at peformance and finding ways to override it. What do you find affects you when going for harder routes? Don't feel strong enough? fit enough? psychological belief about your capability?
Of course, it'll be a week in beautiful Siurana anyway, one of my favourite areas anyway, so it'll all be good!
Happy climbing all :)
C'mon dude - you lovin it? Whats the weather like up there?
ReplyDeleteall will be revealed when I get back and have easy `net access :) but suffice to say, weather was wild for first few days (could not make up mind whether it was baking hot or alpine cold) and that I spent too much of winter bouldering so had no fitness :)
ReplyDeletealways lovin it here though!
Haa! Understood... tell me you put our friend on the main crag to bed though... that should of been sent by us both years ago!
ReplyDeleteyou're going to laugh - the cursed route foiled me again. Not from lack of strength (it's laughably easy moves now) but putting it all together seemed to do it's best to avoid me......funny stuff, I haven't had a proper tantrum at a route in a long time :) Will write it all up on the plane to UK tomorrow morning......
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