Tough Enough?

Well punk? are you? How are you going to prove it? Prove yourself? Show you earnt that square foot of land your standing on. Show you earnt those pints of oxygen being sucked through your lungs. Show us you deserve to see with those eyes. Show us what its all worth to you.

Why its worth it? Show us what your willing to risk, choose somthing that matters or its no risk at all. Lay it down because you know you can pick it up when you've finnished. Or even lay it down so it can come back to you. You must make yourself lighter, and what matters weighs us all down. Put down the apple of temptaion, step away from the sword of valour and drop the rose of passion.

Thud dum,

thud dum,

thud dum

Listen as your life gets pushed around your body, each beat bringing you one step closer till your so close you can only see the patterns within, follow the grain, spin and twist out in valleys thousands of millimters long. each grain leading up to a possability, a dimple, a edge or a crack become defined as your head crains up.

thud dum
thud dum
thud dum

Let yoursefl become blind, feel your life speed up, all your muscles tighten and twictch. Your hands dance gently, they feel the temperature cool your skin. An edge emerges to your fingers and you grasp it. the coarse crystals push into your skin. Each one holding on to you, willing you upwards.

thud dum, thud dum, thud dum

Quicker now, eyes open and you move upward. wich each hand movement you persective changes, your wight shifts, your legs push and another grip is available. You breath. You relaxe. The moves all seem like friends. They push you further up, a smile brushes accross your face.

Thud dum
Thud dum
Thud dum

Each twist brings you higher, each twist takes you back to a problem previosly encounterd, each twist makes you more secure. Your moving faster, more fluid. the edges get bigger, your arms get stronger. the top is in your hands, its over.

Thud dum

Thud dum

Thud dum

You sit down, feel the ground push you up, the wind blow into your lungs and the colors dance accross your eyes so vividly its like you've emerged from a cave. feel the warmth spread from your heart.enjoy the moment.

Are you tough enough? does it matter?

nose back to the gritstone

Trip to Burbage South with the Bridgewood trio led to a good day out but limited climbing, a lot of energy seemed to be used running away from midgies though, gad damn i hate those flying devils! Still managed to send Attitude Inspector fairly quickly (3 goes) and Nosferatu second go after climbing back down (not best way to warm up). As it goes though I'm happy with that outcome as I haven't touched grit for at least 2 months, all work, no play make Eddy a dull dull boy...

Mow Town...

A quick trip down Mow Cop the other week showed scope for some development, mostly in bouldering terms but a few routes (or high balls half way up a face...). I went up last night after some rain and it had stayed dry(ish) so I boulderd out a little problem near 'Dans buttress' (made up names as I don't know the real ones) Start bridging in a groove and get over a bulge using a sloper, some crimps and a interesting jug. There is also a rising traverse along a finger crack underneath the castle that I'm imaginatively going to call 'Howl's buttress' and there for call the traverse 'Sophies Traverse' (Ghibli geeks anyone?). Must return to finish off a few more problems, get pictures, videos etc...

Nout but a Feelin' Thang

It may just be me, and it may just be blind enthusiasm, but I have a good feeling about the next 3 weeks. I don't have much time to climb but I vow to make the most of the time I have. My finger are starting to feel stronger, I'm starting to feel lighter so this can only mean good things. My new investment in some volumes is coming together and will be getting used fairly soon and finally i got another coaching course to go on the 19th of may. keep on trucking!

The 3 Stages

It starts with denial, this cant be happening to me, I wouldn't put myself in this situation, I'm smarter than that...right... Moving on to acceptance. This is the situation. I have 2 choices, i can sit back and wait to see what happens or i can go, full bore and try to solve this problem. Finally the action. Well which one did you choose?