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"I was so pumped, I was blind"..

J-Rock wrote:Today I fell off of a route because the bottom of my shoe ripped open and created a huge hole as I was trying to step up onto a high foothold. Of course, I blamed it on the shoe (even though I probably should have been able to hang on).

i used that excuse when my foot slid off a ramp on Too Many Puppies at the long crux move. i still don't know why the shoe split where it did. earlier on that same day i didn't send cause I somehow missed the three HUGE tickmarks and the HUGE clipping jug for the anchors. I fell one move away from the send, i was so bummed.

My Shoulder popped outta socket!
I blew up a tendon/pulley in my finger/s
I have a broken rib.
My elbows hurt.
I gots the Itis
The hike up killed me
I had too much/not enough sex last night
I'm afraid of heights
I gotta take a crap.

All I have herd at the Lode

I don't know - having to poop is always a valid excuse in my book --- those early morning climbs...always seems I get to about the first or second bolt and have to come down...it's a distraction! On days where I am REALLY motivated and just want to get on a route first thing in the morning, I will even skip the usual coffee and oatmeal...hey it's something you have to plan for sometimes.

The drive from Evansville wiped me out.

I am 49 and I have only been climbing since 2001 less the time I have taken off because life interfered.

I'm PMS-ing.

"I haven't been doing my yoga."

J-Rock wrote:

I think she greased up the crux holds and I fell off before I even got set up for a huge dyno finish.