Note to Self

do not press the "publish post" button until you're absolutely sure there's nothing more to add, change, etc. the title of yesterday's post, for example, would have sounded better as: "am i crazy...or is it just me?"

and, i should've added a "Thanks, Jack!" after the first paragraph.
: )

anyway, thank YOU for letting me think out loud here. now i'm going to dig out my backpack, throw some weight in it, and hike around J's woodsy, hilly neighborhood a couple times. 'cause every day is training day...and, i have appropriate fear of The Climb.

carpe diem.

Is it just me, or am I crazy?

i just accepted the biggest challenge of my life, thus far. i'm going to spend the next 5+ months getting in the best shape ever, physically and especially mentally, for an outdoor climb. in Europe. with a guy who will not under any circumstances let me slack or throw in the towel.

i will not be climbing into an elevator again, anytime soon; it'll be stairs all the way. (that'll be awesome fun on the days i grocery shop, living on the fourth floor as i do.) i will need a very regular gym schedule, and cardio will entail a treadmill set at the highest incline, and a weighted pack on my back. as for the rock gym, just making it to the top of the easiest routes will be child's play; if i'm to have the strength and cajones (figuratively speaking) to climb outdoors in actual MOUNTAINS, i damn well better be able to do just about anything in that rock gym, including the up the wall-across the ceiling-down the other wall thing.

hear me roar.