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Life’s Been Busy
Not only has life been busy, but the climbing gym has started to get busier. The last few weeks have been unusually busy during our usual climbing times, which has led us to have to leave early to avoid too much contact during my low immunity weeks. Ultimately, I got about one climbing day per… Continue reading
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Weekly Update: February 9, 2026 – February 15, 2026
The author reflects on building hand strength for climbing, achieving some fitness goals while struggling to rest adequately. They had mixed success with medical infusions affecting energy levels. A semi-private coaching session improved climbing technique, and plans include better hydration and supplement use to enhance recovery and performance in upcoming climbs. Continue reading
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Weekly Update: February 2, 2026 – February 8, 2026
The author reflects on building hand strength for climbing, achieving some fitness goals while struggling to rest adequately. They had mixed success with medical infusions affecting energy levels. A semi-private coaching session improved climbing technique, and plans include better hydration and supplement use to enhance recovery and performance in upcoming climbs. Continue reading
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Smearing For The Win?
My hands were mostly pain-free today, which is 5 days since my last climbing day. Today was the first day in a while that I think I was mostly good before a climbing day. At the climbing gym, my plan was to do 3 climbs with one of those being a 5.8. However, I spent… Continue reading
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Weekly Update: January 26, 2026 – February 1, 2026
Not a bad week. Climbed two days and did weight training and finger training at least 4 days this week! Fingers My fingers are a little upset with me. I have some pain and tenderness in various fingers but nothing substantial and nothing that worries me about climbing again this week. That’s good news. Trying… Continue reading
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Next Steps
In the upcoming weeks, I’ll be seeing a physical therapist who specializes in climbing injuries. My goals for this appointment: I woke up today with tenderness in some of my fingers. Saturdays are usually a day spent at the climbing gym watching my boyfriend boulder. Sometimes, I lift weights and do some physical therapy exercises… Continue reading
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The Beginning
Today marks day one of documenting and collecting data about how my disabilities impact my climbing and recovery. If there’s anything that I’ve learned through decades of orthopaedic surgeon appointments is that building and maintaining muscle to protect my joints and keeping my ligaments and tendons happy are super important. I know that I have… Continue reading