beginning

I started to climb when I was 9 or so. Climbed exposed strips of wood inside the apartment building I was living back then. Fell approximately 2 meters and could not talk for 5 minutes but otherwise was fine. I think I was impressed by Wolfgang Güllich  climbing in Yosemite videos, but can't say for sure. Before and after that I climbed trees, fences and what else, but never rock.

Next attempt to join climbing was maybe 11-10 years ago. One of the colleagues at that time climbed Everest and I believe I expressed the desire and he willingness to go teach me some climbing skills outdoors. That never happened for whatever reason.

And now for 5 month or so I lick plastic in the gym, occasionally letting myself play outside.

I've been having various blog posts about this struggling for some time. But being tired of LiveJournal and lazy/occupied to write my own blog engine decided to create a dedicated blog.

At this stage I probably can climb any 5.10c in the gym without falls, practically have sufficient sport rack (but no real leading skills) and ropes (70m Mammut and ~40m Sterling). Run for 15 minutes without loosing my breath, can hang for 5 seconds from the lower pocket of the Metolius Rock Rings, do a set of 80 pushups and maybe 10 pull-ups. When I started in November I maybe could do 5.7 with just a couple of falls. So, essentially I am very far from where I see myself in 5 years :)