Today was
the youth lead 2015 in Rock Steady in Bussum. I am really happy with the
result. I qualified second in the semifinals and managed to stick the hanging
ball in the finals which turned out to be enough for the first place. I loved
the circus move in the route. Too bad that my figure of four didn’t work out as
planned.
The funny
thing is that I was ill last week and in bed for 3 days; I didn’t touch any
plastic or rock for 7 days. On Friday I was still so weak I could not do a
single pull up. Maybe super compensation does work. On top of that I forgot to
bring my shoes to the isolation so I had to climb the finals on shoes I had to
borrow from my friend Don. Maybe I should consider switching to five-ten. They
did bring me a lot of luck ;).
On our way
back home I was with Vincent in the car, two gold medalists in the back seat. We
played we are the champions and sang along. We decided that this is just the
perfect moment to burn our climbing harnesses and completely focus on
bouldering. But then again, I still have an 8b somewhere in Spain that is
waiting for me……
I am looking
forward to Catch 25 at Bolder Neoliet in Rotterdam with lots of circus boulders
and of course the pancake event at Monk in Eindhoven. But most of all I am siked
about my Christmas trip to the USA where we will go bouldering in RedRocks and
Moe’s Valley.