Bamboula Vid

Vimeo finally let me upload this quick vid of Tez climbing Bamboula, as planned in last post. Just a quick afternoon capture and edit really:

Bamboula from Ram Man on Vimeo.

His hardest bit of climbing to date I think and cruised, nice one Tez!

As for me, I flashed a good route called Boudille Bordallaise (or something) the same visit which is a calames (the harshest graded crag in the world?) personal best for me - a mighty 7a+!

Climbed a bit yesterday at a really inspiring sector at Alliat. Had to stick to easy stuff though as my elbows seem to be semi-re-fucked. Absolutely gutted! So back in rehab mode, hopefully just a blip in their recovery. Maybe I tried too much too soon on them. Well obviously I guess I did, despite lots of paranoia and careful thinking the whole time. Such a frustrating injury and for me proving very difficult to manage. From what I've read and come to understand, complete rest is almost as bad as continued overuse but it's gauging the correct intensity to stimulate healing without further damaging which I'm finding hard. Won't be climbing much next couple of weeks - plenty of work on. Then I'm back in the UK, hmmmm. Not to worry, when I think about it, my elbows are infinitely better than they were in say november last year when I couldn't even pull on - so the gradual trend is one of improvement! They'll get there eventually, 'as long as it takes'....