I just realized I don't have anybody on my AIM list that climbs or knows what I'm talking about when I talk about climbing. Err, there's Andrew Cheung, but he hasn't really been into it and whenever we talk online it's usually about relationships/women. Anyways, it's lame! I talk so much to other climbers in the gym all the time.
Today was especially cool and packed for some reason. I met Nathan Fuerst again. We exchanged numbers a month ago but never got back to each other about climbing and he was in the gym today. He's pretty strong and climbs at about V5-V7 outdoors and at stone gardens, but at the UW gym he's humbled by V4, which is pretty encouraging. He said if I ever went out and climbed at other places I'd be 'pleasantly surprised.'
I've been climbing with these guys Brad and Jeff, both older grad students who have a few years of climbing under their belt. It kicks my ass everytime but I make much more progress and I'm getting much stronger because of it, feels good.
There's still some V2's I can't do for the life of me but I'm putting together a few V3's. I guess this means that I should be able to do V5 (at best) elsewhere. The current bar is V15 and V16, so let's see how far I can push it...
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