This morning I finished my last locum shift up north, and have rapidly made the journey south back into more familiar territory. However my stay is short lived as tomorrow I'm off to Spain for a week to indulge in some sport climbing.
I'm obviously very excited to be off doing fun stuff instead of working, and this is pretty much the theme for December (I get to go to spain twice). Over the last 2 months, I've been doing lots of bouldering (short climbs above a crash pad, for those who aren't familiar), as I haven't had a regular climbing partner and have found myself close to the peak district, where the bouldering is great. I'm interested to see what effect it's going to have on my climbing, as I'm bouldering a lot harder than I ever have before, but it's mainly been on grit, where friction and balance are key, rather than the limestone crimps and pockets that I'm off to enjoy.
Whatever happens, it's been really enjoyable to completely change my climbing focus for a while and feel myself improving and succeeding in my own projects. Challenging myself and improving is something that I really enjoy about climbing (and sports in general), which may stem from the fact that I was never very good at sports when I was younger, and tended to shy away from them. As I progressed through my teenage years I realised that constantly comparing myself to everyone around me wasn't very helpful, and that I had my own talents (just not playing football or sprinting).
So we shall see how climbing goes, hopefully actually having holds rather than slightly less vertical bits of grit will be refreshing.
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