Great time climbing tonight! I was a bit tired early in the night but I came alive by the time we started cranking on the hard routes.

I think I'll just go over the highlights:

Really good time at the climbing gym tonight...I started off with some bouldering and then had a phone meeting. I ended up messing around on a few v2's and then asked a friend if he wanted to climb some routes and this is what we climbed

5.8 White

This was a great warm up. I didn't really like the middle section but it wasn't too bad

5.10a

This was on the wall all the way in back to the right. I was intimidated by the roof but sended it without too much trouble. I really liked the way this route flowed especially through the beginning.

5.10b Yellow

Real good time climbing tonight. We did a good combination of bouldering, leading, and top roping.

TR/LD

5.8 tr

5.7 ld

Interesting lead route. The second clip is challenging; much better to climb up and clip

5.8+ ld

Our friend show off...I climbed it a bit weird but and got a surge of energy and felt really aggressive.

5.9 tr

Pal worked this one out and came up with a nice sequence to get through the roof smoothly.

5.10a tr

Total hack; have to do this one again cleanly

5.9 tr

Uhh I can't believe I made it to the top I was so tired...

Monday night at Metro Rock

- Routes climbed

5.8 Lead
5.8+ Lead
5.9 TR
5.10a TR

We did a bit of bouldering before and after which was pretty cool. I think it was the perfect amount of climbing for that night.

Right before I was about to lead the 5.8+ I noticed I was feeling scared. I didn't want to do the climb. Something happens in my head that tells me that I won't be able to do it and when I fail everyone will hate me. It sounds funny but it really sucks so to counter act it prior to getting on the route I stand there and breathe and wait until I feel ready to climb.

I had everything together but nothing packed and it was 7:00am on Saturday. My friend was due to arrive at 7:45am and I had a sneaking suspicion that I was going to be late. He got to my place a bit early and I raced around trying to get everything packed. It all worked out in the end and he even helped me out by boiling some water...

We met up with the third hiker and discussed the plans of the trip, organized where we would meet and head to the Whites...