Welp! I guess I reached my goal of competing at an event before a year’s time! (7 months in) Last Saturday, I placed 13th and top 3 from my school in my category at the 8th volume of the University Bouldering Series I learned a lot about properly scoping problems and focusing my energy on […]
Hurray, first post of the new year. This year has been great so far! My arm is healing up, my technique is improving, been consistent with 5.9s and most of all I got a customized alpaca chalk pot for Christmas! Yay! (Thanks Angus! 🙂 ) Unfortunately, it’s not really practical but I’m currently using it […]
Ever since my fall, I haven’t been able to boulder without the pts whenever I reach for the last holds. So instead, Angus and I went top roping. I haven’t had so much fun in a long time. It’s weird to transition into it and it’s really different but I’m happy that we were able […]
Today is the first day where I did a blue bouldering problem at True North Climbing Blues are level 3 and moderate problems which require more strength. For all the times I did blue level problems, I was only able to do half way. I’ve never completed any. BUT today I can finally say that […]
http://instagram.com/p/gWVEMbRSls/ Recently, I’ve been trying out new gyms across the GTA. This time, I’m in the geese infested town of Waterloo to visit and have lunch with my prof (my previous supervisor for research). My friend and I went to climb right after his classes at Grand River Rocks. This gym was HUGE! I could […]
Wow! Makers of Pokémon X and Y really have outdone themselves this time! Just look at this sick gym and how I can easily dyno with a tote full of Pokeballs and stuff.
I’m so happy that my elbow healed with no complications! I finally get to climb again. Last week, Angus and I hit up TCA. I liked their gym a lot. It seemed to have a lot of problems that focused on precise sequencing. This week, we went to Rock Oasis in good ol downtown Toronto. […]
http://instagram.com/p/d5nXCnRSmq/ Over the course of climbing, I’ve learned a lot about patience. Patience in building strength, patience in letting your body heal, patience with my movements, patience in progression and most all, patience in coping with injuries. Today was one of those days where eagerness overtook patience. It was like any other normal climbing day, […]
When I first dove into climbing, early August, my friend Nick was kind enough to bring me to MEC to buy my first pair of climbing shoes. I understand that these shoes were not meant to be comfy at all. For my first pair, I didn’t want to be overtly aggressive and squish my feet […]
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