shaky arms...

i am back from rock climbing. i went during my lunch break. it was an absolutely marvelous bike ride down to Mission Cliffs (the route i took was almost entirely laid with bike lanes! so pleasing!); the sun was (and still is) shining, yet there was a slight breeze - one of those perfect San Francisco days. i arrived in foul spirits (see morning post) and left feeling like an amazonian warrior. man this climbing stuff kicks ass. literally, figuratively, physically, mentally, colloquially, psychologically and holy crap, fore-arm-ally. ow. but a GOOD freakin OW! :) dave is really making me proud. he climbed a really hard 5.9 as his first climb of the day and then later went on to tackle a 5.10a and 5.10b. he is taking to this climbing business like i take to ice cream. very impressive. personally, i wasn't feeling my strongest today, but was really proud that i still worked through the pain and almost had the top of a 5.8. next time, next time. nothing like a shot of adrenaline mixed with a myriad of mental challenges to improve the mood. :)

must stop typing now. it hurts.

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