back at it!

well, it's been a little over a month since the last post and 6 weeks since surgery, and i must say i'm extremely happy with the outcome of going under the knife. I started climbing again about 2 weeks ago which was a week earlier than my surgeon had recommended but i was feeling really good and i couldn't control the urge to be active any longer. i was a little worried i may have been jumping the gun but i was loosing my mind so i decided to go for it(taking things EXTREMELY slow at first). my first session back i was lucky enough to have my friend lauryn reel me in a bit, she wouldn't belay me on anything over 5.10a. (side note: i don't have the mechanism that says "stop, too much, too much!") needless to say those 6 routes 5.10a and under KICKED my ass, i was pumped out of my mind at the end of the night and needed 2 days to recover. for the first week back i took it slow, i think i climbed 3 days outta 8, all on ropes and all casual sessions. by the end of the first week i felt i could boulder a bit and decided to give it a go at work, i was super hesitant, but to my surprise it felt really good and i was able to climb much harder than i had expected. for the rest of last week i pushed myself a half notch harder each session (which have been fairly short ones) followed by ice and lots of stretching and i feel like this shit is close to being in the past! now, time to keep on the recovery game , get strong again and send some shit in the fall! SO FUCKING PSYCHED!

the road to recovery...or some bullshit like that

well... another 3 months have gone by since the last post and nothing significant has really happened outside of day to day life, which i don't feel compelled to share because, well, it's boring. but! something big happened recently. i had surgery on my elbow last tuesday! yay! ok, not really, but at least it's getting fixed. so, since my last post i had been getting in great shape, climbing stronger than i ever have before, climbing outside of work and seeing my year goals/projects come SO close to being completed, then...POP! my fucking elbow exploded the day after christmas! now, there are a number of cool things i can think of that i could have been doing when this incredibly painful and shocking pop happened, but, the truth is, i was parallel parking my god damn car. how fucking lame is that! i knew driving could be dangerous but, FUCK, c'mon! now, i know this was just a case of the 'straw that broke the camels back' since i had FOOLISHLY climbed 16 days on prior to this devastating day, that coupled with excessive holiday partying and lack of water intake lead to a dry, brittle, highly injury prone me. fast-forward 5 weeks and i haven't climbed at all and i'm waiting for insurance bullshit to get cleared up so i can have an MRI done and determine if i need surgery, 5 weeks! fast-forward another 3 weeks and here i am typing with one hand on my couch where i have spent a majority of the last 7 days bored outta my mind. initially my surgeon told me i'll be back "climbing" (5.4's) in 6 weeks, tomorrow i have my post-op follow up with my surgeon which will give me a better idea of what my recovery and rehab will be like, fingers crossed it's 6 weeks! oh, and a HUGE thank you to my good friend julia who came down from Humbolt to take care of me and keep me company.