I have finally started what I consider to be my big climbing trip this last weekend. Kaiti, Mattie Ari and myself went out to Leavenworth for three days of climbing and exploring what Leavenworth locals make of Octoberfest. Two of the days we got in some really good bouldering and one of the days was a general climbing wreck with some trad climbing. I’ve been spending so much of my climbing career bouldering that I haven’t really developed my ability to climb hand cracks and that became very apparent last weekend as we struggled to make it up some fairly easy cracks and ended up heading over to some more difficult sport climbs. I’m really looking forward to learning so much more about climbing movement by putting in mileage.

It was really wonderful to be able to spend a couple of days with friends relaxing outdoors and focusing on what I enjoy doing the most. The next few weeks transitioning to climbing on the road fulltime is going to be a wonderful growing experience for me and should be a good chance for me to reflect on my life and explore more of my personal aspirations for the next few years.

np: A Day Apart from the album “Language Barrier” by Lusine Icl