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#6950 Re: YYFY!!!
August 22, 2018, 07:42:19 pm
Glacial progress..... with the odd retreat :)

Oh yeah.
Just like the Quarternary...

We are due another glacial at some point....
Its been a good summer for the lime & theres still a potential 2-3 months left in the season..

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#6951 Re: YYFY!!!
August 23, 2018, 08:12:45 am
Nice one Tom, looks like great climbing

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#6952 Re: YYFY!!!
August 23, 2018, 08:17:34 am
 :icon_beerchug: Good effort Tom. Ovine next! Also, try the heel hook beta on Mint Sauce. I tried this and its easier that the drop knee. Your heel goes way up and left on one of the Ru's starting crimps.

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#6953 Re: YYFY!!!
August 23, 2018, 10:52:30 am
:icon_beerchug: Good effort Tom. Ovine next! Also, try the heel hook beta on Mint Sauce. I tried this and its easier that the drop knee. Your heel goes way up and left on one of the Ru's starting crimps.

Or just smash in a knee and it's 7B+ ;)

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#6954 Re: YYFY!!!
August 23, 2018, 07:19:43 pm

Or just smash in a knee and it's 7B+ ;)

What is this witchcraft of which you speak? (Cheers, I shall have a gander next sesh).

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#6955 Re: YYFY!!!
September 15, 2018, 07:18:45 pm
Went rock climbing today.  ;D

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#6956 Re: YYFY!!!
September 15, 2018, 07:51:13 pm

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#6957 Re: YYFY!!!
September 15, 2018, 11:09:05 pm
Nice one Mike  :great:

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#6958 Re: YYFY!!!
October 01, 2018, 09:34:46 am
Apologies in advance for a crass, shallow, narcissistic number-based post. I try to allow myself only one of these lapses per year and I think this year warrants it.

I'm celebrating the end of Sendtember (yes it actually was one this year), particularly given health contexts. Rewinding a few months ago:

23rd June - Seaside Premiere - somehow I'd dragged myself down feeling like a walking corpse. A combination of depression and another recurrent nausea bout left me the worst I'd felt for decades. In tears on Friday, driving down on Saturday full of despair, dreading the premiere as I'd be looking at the old Fiend wondering who the hell he was, in tears on Sunday morning too. Walking into Chee Dale looking at humanity from a very distant perspective.

23rd July - I have no idea what happened.

23rd August - my birthday, I hadn't planned to celebrate but increased anti-depressants have kicked in and I'm starting to cope a lot better with my digestive issues. I cope with a Thai curry AND a typically fearsome Thai salad and go to Aberdeen on the weekend and I'm climbing well again.

23rd September - mid-way through a reassuring, life-affirming period of climbing properly and normally again and I feel like the old Fiend i.e. just me.

I've not done much climbing this year and not done much climbing in the last couple of months when I've finally got some sanity and motivation and inspiration back. But those last couple of months look like this:

Rotpunkt:

Silk Teddies F7c ***
Vibes Right Hand F7c ***
Scales Of Injustice F7b+/c **

Ledge Shuffling:

Gotterdamerung E4 5c *- bold!
Spanked Roof Monkey E4 6a ** - easy fun jugs
Who Dares Wings It E4 5c *** - committing and good
Laughing Gnome E4 5c ** - committing and fun
Sidewinder E4 6a ** - brilliant steepness
Special Brew Direct E3 5c ** - epic in the sun
Whoremistress E4 6a *** - amazing big pitch
Prehistoric Monster E5 6a *** - wild and exciting
Necromancer E5 6a *** - world class awesome
Bob's Overhang E4 6a *** - great thugging
Polka Dot E3 5c ** - really nice gem
Piltdown Connection E3 5c ** - beautiful granite
Desert Rendezvous E3/4 5c ** - fantastic
Softly Treads The Beetle E4 6a *** - even better

I feel happy now :)

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#6959 Re: YYFY!!!
October 01, 2018, 12:06:34 pm
Good to hear that FIend.

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#6960 Re: YYFY!!!
October 01, 2018, 12:10:47 pm
Inspiring even.

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#6961 Re: YYFY!!!
October 01, 2018, 04:35:37 pm
Basically it's all drugs! 10mg cpram --> 20mg cpram  ;)

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#6962 Re: YYFY!!!
October 01, 2018, 04:53:44 pm
Who says the drugs don't work. Well done mate, glad you are getting out.

Shout if you are in the area and fancy exploring some new bouldering this winter, got some good stuff to do.

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#6963 Re: YYFY!!!
October 01, 2018, 05:07:21 pm
Basically it's all drugs! 10mg cpram --> 20mg cpram  ;)

Is it worth going back to the GP and actually getting something other than Fluoxetine? Do they really work?
Because I haven’t slept a full night it over a month, haven’t draged my arse even as far as Bonehill in two months and couldn’t even muster the will to train more than once in the past three months, despite going to work in the same damn wall I train in every pissing day.

 :boohoo:

Seriously, very glad to hear you’re holding on and gaining ground.
 :punk:

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#6964 Re: YYFY!!!
October 01, 2018, 05:23:56 pm
Fluoxetine is for mild depression. If you’ve not slept for a month you probably need a medication review.

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#6965 Re: YYFY!!!
October 01, 2018, 07:14:23 pm
Sorry to hear that Matt. I only know what I've experienced. Cpram reduces anxiety and improves my sleep. Years ago I did switch over to something else that might have been Fluoroxetine and made me more active and alert but spoilt my sleep, and switched back.

BTW thanks to Cheque for the film because going down and seeing it and chatting to people, even in a state, did perk me up. And even chatting to you a while before when you were recovering.

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#6966 Re: YYFY!!!
October 09, 2018, 10:00:48 am
Got a place in London Marathon on the ballot. It being on the day of my 50th might have improved my chances.

I'll still fundraise though, have chosen RNLI. I'll hassle you all for money later.

Many beers in London on that evening!!

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#6967 Re: YYFY!!!
October 26, 2018, 09:13:14 am
 YYFY!!!
Back on the board!!!

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#6968 Re: YYFY!!!
October 26, 2018, 01:57:51 pm
Peak Nibs there at the end.

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#6969 Re: YYFY!!!
October 26, 2018, 04:05:50 pm
 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I had to cut out a lot of celebrations at the end. It would have been the NSFW video of the year, at least for Italian speaking people...

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#6970 Re: YYFY!!!
November 29, 2018, 09:06:36 pm
Managed a project of mine on the features at my local wall that has taken me over 2 1/2 years on and off. Totally unexpected ascent an hour or so after I had given up for the day!

Thank. God.

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#6971 Re: YYFY!!!
November 29, 2018, 10:23:12 pm
Managed a project of mine on the features at my local wall

proper wall climbing

nice one

 :2thumbsup:

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#6972 Re: YYFY!!!
November 30, 2018, 12:21:15 am
Managed a project of mine on the features at my local wall

proper wall climbing

nice one

 :2thumbsup:

Cheers! I have a folder full of features probems there, not that anyone else gives a shit about any of them

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#6973 Re: YYFY!!!
November 30, 2018, 12:26:39 am
not that anyone else gives a shit about any of them

that's the best bit

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#6974 Re: YYFY!!!
December 11, 2018, 09:00:34 am
I dreamt that I was climbing an amazing 8c+ problem on a magnificent prow. There was a lovely right hand pinch and a beautiful left foot high step to top out. I found it easy and I was sure it was only 8b+. So I did it three more times. My right knee was perfectly fine.
Sweet dreams.

 

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