The force was strong

So my last blog got me thinking about this past season. Given that the school year's in full swing now, days are getting shorter (and colder), and I'm now a weekend warrior rather than climbing every other day, I've been in a reflective mood. April vacation in the Gunks was the perfect way to start the year. I'd had a few days out at Crow Hill, and Sarah and I could really get into a good rhythm climbing together, particularly with some air under our feet. Lot's of moderates helped us to do that and i could see trying to make the Gunks an annual "let's get into a groove" trip. Onsighting 7th Seal at 10a was a nifty way to build confidence on Memorial weekend, followed by getting fit on my OB course and hitting some of the old classics in NC. The summer was undoubtedly sweet, from hitting the Gunks again with Pat and later with Sma ('06 was definitely the year of the Gunks) before heading off to the Red to meet Ron & Rosanna. I think the only thing I would have changed was having more rest days in there to rebuild strength. Nonetheless, the culmination of the summer was challenging ourselves in Acadia. Again, more rest would have been nice, but the weather compelled us to hit it hard. I would have liked more time to try some 10's but overall fun was had and THAT is what made is successful. By the time summer ended and I was back to hitting Crow on the weekends, i was styling everything I should. BOOM!