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A long week... with a good end

So my week started out with an ok day at work, can't complain, but the night ended with me eating something that I apparently shouldn't have. Of course I didn't know this until 4am when I woke up sweating and with stomach pains. I new what it was right away, food poisoning. I'd had it before, so I figured I just go chill in the bathroom until my body took care of the problem then I'd get back to sleep. But no, it took until 6 for the nastiness to get started and the first wave didn't stop for half an hour. Yes, I said first wave. I managed to pass back out after this, but when I woke up a few hours later my body decided it hadn't quite got it all. It also decided that the other direction was the best way to go this time. So after all this, I can barely get any water down, no food whatsoever, and I'm starting to get really light headed. So I phoned in some help and got myself to a hospital.

After they initially check me out the get me hooked up to an IV to get me re-hydrated. They proceed to pump 3 bags of fluid (each about 2 liters) into me over about 2 hours! The older nurse told me that was only the second time she's ever seen someone need that much fluid. I started feeling better right away, but it was another 8 hours until I could start to eat any food again. And by any food I mean a single bagel, barely. The next day food started to go down a little better, but I didn't start eating normally again until friday. My stomach is still giving me some trouble today. Hopefully this doesn't last much longer.

So in an attempt to help my stomach, and my sanity, I headed out to Little Si with Fritz and B-Hops today.

It felt good to be pulling down on some rock and I felt good considering what I had been through this week. I felt super solid after a warm-up run on Aborigine and decided the next step was to go straight after my mini-project, Hang Out to Dry. I say mini-project, because this was going to be my third day on it, but was also only going to be my third try. The lower, technical half went much smoother than the previous week. After chilling at the midway rest for a good bit, I headed into the upper, power section. Today I had some pull left over and made the crux move just fine to almost sketch off two moves later on a biggish move to a jug, but I managed to just latch it with two and a half fingers. Thank you +4! Glad to put this one down, super fun route, will definitely get on it again.

Feeling good about the send, I chilled out for a while and watched/belayed for B-Hops and Alex on some climbs. I also started to think about what was next. I was thinking longer. So after a good while I got on Technorigine. This was a climb I tried once back in august, but was unable to do at the time because of my shoulder. With my shoulder back in shape, I was at least able to hang through the upper moves to get the beta sorted out. Psyched to get back on it and I've got the plan to train for the distance... but I have not forgotten about the boulder project in Gold Bar! So much climbing to get done!

See you on the rocks.

-Josh

Oops!

So I've reverted to my lazy ways and haven't been posting. On the other hand I've been doing a fair bit of climbing. Two days bouldering at Leavenworth, one at Gold Bar, and another at Little Si doing the first real rope climbing I've done in about 6 months. Long story short, I've gotten most of my power back, but my endurance/power endurance still has a long way to go to get back to where I was. Fortunately I know how to fix this, and it just involves climbing more and for longer. Also, I haven't forgotten about that shoe review. I got them to be mainly an indoor pair and haven't be climbing in the gym much, but that is about to change, so it should be coming up soon.

See you on the rocks!

-Josh