So I completely forgot to do this, mostly on account of coming home really tired and going right to sleep. But how did that happen.
Got up and went to the gym. Wasn't too busy and mostly worked on easier problems since I was planning on going climbing later on. Went to my class. Like 10 people showed up, so a lot more than my other sections. Typical for that section. Had a good discussion afterwards with one of the students about potential research topics. I like that. Went over to the main campus mall to try to snag free food but there were too many people so I just ate at my office. Worked on some things (can't remember what, it clearly wasn't important) and taught my last class. Chatted with my coworkers for a bit and went home.
Got home around 4:30 and started getting ready for our climbing trip out to a local state park about 40 minutes away. A cliff had collapsed late march and we wanted to see what the new rocks looked like. Left a bit after 5 and arrived around six. Luckily, the site was quite close to the parking lot. Very cool, I love good sandstone. Unfortunately, it will take a while to develop new problems, just because no one is sure how stable the rocks are and because it's all quite hard. I did a 20+ foot climb (rated V2 but honestly was more like V0, the holds were really good) which was exhilarating. Would've flashed it but was talked into . No pads were set up at the time, not that would've helped. Anyway, wandered around the rocks, spotted people and eventually we went to a more established boulder and tried some problems there. Sky was very pretty. Went home and basically collapsed on my bed.
For training, I much prefer indoor climbing. I like the problems more, I train better and harder. I build more muscle and skill and so on. But I do like outdoor climbing because I enjoy spending time with people out in the woods. Or the desert or wherever. It's nice and a good excuse to do that. Even if I'm not really climbing all that much.
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