FFA!?1?!

First Female Ascent… What about FMA? First male ascent! Now that would be stupid to post anywhere!
Should females write FFA? They didn’t find the boulder, clean it and then send it, did they? Just because they are a female doesn’t mean that they should be getting extra attention… There is gender inequality, and by females writing that they got the FFA, they are make that inequality BIGGER! You don’t see FGA (first german ascent), or FAA (first American ascent). Everyone is a person and no one should be getting extra respect just because they are a female, or german, or black (FBA) or white (FWA)…
I mean it is awesome that girls are breaking through into higher grades, and it should be mentioned when and who send the first V12, V13, eventually V14 and so on… recognition should be given to those individuals… and it should be mentioned as well when they send other hard rock climbs… but making it an FFA!?! It just doesn’t make sense to me!
What about a girl that does the first female ascent of a V4 or V8, should they mention that they got the “FFA”?? Depending on where the rock climb is there might have been 100 people to do it before the “first female” did it… why should it be such a big deal to be the first female to do it? You are just another PERSON! Just be psyched that the rock climb allowed you to send it!!
I just think that an FFA is as ridiculous as someone saying they got the 58th ascent of a climb… You don’t see people doing that… I mean if a female has an 8a, and they update it, people will know that she was the first female to send something or other!
If a girl wants to put a FFA up, go out and find a rock climb, clean it and send it first! That is, I think, a TRUE FFA!

TBA walk...

Yesterday, I closed the gym earlier, so i decided to walk home instead of having Jimmy come and pick me up...
I didn't think it was going to take me AN HOUR!!
It was a 3.66 mile walk...

It's been a while...

After Nationals, i finally decided to go to the doctor to see what was really wrong with my knee, because it still hurt after taking 2 months of rest...
I had an MRI done on it, and when i went back to the doctor he told me that it was a strained ligament on the inside part of my knee...
DOCTORS RECOMMENDATION: take about another month off from doing anything too "crazy" and take 3 ibprophen pills three times a day...
I guess i have been following his instructions a little bit... i've been taking the ibpropen pills but only twice a day... and i have been taking it easy, besides the fact that i'm in Bishop right now for my spring break...
I have climbed on the trip, i wasn't not going to climb!
But i havn't climbed on anything that has a left heel hook...
I tried a lot of different rock climbs, but it is hard to try your hardest when you can't because you are healing an injury... I did two rock climbs this trip...
- Get Carter (V7)
- Soul Slinger Right (V8)
They are both really fun! Soul Slinger Right is ALOT better than i thought! It doesn't get that many stars in the guide book, and i think it deserves more...
Tomorrow is our last day here, but Jimmy and I arn't going climbing due to
- Jimmy has BAD SKIN
- I have homework to do that i havn't really been working on

for more information on our trip check out jimmy's blog and voges' blog...
pictures to come when i get back home...

ABS Nationals!!!

first time in about 7 years i showed up at ABS Nationals and DID NOT COMPETE!!
it was frustrating but I made the right choice because I would of hurt my knee more than it is already hurt!!

I ended up judging the competition...
Qualifiers
Problem #4 (female)
Problem #6 (male)

Finals
Problem #2 (female)

It was a great experience and also I had a great spot when it came to watching the competition!!

Here are the results!!

Female:
1 - Alex Puccio
2 - Alex Johnson
3 - Francesca Metcalf
4 - Sasha Digiulian
5 - Sierre Blair-Coyle
6 - Audrey Gawrych
7 - Audrey Sniezek
8 - Isabelle Faus
9 - Elizabeth Asher
10 - Taylor Clarkin
11 - Kate McGinnis
12 - Cicada Jenerik
13 - Michaela Kiersch
14 - Chauncenia Cox
15 - Amy Lipschultz

Male:
1 - Daniel Woods
2 - Matt Bosley
3 - Robert D'Anastasio
4 - Zach Lerner
5 - Magnus Mitboe
6 - Adam Markert
7 - Jimmy Webb
8 - Paul Robinson
9 - Gabor Szekely
10 - Carlo Traversi
11 - Vasya Vorotnikov
12 - Ian Dory
13 - Alex Johnson
14 - Kyle Owen
15 - Ryan Olson
16 - Julian Bautista
17 - Joshua Levin
18 - Paul Wallace

getting back into shape...

i know... i know...
if you know me you have at least heard me say that at least once...
and i've never actually committed to it!

i'm going to try...
i signed up to the rush...
i'm going to yoga once a week...

but with a bummed knee, i can't really climb...
but i will still try to climb some easier, vertical things at the the gym...
maybe not as much outside, but i'll try...

i'm going to try!
my goal is to get stronger and drop some pounds...
i want to weigh 135 - 140 again!
so i'm going to try and accomplish that by August 2010! 6 months should be enough!
RIGHT?

psych...

where has it all gone??!!??
school...
work...
pets...
house chores...
homework...

when i'm at work... i don't want to climb...

when i get home from school or work, i just want to sit back and relax... not train/workout

i got to yoga on wednesday's but i don't think it's enough to get me going again!

i don't know what to do anymore...

i see so many people excel in their climbing all around me...

and then i get disappointed that i'm not exceling, but it's all my fault because i don't do anything to improve...

i'm just climbing the same i have been for the last 2 or 3 years...

i havn't done anything at all...

i can only blame myself... i'm just lacking the motivation...

are there any solutions to my problem? maybe i just need to rope climb again instead of boulder... maybe i just need to find a climbing partner to train and climb with... i don't know!

hopefully i'll figure it out here soon!

i'm thinking of joining the rush... so that whenever jimmy goes skateboarding i can go work out... i'll have something to do besides sit on my butt watching TV...

i'm also low on energy... need to fix that as well...

the many things that i have to work on to eventually get better at climbing... but when will i persue these goals???

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