Since my last post I have been in battle mode on the proj, sinking two more days into it. 30 attempts so far (!!). I'm still making constant, incremental progress. The route is a constant 30° overhang and has a long, hard, taxing slap move down low at the second bolt, then a sustained handful of long pulls to get into the crux sequence which is at the limit of my power. It's too hard to clip there, so it's do or fly, ending up back at the first bolt. Yesterday I even managed to repeat Beastly Behaviour (29/8a) as a warm down after all my redpoint burns on the proj. I think I'm pretty route fit. I'm getting that itchy feeling like it could happen any time. I just have to keep trying and flying.
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Climbing on the weekend was a battle. Woke up on Saturday to pouring rain and the radar looked crap. So easy to bail and go back to sleep. No. Drove to the crag through rain and mist. Walked up the hill through long wet grass, getting soaked. Arrived at the cliff with mist pushing against the wall.
The best thing we did was institute a rule that the climber was not allowed to complain about the conditions on his route (bad friction, damp holds). You were only allowed to say that it was 'hard'. Needless to say things were pretty damn 'hard'. On my last shot on my project it started raining, heavily. Thank god for steep routes.
But, do you think persevering made us stronger, or weaker?
WWSD?
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