Such Great Heights: Week 3 Summary
The car (currently with only Jean in it) has passed the 6000 kilometer mark on its way through Texas, while I am sat in New Orleans awaiting Alex and Mardi Gras; here’s the update:
CLIMB: Our final days in Chatt were better in terms of weather, which allowed me to get two more V3s in Rocktown, “Trouble” and “Gritstone Arete” - the latter of which I even flashed, which is to say “got on the first try”! Surprisingly, I also did a V4 in two parts towards the end of a climbing day in Stone Fort (see video below). I’m sure if I had a bit more energy I could have sent it! The only slight negative was still not getting “enough” climbing days, caused this time only partially by weather, and mostly by our relocation further south. 9/10.
READ: I finally finished The Feminine Mystique, fittingly, on the 57th anniversary of its publishing date and have even made my way through some of the extensive commentary that’s been written about it since. I got awesome next book recommendations (thanks Raphael!) for Waking the Frog, Creating Climate Wealth, and The Clean Money Revolution, the latter of which I’ve started. 8/10.
QUEST: Interesting session. It was a bit too late at night for me because I was still in EST, and there was lots of group sharing and reflection. We prepped on our own time by listing out 8 (!!!) of our personal “Zones of Genius” (presumably inspired by the homonymous idea from Gay Hendricks’ “The Big Leap”). The group has some very cool people with extremely impressive accomplishments, which definitely played into my Impostor Syndrome. 6/10.
FRENCH: I’m starting to think I might have to drop this goal, as I haven’t come up with a way to integrate it meaningfully at all. 0/10.
“The Crescent”
On a V1, tryin’ hard (no, actually)
Here’s a video of the bottom part of the V4 I mentioned earlier, called “Art of the Vogi” (footage of me doing the top part does not exist, nor does any evidence of my V3 sends, so I just have to assume that there is an active conspiracy at play to conceal the fact that I might just be able to climb outside - Occam’s razor, folks).
Note, if you can, the use of not one, not two, but three kneebars close to the start of the sequence. I am the Queen of Kneebars!
Wanna Help?
As I said, I’m in NOLA for a few days over Mardi Gras - if you have any can’t-miss-it recommendations (or pro-tips), I’m all ears! Drop me a note, or comment below.
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