A response to this line, however, is "Mediocre", shouted in condescension and disappointment in the failure of said action. Which is more or less what Gravical was. Mediocre. If you'd ask my opinion, at the expense of sounding salty I would say that this year's Gravical was set super poorly. The wall was too short for one. Another thing is that I felt the style of routes were really homogeneous. Route 1 was the only route which differed mostly in style. Routes 2 and 3 were only slight deviations of the last 3 routes, which were 4 to 6. Jump slopers formed the crux of routes 4 to 6, with little variation in possible beta. Which was a nightmare for me, dynamic slopers being my absolute weakness. Reflecting on this, I think that Gravical served instead as a harsh reminder not to be complacent, and that I cannot simply ignore certain aspects in my training.
The Tops
Route 1 was basically crimp city, my favourite lol
Route 2 had a tricky slope start into a shoulder move, but I love shoulder moves.
Route 3 was mostly pinches with a high reach near the end. Nearly fell but the flash here gave me good confidence going into the previous 2 routes.
The Drops
Route 4 will give me nightmares for the next few months. Couldn't find a way to reliably stick the heel AND the jump. Should've tried changing beta but was too stubborn in the moment.
Route 5 had a really fun start which I was confident of doing. The problem came afterwards with the outward sloper hold, just couldn't stick it.
Route 6, I don't have a video for it, but the key move was a sideways jump into a sloper pinch. Super shitty, couldn't stick it.
Looking through my videos, I feel that I climb was too stubbornly during comps, and I'm too afraid to change up my beta midway through. I probably need to work on some creativity/courage to use an attempt up to try and find another way around.
Over.
Recently finished watching the first season of Westworld, but I'll probably save that for my next post. Super good show.
Good Night
