It's Been A While....

So, I'm noticing that I really am not great at keeping up with these posts. Its been over a year and a lot has happened in life. I'm still stuck in the flat lands but am getting ready to move to Atlanta, which is a change I welcome with open arms. It's not that Chicago has been a horrible place to live, it's actually a very nice city, but I find myself stuck in the city and not being able to make it out to open spaces enough. So Atlanta will be better since I have more access to plenty of climbing and open spaces in the Smokey Mountains. Just gotta hold out till August.

Since moving to Chicago, I've worked as everything from a person moving boxes around a law firm (literally) to a line cook and most recently a sales associate at Moosejaw Mountaineering. Moosejaw is a small but growing version of REI, it does have its draw backs but I am able to travel for weeks at a time when the opportunity strikes and still have a job, so I won't complain.

I was just in Baltimore to compete in the first big comp in my short climbing career, The Earth Treks Roc Comp. Even though I didn't do fantastic, I'm happy with my climbing and where I placed. It really helped me gauge where I stand against the big names and how much work I need to put in to be as strong as the people we read about in the climbing magazines.

On a different note, I head out Friday for about 3 weeks on a climbing trip!!!! I'll be at the New River Gorge for roughly 2 weeks, then Seneca Rocks for a week. I'm PSYCHED!!! First I haven't been outside since, October, which is way too long. Second, I'm feeling strong, probably the strongest I've ever felt so I'm excited to see what happens. I have a long laundry list of goals for both the New and Seneca, which include, The Greatest Show (New) and Nightmare (Seneca).

We'll see what happens and I'll post some pics and updates from the road.

Well, thats about it and I need to get going...... Ciao