How is the knee today?

We had a fund raising two day mixed climbing clinic this weekend. I could critic people and give them pointers, but I didn't climb at all myself. I did hike up and down a couple big steep hills on the approach (the climbing was extreme road side though) and I was worried how it would effect my ankle. I expected a lot of swelling after Saturday, which thankfully didn't happen.

There is still a little swelling though regardless. I took today off because I have a doctors appointment tomorrow to get my ankle xrayed again. I had one day of vacation left so this is it. Tomorrow I guess will be considered a sick day.

I'm getting more of a sense of the damage I've done. I think I have a pretty decent sprain on the outside ankle, but I'm worried I've torn something on the front of my ankle (seems likely). Can't flex more than 90 degrees without pain.

Going back to my chiropractor on Wednesday. When she saw me last week everything was still so sore there was no pin pointing where damage was, so there will be a better investigation then.

I hope I get some more foot flex back, it's making it really hard to walk still.

Hey GG. Tell the canadian champ that his box is here.

Good to hear that you can weight bear enough to walk already, that's encouraging!

The knee is fine. It's weak, but it is mostly not painful, so that is O.K. The freak out, mainly, is because I can't fall. When i was recovering after A2 pulley, or the elbow, it was, at least in my mind, that I would try a move, and if I can't do it... oh well, I'd take a fall. And now it's like, I'll try the move, but if i can't do it... I can't fall, either! So I bail if it even looks in the slightest way like I might not be able to make the move.

One of the 11s at the Monastery had a small roof, big holds at the lip, and of course I can't reach the next level of holds, nothing new there... The move was really clear, very comfortable heel hook on a sidepull on the right, and rock over. I literally needed to push off with the left foot under the roof, and go up 5-6 inches, at most. And the holds I was going for looked good. Not jugs, but big-crimp-good. But I imagined what would happen if I didn't get those holds, how my right foot will stay in that comfortable heel hook, and all my weight will come down on my left foot under the roof... and I just couldn't do it.

Went for PT today, I am allowed to do some new stuff now, so that's good. I am allowed to "start working on jumping". So, I started jumping on the balance ball, like I was told, but my PT had to ruin it all and say that it was supposed to be just a little bounce, not such enthusiastic jumping... oh well.

I also went up 20 lb in my one-legged leg press. I can now (gasp, everyone... ready for this?) I can now leg press 60 pounds!!!!! with the bum leg. and I can do it 8 times in a row!!!

Yeah O.K., go ahead and laugh. I know. it's pathetic.

Nah, the PT advances are exciting. Been there, done that. Would never laugh.

Yup. Whenever you can do fun and new things with a previously buster limb, it's good.

Now to play mega-catchup after my creekcation.

I assume this refers to work/school, and not any sort of GUing of an entire 20 posts.

Puritan Day report:

Went down to Savannah for the eating part of the holiday. Met my sis's gnu BF/husband (they got married for immigration purposes, he's a dirty swede bent on ruining America). Three straight days of playing music, eating, and drinking. T-day involved both a mid-day oyster roast and then the regular meal for dinner. I made four pies (Lemon Meringue with ginger macademia crust, Apple with roasted walnuts and Pinot Grigio poached white raisins, Pumpkin, and Pumpkin sweet potato). Massive food comas ensued.

Left Savannah for North Cackalackee, to do some actual climbing with the GF. Tried to do Glass Menagerie, a classic 8 pitch 13a that has been on my lifetime list for a while. The conditions were perfect (65 degrees and sunny in late Nov!!!!), but that meant that a bunch of snow and ice melted above, and the route was getting pummeled. I managed to onsight the first few pitches, but GF was getting blasted by water at the belay being blown in by wind, and was having trouble with jugging the steep stuff. Sooooo, we bailed. I'm pretty bummed. Did a bunch of runout dummy dome stuff today, which was fun, in a "gneiss hike" sort of way.

That is awl. Leaving for EPC North in a little over a week. Life sucks.

Crekesgiving:

Drivel lives. Trashy is upgraded to full gerk. Mo's firend from CO is probably lurking.

Didn't lead anything clean but did finish two climbs I'd backed off last trip: Top Sirloin and The Wave. (At least... I think I probably backed off of the wave. It gave me a lot of deja vu and then a lot of panic at a ledge).

Did toprope a handful of things without falling... including, oddly supercark, which is still wide as shit and you can actually see the strips of bruise on my forearms, the width of the flesh that sits against the rock when they're squashed into terrible elbow/cups.

Crekesgiving:

Drivel lives. Trashy is upgraded to full gerkdonny. Mo's firend from CO is probably lurking.

Didn't lead anything clean but did finish two climbs I'd backed off last trip: Top Sirloin and The Wave. (At least... I think I probably backed off of the wave. It gave me a lot of deja vu and then a lot of panic at a ledge).

Did toprope a handful of things without falling... including, oddly supercark, which is still wide as shit and you can actually see the strips of bruise on my forearms, the width of the flesh that sits against the rock when they're squashed into terrible elbow/cups.

Crekesgiving:

Drivel lives. Trashy is upgraded to full gerk. Mo's firend from CO is probably lurking.

Didn't lead anything clean but did finish two climbs I'd backed off last trip: Top Sirloin and The Wave. (At least... I think I probably backed off of the wave. It gave me a lot of deja vu and then a lot of panic at a ledge).

Did toprope a handful of things without falling... including, oddly supercark, which is still wide as shit and you can actually see the strips of bruise on my forearms, the width of the flesh that sits against the rock when they're squashed into terrible elbow/cups.

Yah, he was straight up fascinated by the culture and history of the BET. Plus, the last morning he said 'You know you guys are kinda hard to hang out with, I have no idea what you're talking about most of the time.'

Fuckin' donniez.

I think the tower-taunting texts show neckbeard is feelin gerky.

So.... About that cannon, Kelly. Can you please send it in blue? Yeah, that'd be grate.

Supercarck is perfect hands.

Well let us know when you reach CA. We held a meeting of the minds to set the agenda for your demise trip to the Hole. It's not going to be easy to match the success of teh Onsight Victory Tour.

Then, there might be a change of venue. We talked about the old rad, which is now the Warm Up Wall. Instead, you might have to move north and we can Burn down the House.

Yah, he was straight up fascinated by the culture and history of the BET. Plus, the last morning he said 'You know you guys are kinda hard to hang out with, I have no idea what you're talking about most of the time.'

Fuckin' donniez.