Tonight we drove to the climbing gym in San Francisco. Since I hadn’t been there for over 14 months, all the routes were new to me. The other two gyms where we go haven’t changed in a long time so this was a giant gift.
Even more wonderfully I got to climb several 10a and 10c routes tonight. Slabs and overhangs. And it was a full, hard workout.
A year ago I couldn’t have done any of the routes I did tonight except maybe one. And a year ago I would have wanted to quit an hour in at best instead of going the full two hours of our appointment slot.
I am not athletic and any progress feels like it’s so hard to come by when it comes to physical ability, but tonight I could see and feel that I’m getting better. That a lot of practice does in fact lead to progress. That I have to just keep going and keep showing up.
Yes to progress. Yes to getting stronger. Yes to showing up again and again and again.
#yearofyes #karenikayearofyes
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