Or at least that was my hope. I left school yesterday a little flustered, not because of a bad day at school, just because of an overload of things to do. I really wasn't even strapped for time. Just important things, and a lot of them. I knew I had six interviews the following day and hadn't finalized my cover letter or resume. I was close, I just hadn't done finishing touches stuff. I have to have grades turned in by Sunday for third quarter. It was just a lot of important things happening. So I needed a break. I decided I would head up to Ute Pass to climb a little and film. The first two boulder problems I did were pretty moderate. Just hard enough but really fun climbing. Then it happened. A boulder problem I have been introduced to before, but didn't send caught my attention. I don't remember the grade on it but whatever it is, isn't all that impressive. Especially considering I left with hands more torn up than they have ever been. I stopped climbing not because I was tired, but because I couldn't get my hands to stop bleeding. I can usually just cover the wound with chalk and it soaks up the blood. Not yesterday. It was literally dripping down my hands, and all over the stone. The problem is very frustrating. The first move is hard, then it is pretty easy climbing. However, the first move is atrocious. Your left hand is on this slopey crimp rail sidepull, and your right starts on a little knob that you can only pinch with your thumb and pointer finger. Your left foot is wicked high on a shitty little ledge and your right is low on a shittier smaller ledge. Then you get set and lunge up to a sharp (obviously) vertical almost tufa like pinch. It is really hard. Anyway I could catch the bottom of the "tufa" pretty easily but then couldn't move off of it. Or I could throw higher onto it and maybe catch it. Well the move going to the low side of the tufa was yielding no success once I was on it so I decided to work the move by going higher. I finally stuck it where I needed to and slipped off. I called it a day after that. My hands were not pleased.
Anyway today I got up and went to all my interviews. Who knows if they went well. Fingers crossed someone will give me a job. Hope everyone has a good weekend. I probably shouldn't climb but I am quite sure I will. Maybe another run at Cave Direct? Seems logical...
Check these out. The hands were looking pretty tarnished. I really do think this is the worst they've ever been.
All Better?
From my phone of the garden after climbing Montezuma's.
Lauren's artwork. Talented right?
Foggy Sunset
I LOVE MANITOU
AND MARGARITAS FROM THE LOOP
And I was debating this for the interviews. I thought it looked distinguished.
