- stone gardens ballard, pink v5, new 45' - fun with big moves up the 30' part, foot beta from greg.

- stone gardens ballard, orange v5, roof / traverse - slopers, move fast.

- stone gardens ballard, blue v4, vantage - trickier than the v5, balance and tricky footwork. end is a long smear.

- stone gardens ballard, purple v4, 70 - big moves, classy and technical.

- pink v5, stone gardens bellevue, east helix - tricky with a big step up

- blue v4, stone gardens bellevue, helix - tiny pinches and crimps, plus good footwork is crucial. gross.

- purple v4/5, stone gardens bellevue, peaks - pinch on the pool

i went to tacoma yesterday and hit up vertical world.

- blue v4/v5, slab - up the corner of the slab, some tricky holds and the last reach was far.

- orange v4/v5, slab - i don't actually remember this one very well ... i just remember it being some long reaches.

- green v4/v5, slab - this one was fun and had some heel hooking and jumping. i had some swamp-palm going on with a pinch, so it took a few tries.

- yellow v4/v5, slab - the start was tough and i had to do some fancy flagging, but once the side jugs were caught, it was just balancing up.

- purple v4/v5, corner wave - lots of gastons and side pulls.

- black v4/v5, big wave - project from last time, but i think i just pulled harder yesterday. i got pumped towards the end of the route, so it took a few tries.

- blue v4/v5, steep wave - crimps and heel hooks and gaston pinches.

- green v4/v5, steep wave - contest problem and a project from last time i went to tacoma. i spotted a foot hold today that i didn't seen last time and was able to send.

- purple v4/v5, helix - balance and stemming.

i also did an hour of weighted bouldering on the vb/v0/v1 routes and i am super sore now.

toproped today. it's a different type of beast than bouldering since the focus is more on actual movement than raw strength, but it's still fun.

- green 5.11-, short wall - this one was fun - the most interesting parts were towards the top on some meat hooks.

- blue 5.11-, short wall - flashed this one too, sort of - the hard part was at the beginning, just tricky moves to get started.

- yellow 5.11, big wall - lots of interesting holds and foot work. i blazed up this because i had some doubts on my ability to send it, but ended up getting a flash.

back with a vengeance.

- orange v5, stone gardens ballard, vantage wall - balance and some tricky moves on tricky holds

- dark blue v5, stone gardens bellevue, cave - big move jug fest, right up my alley.

- blue v5, stone gardens bellevue, cave - another big move jug fest, also up my alley.

- orange v4, stone gardens bellevue, cave - sloper fest. not horrible, but the moves are tricky and footing is required.

- pink v4, stone gardens bellevue, cave - some big moves up the cave side, a little campusing.

- pink v4, stone gardens bellevue, fang - start on the fang edge and do big moves up the side.

some notes:

- on a lot of routes, i rely on better footwork since my arms are weaker. i can still rely on brute strength once footwork craps out, but for less time.

- my fear of dynamic moves has gone away.

- i take longer to recover right now.

i had a send drought and then went on a 1 week vacation. i think i'm back on the wagon and working back strong.

- green v4, stone gardens ballard, back wall - crimps and stuff, balance.

- green v4 [?] stone gardens ballard, new 45' - up the arete on some stretchy stuff. not bad, but balancy.

- blue v4, stone gardens ballard, cave - the type of climb i love - big strong moves.

there's been something off with my climbing lately. i've been sending harder slab problems and flailing at roofs.

- blue v5, peaks, stone gardens bellevue - starts with a crimpy and reachy mess and gets to a layback on a sloped edge. after this, it involves mantling up on the sloped edge to - you guessed it - a giant slopy thing. then, mantle to the end.

i didn't want to try it too many times as the crimps were painful so i spent a lot of time on a break on the giant slopy thing, chalking both my hands and the hold.