I've Lost It

[Kaiser]

Climbed for the first time in 54 weeks yesterday at an indoor wall at my gym. First (easy) route - arms burned afterwards. Second (easy) route - arms so wasted I barely made it up. Third route - there was none - I worked on a bouldering problem that I had solved last year (working the bottom of an overhand all the way around the overhand. Long story short: I don't have the finger strength to do it now.

On the positive side, the wrist injury that sidelined me for over a year didn't rear it's head yesterday. Of course, I was grabbing all jug holds and avoiding and small pinch or finger pockets.

"Fezzik, Vizzini said go back to the beginning, so that is where I will go!"

[Jean-Paul]

I feel for you Kaiser 'cause I am right there with you. I can barely pull a 5.9 these days! And you can forget overhangs!

[Kaiser]

5.9? Hah? I was rainbow climbing a 5.7! I suck more than you!!

[Q.]

I've never climbed ONCE so I don't have any idea of what you guys are taling about but I've been intrigued by it for a while. Does "starting over" mean that you have to go back to the gym to get your boyd ready or is this a skill thing that you need to hone through more practice?

I think that our university gym may build a climbing wall before I retire but it may be too late for me by then.

Q