argh!

I keep intending to blog! Every weekend! And then time passes and I do other things and the blog gets neglected.

Two weekends ago I went to the climbing gym with my cousin Sara, her husband Chris, and their kids Henrik and Gunnar. Everyone loved it. It was crowded, the Friday before Easter, but we got on a perfect, easy route and the kids built up their confidence.

I went back to the climbing gym the next night with Shawn, and we kicked it on some hard lead routes.

This weekend I went to the gym with Katie and we spent almost the whole time in the lead pit. It was great, because she had been getting into leading but then hurt her finger at the competition and has been easing back into it, and I loved encouraging her to push her limits but stay comfortable and in control. The mental game is such a big part of climbing. That is certainly part of why I love it so. It is a physical activity that really forces you to push your limits - not just the physical but the mental.