Yesterday the family and I went to Fosters for a relaxing day. The goal was to get some exercise for us and the dogs as well as do some last minute training before heading to Spain. I had no climbing agenda, I just wanted to do a decent number of routes with only short or no breaks in between. A secondary training goal was to climb in the heat. I've done almost no hot weather climbing this year and it always takes me a while to get used to hot, muggy conditions. Well, I got everything I wanted in the heat department and much more. Halfway up my first route I was pouring sweat like we were back in Thailand. I had decided to do Street Crime (11d) as my warmup and it worked out poorly...I got to the crux, sweaty and half-blinded by the sun. I grabbed the wrong part of a hold, missed the hold beside it, and found myself hanging at the end of the rope. It's always nice to fall off the warmup! With the tone of the day set and expectations nice and low, I managed to not fall off anything else the rest of the day.
The training regiment of the day looked like this:
Street Crime (11d) fall
Street Crime
Standing Room Only (11a)
Thieves (12a)
The Hoosier (11c) twice
So What (11b) twice
Stun Gun (12a)
The Acquittal (11b)
Satisfaction (12a)
Wristlest (11c)
The conditions of the day had me thinking back to one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes where Elaine thinks she's going to hell.
Elaine: David, I'm going to hell! The worst place in the world! With devils and those caves and the ragged clothing! And the heat! My god, the heat! I mean, what do you think about all that?
Puddy: Gonna be rough.
Check it out here, about 3:40 in.
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