Low Motivation...Less Climbing

Well, for some reason here of late my motivation has been waining. It's pretty frustrating to not be really motivated to climb, but for some reason all that really gets my excited about climbing is bouldering and thinking about climbing back at Jackson. I think that I might even be a little bit psyched to get back to Kings Bluff too. Weird, because I really don't like that choss pile.

The last few days I've still be climbing but just not nearly with the same frequency as I did at the start of the summer. I think on Tuesday I went to Cottontail with some people and worked on the .11b there that I'm projecting. I've really got the beta down to that too now and it should go the next time that I'm there. It just really sucks to not have anything else to climb on except .11b and .11c. I'd really like to warm up, especially since my body is really hurting me a lot here lately. I don't want to get hurt and screw up the rest of the fall, especially when it feels like I'm getting so much stronger. Hell, I've even been able to pick up quite a bit of really good technique from some of the guys I climb a lot with here.

Thursday, I then went to the Marble Boulder and the Downhill Boulder and worked a few of the new problems on the latter. The problems that we have on the Downhill Boulder are all pretty hard for me and it makes it so much worse that the boulder is really hard to clean. Sometimes I'll throw for a hold, or what looks like one on the really slopey top out and get nothing but moss and lichen. It sucks. haha. I've came pretty close to sending one of the problems though and I really hope it will go soon because I don't like the thing one bit. I guess I'm a little bit first ascent greedy.

Other than that, I have to work here in like 45 minutes and when I get off at 4:30 some of us are going to head out to the Monastery and spend Sunday there climbing. I really hope that the weather holds up for us and we're able to have a great time. I also have off three days next weekend so I'm going to also try and get a car so I can head down to Sanborn to be there for the opening and first days of the second session. I'd really enjoy that!

I hope everyone is doing well, and I hope that Austria is going great mom! Mike, you better start climbing too you bum or otherwise I will be kicking your ass all over Jackson this fall. I can't imagine that.