Climbing last week went well, despite being worn out. The crimp strength i lost over chistmas seems to be back, but i am definitely missing something in the tech department. Some of these 5.10+ and 5.11 climbs seem way harder than they should! And there is a 5.10 layback which takes everything out of me. I think i am going to start doing laps on harder routes (usually only do laps on 5.8/5.9).
It has been 2 weeks so far and it’s not yet done. This weekend was supposed to be the final push but of course i got another cold and am totally drained of all energy. Oh well, next weekend i guess.
I took last week off to work on the kitchen. At first the pace was feverish, but eventually it slowed down as i got tired of assembling cabinets and checking for plumb etc. A lot of time was used up waiting for plaster to dry, so only the upper cabinets are all in. Jo is going to paint tomorrow and possibly i will install the run of base cabinets and counter where the sink will be. This will require a little plumbing work. Maybe that side of the kitchen will be complete by week’s end, then on saturday i can do the opposite side of the kitchen. Then we’re in the home stretch (flooring and trimwork). I will be glad to be done this project.
Tomorrow is ‘good friday’ but the Nanaimo home depot is open anyway. This is great, but not good enough. I am still waiting for 24-hour grocery stores. Do you hear that Nanaimo? Even Orillia (town of about 30,000) had a 24-hour grocery.
Last night was a huge improvement over Tuesday. Despite some critical technical errors on some tough climbs, i was still able to complete three 5.11’s, a variety of 5.10 (a thru d) and interspersed some 8s and 9s as rest climbs. There was also one route which is unrated but i think was possibly a 12-; extremely crimpy and lots of smearing required, actually caused a little numbness in my fingertips. Completed this with only one fall.