Coming back

I'm coming back to this blog. It truly has been too long without a post. Not only have I missed writing, but this is a valuable way to record my climbing endeavors. On top of it all I have a finger injury that has put an immediate halt on any climbing.

This is my first true sports related injury, and it really sucks to not be able to climb. In recent weeks I had been feeling really strong. I sent a year long project -- Infinite Space (12a), along with two other projects: Carbs and Caffeine (11a) and The Sting (11d). The highlight of the season was an onsight of Psalm 32 (12a) at Pok-o-moonshine. I'd also recently discovered what getting a first ascent is like. A new cliff opened up in the adirondacks, and Team Nasty has been cleaning and putting up/ re-vitalizing old climbs. With help from Matt, Devin and Colin, I got an FFA on a climb called Great Northern (10d) PICTURE As well as an FFA on a climb that Matt first aided called Hairy Upper Lip Drip (10b). All this to say, I was super excited at the prospects in the Gunks this summer.

And then one afternoon, in between rain showers (that won't seem to stop this summer) we went out for a bouldering session. We got on New Pair of Glasses (v7) after warming up a bit on Million Dollar Problem (v5), after falling off after a few tries, I got my self psyched to try really hard. I went out for the crux holds, a left hand pinch and a right hand crimp right on top of the pinch. I must have over gripped and my whole left hand felt wrong. I think I have a minor pulley tendon sheath injury. So I guess I'm out for a while.

On the plus side, this will enable me to write more. I also bought a new camera that I'm excited to learn how to use.