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Ciro's Blog: April 2014
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Saturday, 5 April 2014. My hand shook slightly as I sat at the computer, the mouse pointer hovering over the Send button. My heart raced and my body felt electrified as a torrent of conflicting emotions fought for my attention. I sat for a while and let them linger, savouring the delicious uncertainty. Sending it meant I was starting a 4 week notice period. Sending it meant it was 4 weeks until I would officially become an unemployed climbing bum. I've no doubt there will be moments over the next few wee...
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Ciro's Blog: Back on the rock (and the one that got away)
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Tuesday, 2 June 2015. Back on the rock (and the one that got away). By Wednesday I'd convinced myself to head up to Chamonix the next morning, when Gerd messaged me to say he was keen on coming to St Leger. I told him I wasn't fit, but it started me thinking again. That evening, I grabbed my climbing shoes and chalk bag and wandered down to hang off some holds. It was still painful but not as bad, and the discomfort was dependent on the wrist angle - if I stayed below the holds it was fine. Nestled among...
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Ciro's Blog: June 2015
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Tuesday, 2 June 2015. Back on the rock (and the one that got away). By Wednesday I'd convinced myself to head up to Chamonix the next morning, when Gerd messaged me to say he was keen on coming to St Leger. I told him I wasn't fit, but it started me thinking again. That evening, I grabbed my climbing shoes and chalk bag and wandered down to hang off some holds. It was still painful but not as bad, and the discomfort was dependent on the wrist angle - if I stayed below the holds it was fine. Nestled among...
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Ciro's Blog
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Tuesday, 26 May 2015. It's been a while since I wrote an update, mainly because there's not been all that much climbing going on. For personal reasons, going back to Rodellar didn't work out, and feeling mentally and physically exhausted I decided to head for the beach. I ended up in a lovely little spot called Segur de Calafell, near Tarragona. After that I went back to the beach for some more me time, but the tourists were starting to arrive and the resort felt a bit less secure - one afternoon I was s...
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Ciro's Blog: Mind Games
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Sunday, 5 July 2015. My logbook might say Super Cantina Marina (8a), but Makach Walou (7c ) has been physically and mentally the hardest project I've worked to date by far. It started well - doing all the moves on my first attempt - but I knew it needed a level of power endurance I didn't have. It was my first day in Céüse though, and as I was planning to stay a while I figured working it would be a good way to get fit. There was clearly a bit of both, but it was hard to say which was the most significant.
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Ciro's Blog: February 2015
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Saturday, 21 February 2015. It's something I've never been very good at; when I was in counselling, my therapist must have got sick of pointing it out. So I am a strong climber, I am a technical climber, and to top it off I've got a fucking good head for getting the most out of that. If you hear me saying otherwise, you have permission to slap me. Joris on (I think) Richer Line (7a). Stephane on what he thought was a 7b line at Las Chorerras (athough on UKC it looks like there's only a couple of 7cs wher...
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Ciro's Blog: March 2014
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Tuesday, 25 March 2014. The last six months or so have been frustrated by injuries - shoulder, knee, hand, elbow. then just when I thought I was back on the road to fitness, another slipped disk. To use an old Scots phrase, I was fair scunnered. I went to see a new physio who had some new ideas to compliment advice I'd had before, and initial progress was really good. However after a few weeks I got to a bit of a plateau of my own making. I started casting around the web for inspiration, but UKC. News of...
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Ciro's Blog: August 2015
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Monday, 10 August 2015. Thought I'd do a vlog for a change:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe in a reader. Don't get any big ideas: the dominance of names in social sciences. Rich's Training and Setting Blog. How much protein do you need? 169; Ciaran Tracey. Awesome Inc. template. Template images by AndrzejStajer.
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Ciro's Blog: June 2014
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Monday, 23 June 2014. Since my last post I've been through a bit of a schooling - both physical and mental; Finale is a hard but fair teacher. To start with I was only managing a few routes a day in the 6a to 6b range and left feeling broken. My skin hurt. My fingers hurt. My back hurt. My arms hurt. My feet hurt. After a few days of this, I began to feel frustrated - I was desperate to get back to where I was before the injuries, illness and van building duties that kept me out of action since September.
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Ciro's Blog: December 2014
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Wednesday, 3 December 2014. The best laid schemes o' mice an' men. I've been rather quiet on the blogging front lately, largely because I had little to say that wouldn't involve airing my dirty washing. After a good start to the road trip with Clare, our relationship took a downturn and carried on that way until we decided to call it a day. Then on Sunday morning, I woke up to an unexpectedly sunny day. My first thought was to get cracking on the van, but it seemed a bit of a waste, so I collared my ...
