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then what did you say?

shit no rock in Florida??? who would have thought...

shit i broke my back, had surgery and was back in 4 months, hiking to the cliff with a back brace on...

about getting back to you home state... maybe start with mapquest.com....

Four years, because I had two full time jobs with very little sleep.

I destroyed my knee 13 months ago. I was able to climb in July, and led a few easy pitches at Tensleep. I am still 7 months away (supposedly) from being whole again, due to a frozen knee and also nerve damage to my leg that prevents muscle development. I have been following hard-ish (for me) ice and mixed climbs all winter, but still not whole enough to lead. I think this is mainly a mental crux, which has ALWAYS been my problem - even when I wasn't hurt and rock climbed a bunch in the Red. Has anyone else experienced this lack of courage after an injury? what to do?

4 Months off due to motorcycle injury with having to take it easy for another 4 months, plus an occasional month off due to injury/work/family.

I climb regularly for only a few months a year. Ive probably taken 5 months completely off every year for the last five or six. Bouldering comes back in a couple weeks. Sport climbing not so much, but then I don't really sport climb. I'm a better trad climber than I've ever been.

I have taken off the past 6 years- climbing just a few times a year, not really enough to maintain any degree of fitness. This layoff has occurred at the same time as aging into my forties. I still dream of coming back, and I am going to give it hell. With a motivated training partner and a treadwall I still have delusions of grandeur.

My personal goal is to onsight 12s at 70s...but if I die first could someone do that for me????

tutugirl wrote:My personal goal is to onsight 12s at 70s...but if I die first could someone do that for me????

amen- the whole point of climbing for me is to climb hard into my seventies.