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I did a 10 mile walk, then went climbing for 2.5 hours. It was fun; I was in good form. I seem to be back to the form I was in pre-injury. My ankle was slightly swollen at the end, but not painful. (I can do pistol squats again.)

I went climbing yesterday. It was fun; I was finally in form and my ankle didn't hurt. It was a training session: we were trying our anti-styles. I got two overhanging, powerful v4s. 2.5 hour session.

I've been working on my ankle rehab, which has been going OK but slowly. I seemed to recover reasonably quickly for most things; climbing is proving to be the slowest. I suspect that climbing puts a lot of strain on the ankle. I had one session a couple of weeks ago, where I climbed for 2.5 hours and was limping heavily by…

I managed 10 miles' walk and a climb today. Again, I got some easy v3s. I',m not at full fitness, but slowly getting there.

@mtaratoot I've found the trick for shore dives is to take the bottles to the entrance separately, and only don them at the last minute (in the water if possible.,) Then getting out is that process in reverse; you leave the bottles at the side to pick up later. I don't need to walk far, if at all, fully kitted up. I went…

I did the course in March. I haven't done that many dives in it yet, less than 20. My first attempt in the sea led to a quick ascent from 20 metres. (I was head heavy in a strong drift, which made buoyancy hard). I sometimes do deco. It's not hugely typical of my dives; but if I'm in Scapa (say) the bottom of the warships…

That sounds fun. Part of the reason I like caving so much is that a lot of the movement is difficult and terrifying. I went diving today. It was was just quarry dives: I wanted to check my ankle was Ok, and I had a drysuit back from repair I wanted to test. I'm also still not completely used to sidemount. My buoyancy was…

I finally got around to swimming. My gym cancelled my earlier two bookings with no explanation. The first 5 or 6 lengths were hard; I was doing breaststroke and my ankle complained about the rotational movement. After that, it must have sufficiently stretched, so it felt good. I did 500 metres, so not far, but it was…

I'm finally close to bring fixed. My ankle was really painful a week ago on Tuesday, when I went into the office. I was moving very slowly and limping a lot. I vaguely considered going to the doctor's. Instead, I concentrated on trying to walk without a limp, and moving as fast as possible. This seems to have been vaguely…

I tried a scuba diving yesterday. It turned out to be over-ambitious. Getting onto a bouncing boat, in a dry suit, over an unstable pebbled beach, with heavy kit on proved too much for my ankle. It was pretty sore after that for the rest of the day. Today, I didn't try to dive but have walked a lot; I am currently on 12…

I fell on a slab climb on Wednesday, and my leg hit a volume on the way down. I twisted my right ankle. I couldn't really walk, but a friend I was climbing with lives near the gym. He twisted his ankle on a caving trip in summer, so he had crutches. So I got home fine, if slowly. (Two walks which normally take 10 minutes;…

Climbing. 2.5hours. It was good; my first ever v5 flash.

It has been a while since I posted here. Monday Climbing, endurance training. Good fun, I was destroyed afterwards. 2.5 hours. Wednesday Climbing, 3 hours. Decent, I got a v5. Thursday Lifting; I am weak Friday Swimming, just 1km as I went before breakfast and was time constrained. Saturday Caving. This was our dig. We got…

Saturday Walked up Snowdon. It was nice; it's an easy walk. I last climbed it around 10 years ago; my fitness is way better now. It was really crowded, so I would run up the bits I was on to overtake; realise I'd let my mates behind; and have a wait before the next 5 min sprint. Sunday Caving in a mine. This was also…

Monday Climbing. 2.5 hours. It was a training session; we concentrated on getting relatively easy climbs perfect(no hesitation; no readjustments). It was fun. At the end. I did done projecting, and got a powerful overhanging v4 which I've tried many times before. Wednesday Climbing, 2.5 hours. Good fun, I stared badly but…

A "go to page" button would be useful; I currently need to press the back button as many times as needed. It is quite close to the Page 1 button, so error prone.

Saturday I went sightseeing with my niece in London, so got around 20,000 steps during the day (neither of us like the Tube.) I then went climbing in the evening. 3 hour session. It was odd; I started really badly. However, after 2 hours I suddenly improved. I got 4 of my projects in the last hour; mainly hard v3s but one…

Posting is hard now finding the end of threads is hard... Monday Climbing. I pulled a muscle on Sunday, so I didn't go very hard. Wednesday Badminton. The first time I had played in years. Good fun. 1 hour.

I've been getting this too, both on the app and the website.

Friday Climbing, 2 hours. Pretty decent session. One slab v4 took me about 2 minutes. I flashed the thing, but it was horrible. (You chimney up between two volumes. It only had three holds.) Saturday 12 mile walk. I'm unfit; I was tired at the end. Maybe I should have taken some food or water with me; I tend not to bother…

Wednesday Climbing, 3 hours. I went with my little brother, who does way shorter sessions than me. I broke him; he twisted his ankle towards the end. It was an existing injury, hopefully he recovers quickly. Thursday Lifting. Squat, bench and deadlift; with done fingerboarding thrown in.

Black Witch is a specific neoprene glue, so was probably the best option for this seal. I thought Aqua Sure was more for latex seals. I probably should have gaffa taped it as well as glued it. This suit is my back-up; main suit is getting repaired and I should have it back soon. Sunday Climbing. A quick session, as a…

I spent the week diving in Kinlochbervie, in a very remote bit of North West Scotland. It was lovely. The diving was fairly standard UK hard boat fare; 2 dives a day for 6 days. (30 metres max; 1 hour max). I was pretty dived up by the end, my buoyancy, trim and air consumption were good. I got a hole in my neoprene neck…

@Ennaelangels is that lead climbing? My goal recently was to get v5 at bouldering; I have got a couple but it's quite rare. There are still many v4s which are beyond me, but I get a few.

Monday Climbing. It was supposed to be my weekly lesson. However, trains were broken so I ended up in different gym. I started off really badly. However, after 45 minutes it started to improve, and by the end of 2.5 hours it has turned into a pretty good session. Tuesday Day off, so 12 mile walk and some light hang…

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I exercise for the long haul. Short term fluctuations are inevitable. I'm a climber. If it becomes clear it's a high gravity day, I'll try to come up with some drills to make sub-maximum effort climbing more interesting. For example, can I jump to every hold? Can i put a foot on every hand hold before moving on? Can I flow…

Saturday I shore dived Sheringham in Norfolk, doing the chalk reefs. It was lovely; 1.5 hour shallow bimble seeing flounders, crabs, squat lobster and gobies. Sunday Climbing. Good fun, I got some technically really difficult slab. 2 hour session.

I went climbing yesterday. It was decent, I got a thuggy overhanging v5. My main project turned into a v3, which took me at least 20 goes. I got it after 2.5 hours, by which time moving had become painful. So I called the session then.

I went diving over the weekend. I was trying a new configuration (side mount) and didn't have it set up well. I was head heavy, which caused me to lose my buoyancy on a 20m dive; and go to the surface far too quickly on starting the ascent. I went climbing yesterday. I was strong