Because I am about to come up being a climber for 10 months and I've got time on my hands, I've decided to create this blog to catalog my epic rise to climbing greatness...or at the very worst to explain how everything went horribly wrong. I've got some big plans which mostly include repeating lines that Chris Sharma established: Dreamcatcher 5.14d, Es Pontas, Three Degrees of Separation 5.14d, and Realization 5.15a.
Most people in the climbing community would (wisely) bet against my achievement of any measurable success on a send wishlist this burly and that is fine, although I believe these are not unreasonable goals if they are given the proper respect, determination and preparation they deserve.
So with the end in mind, I've been climbing for almost 10 months, and, having just completed my first 5.12a (Black Rain Direct, Pilot Mt, NC) I am looking forward to getting into hard climbing this coming year. Right now my goal for my 1 year climbing anniversary is to climb a 5.12c sport route called Blind Prophet (also at Pilot Mountain) and to do Novacaine V6 and Six-Pack for Sure V6 at the Grandmother Boulders in Western NC.
I'll probably be going out to Pilot again before the month is out to attempt to flash an 5.11d called Any Major Dude and get another 5.11d called When Shrimp Learn to Whistle my second go on the route. I will probably also get on Blind Prophet and try to work through the moves and get a sense of the crux section to see what needs to be done to send this thing 2 months from now.
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