On Friday
night my Dad and I flew out to Germany where we met our friends Daniel and
Nicole.
On the
Saturday we went climbing in the Eiffel, it was lovely to be out on real rock
in the sun, I didn't do anything hard and mostly focused on not falling off as
there were HUGE run outs!
On Sunday
I went climbing at Area Vertical. This wall is one of my favourites as the wall
has lots of changes in angles and its routes are set in a comp style, perfect
for pre competition climbing (I did my first on sight 9 (UIA)) and would really
like to go back😜
Monday we
went bouldering at Boulder Planet in Köln. The boulders were great fun and I
managed some routes I was very proud of.
On
Tuesday my Dad and I went to Köln Zoo. I hadn't been to a zoo since I think I
was about 6 so I found it really exciting and fun. I think my favourites were
the hippos.
On
Wednesday I went climbing at another wall in Köln. I did some routes I was
happy with and showed good fight on the others. My Dad mentioned that he
thought I was climbing a bit too slow so on one of my routes he timed me- I
took 7.45 minutes. I was worried that I would be too slow at the weekend as you
only have 6 minutes to top the route in the qualifiers. I tried not to worry
however as I knew it would be better for me to be timed out without making
silly mistakes than slip off low down because I was worried about time.
On
Thursday we drove to Austria ready to meet the rest of the team at the
hotel.
Friday
was fun😄 the team went to the Alpine Coaster and spent some time at a
pretty little lake.
On
Saturday I woke up early so I could have breakfast and head to the wall in time
for the demos. I was climbing 21st so headed to the wall in the second car. I
watched the demo, read the route and then went up to warm up on the inside
wall. I walked back down to the comp wall in time to watch 5 people before I
went and got tied in.
"By
my finger tips.." on my first route.
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I was nervous; however I was focused on the route and had been through
the route several times in my head. It was my turn to climb... I took it slow
on the first vertical section as it was on small holds for both my hands and
feet. I next got onto some crimps and then a side pull and a hand on a positive
sloper on a volume, I reached up for the next hold however I couldn't reach. I
tried a couple more times this way before I put a heel in, took my bottom foot off
and pulled down. I got the next hold and two more blocky holds I made a couple
more moves then jumped up to a good hold on a volume. I got it, shook out and
carried on. The next set of moves consisted of getting a guppy, going again to
a crimpy hold then going to a side pull. I fell off going to the fourth to last
hold after not going hard enough to a large hold.
The team went back to the hotel meaning we weren't in the sun all day.
When we returned I watched the demo for our second route then went inside as I
was climbing as the third to last climber to climb.
I warmed up and walked down to the wall ready to climb. I was
feeling super nervous- more than on the first route. I got tied on and waited
for the girl before me to fall. I pulled on, got a couple clips up and placed
my foot sloppily and it popped, thankfully I managed to stay on and place it properly.
I was a bit tense after the foot-pop and it showed in my climbing (I apparently
tried to pull the holds off the wall.). After climbing half the route like this
I settled into it and just enjoyed the route. One of my favourite moves was a
big, deep roll-through that followed onto another crimp and up to an under-cut.
You next moved up to two slopers on a volume and out to an Imst sign hold. I
fell on the next move out to a pinch. Once again I was close to the top going
to the fifth to last hold.
On the
Sunday we watched the finals and well done to Molly who came 7th in junior
girls💪
Overall I came 24th and the 1st
Brit. I was happy but slightly disappointed with my result however I learnt a
lot of useful things from my first EYC and targets to work on for next time. 😊
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| Enjoying myself on route 2! |
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