All about how much pain you're willing to take

"...I already have enough pain in my life, I don't need anymore from bouldering." - Joe Czerwinski & Chris Bloch

And for me? It's very little.

Yes, I'll admit this fact that, I'm kind of a bitch when it comes to pain. Mostly dull pain that goes away and comes back. Throbbing pains as well.

Right now I'm sitting here with a pressure pain in my right big toe. It wasn't ingrown, as originally thought, and was filled with blood and puss. Disgusting. Skipping the details, the pressure and swelling have gone down quite a lot from Thursday evening at Bridges. So instead of being out of climbing for two or more weeks, I'm only out for a week now. Good time to either take a full week off or go do hang board and campusing at Oakland. I have no idea yet. Playing it by ear really.

Healing up watching the Giants

But before this mess, I have been climbing consistently better and harder. My mouth isn't running at willing spewing multiple F bombs when I fall (except for last night, that hurt to fall on my foot), I've been forcing myself to try harder problems that do not suit me, and I've been dealing with failure a lot better than I normally have in the past. If I look back a year ago, I was no where near the level I am today. I was completely fooling myself that I was at a level I thought I should be at. But I was trapped into a comfort zone and subconsciously fooled myself into thinking I was somewhat okay. When you have friends, by the likes of Dan Portik, Nick Ashley, Will Rathvongsa, the people I set with, you tend to try and better yourself and be a better person.

And After a week, I believe I will have caught up on sleep and let my fingers feel better. This is my body saying you need a break. So I'm listening to it. Some people have told me rest makes you stronger. While I try to keep this in mind, it's hard to get immediate results and that's what is frustrating to most people. We are a society than wants things now. To get stronger, faster, smarter, to look skinnier and fit. It takes time. Climbing is something that you can't just jump in and expect to be climbing hard right away. You gotta build up technique and strength. You succeed through failure, meaning the more times you fail and pay attention to what is not working you'll learn and and overcome your mistakes and send.