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Below is a list of observations from popping my outdoor sport climbing virginity: 1. Limestone is sharp and hurts your fingertips. . 2. Being above the last quickdraw makes me very nervy. I need to fall more and get OK with falling! . 3. That falling on the rope is still fine, even though it's scary - I did fall unexpectedly and funnily enough, the system worked. I live to tell the very uneventful tale. . 4. Climbing on the sun-trap side of rockface is confusing for my sense of time; it really felt like a beautiful spring day! . 5. Grades outside are much harder than their numerical counterparts in gyms - hello vanity grading! (I don't even know if this is a thing, but I imagine so!) . 6. Deep breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth is your friend when you're internally screwing and freaking . 7. The frustration of not making a route you thought you'd flash is incredibly humbling as it is frustratin . 8. Good company is an essential component of a great trip - this is something that Black Lizard Climbing and Mountaineering Club nail! Link if you want to come and join or try us out. . 9. I need to climb more - goals, goals, goals . 10. Climbing is an emotional sport, much more than I ever gave it credit for when I started. I remember saying to a climbing friend years ago, that climbing was great because there no emotion involved, it was just methodical and logical. She disagreed and thought it was an incredibly emotional sport. I'm more inclined to agree with her... 4 years later! -- Full post link in bio :) -- #climbing #climbinglife #climbingwall #climbingrocks #climbingphotography #climbingisbliss #climbinglovers #climbinggirl #climbingday #climbinginspiration #climbingtrip #climbinggear #climbingismypassion #climbingholds #climbingpicturesofinstagram #climbingpics #climbingshoes #climbingtraining #climbingnation #climbingaddict #climbingwalls #blacklizardclub #londonclimbingclub #londonclimbers #comeclimbwithus

At the weekend I experienced outdoor lead climbing for the first time. This means clipping in your quickdraws as you go to bolts attached to the wall. Between carabiners, the last point of protection can sometimes be below you, which makes falling so SO much scarier. On top rope, falling is no bother. On lead, it really ought to be no bother but it's pretty terrifying when you're last anchored to the wall below yourself because you have twice as far to fall, even if you're only 4 inches above the last quickdraw - it can take a lot of deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth to let yourself fall. You know you will be caught. You know you won't get hurt. You trust your belayer, otherwise you wouldn't have started the climb, and still, you shit it. -- Full post link in bio :) -- #climbing #climbinglife #climbingwall #climbingrocks #climbingphotography #climbingisbliss #climbinglovers #climbinggirl #climbingday #climbinginspiration #climbingtrip #climbinggear #climbingismypassion #climbingholds #climbingpicturesofinstagram #climbingpics #climbingshoes #climbingtraining #climbingnation #climbingaddict #climbingwalls #blacklizardclub #londonclimbingclub #londonclimbers #comeclimbwithus

NEW BLOG POST: Climbing Portland, Sportland and Shitting It! - Why do we climb? Why is there a whole sport dedicated to scaling difficult to scale walls, only to be lowered down again as if you never got to the top at all? I think climbing is one of those sports that is pure in its challenge, in it's trying to be better than you were yesterday and in feeling a pure sense of accomplishment over an outwardly and seemingly pointless activity. There is so much more to climbing than just scaling walls, there's the self-mastery of your fear, the people you meet and enjoy the company of, there are the adventures and trips that make you feel so glad to be alive. What could be a better way to spend your time than connecting with others, connecting with yourself and connecting with nature: and here is perhaps a core feature that makes climbing such a gripping sport. Full post link in bio. - #climbing #climbinglife #climbingwall #climbingrocks #climbingphotography #climbingisbliss #climbinglovers #climbinggirl #climbingday #climbinginspiration #climbingtrip #climbinggear #climbingismypassion #climbingholds #climbingpicturesofinstagram #climbingpics #climbingshoes #climbingtraining #climbingnation #climbingaddict #climbingwalls #blacklizardclub #londonclimbingclub #londonclimbers #comeclimbwithus

Finally back on the cooking mojo. It's been a bit tricky with moving and stuff, but now I'm more settled I'm really pleased to be eating better. For a while, even just a short time, easting ready meals left my nails flaking and splintering. Already, with eating a bit better they're getting stronger again - which is great because it hurts when they snap so fat they bleed. Seems like an overreaction but that's just my body at the moment! - So to start, I made a firm favourite of mine: black bean stew. It's so tasty and satisfying but also a really easy make. #runningworldrecipe #veganrecipe #blackbeanstew #eatarainbow #eatyourcolors #veggiesarelife #vegetarianrecipes #eatwell #eatbetter #healthyliving #healthyeats #healthylifestyle #nutrition #onepotmeal #easyrecipes

Yay! My first Run Up To Christmas medal ever! I signed up the previous 2 years, and I never managed to clock up the Km. This year, despite uni deadlines, moving house and trying to make a shell a home I managed somehow to clock up the kilometers this year. 50 km across 25 days might not seem a lot to many runners, but for me, the fact that I managed it despite having a lot of change occurring really shows me just how far I've come in the last 3 years. From being entirely overwhelmed by normal living tasks: showering, dishes, washing, food shopping all felt too much for me for a long time, and now, I'm juggling more than I have for a long time and managing. Granted, I still don't do an awful lot but I'm doing so much more and so much more, consistently. For me, this medal may as well be for a marathon that started in 2017 and I achieved in 2019. #RU2C2019 #running #runningcomeback #runningchallenge #runningwithasthma #runnersofinstagram #runningcommunity #mymarathon #mentalhealthrunner #mentalhealthwins #winning #youearnedthis #itgetsbetter #keeppushing #consistencyiskey #progressnotperfection

January is well and truly under way halfway point of peak winteriness (definitely!). With lengthier stints of creepy darkness consuming our hours, it's a very natural feeling to want to hibernate a bit. I think the bears have the right idea with this one. Unfortunately, we are not bears and the world does not stop for 6 months a year for us to hibernate; the show must push on. - January is still a bit of a funny month. The festive shenanigans are over, which can be a relief. For others this means there's nothing to look forward to for a while (debatable). Perhaps something terrible happened at Christmas, because usually in someone's life something terrible happens at Christmas (not an official statistical fact). To top it off, January hosts Blue Monday - an idea that the third Monday in January is the bluest of them all, and although I very much disagree with the sentiment that you can feel depressed for a day or a week only, the fact that the idea of Blue Monday took off indicates that January is just a bit of a shit time of year - which is kind of funny considering we start it off with the biggest bang of all the months; all while being the number one most hated (a very quick and brief google search confirms this, if that's the level of evidence we're accepting now). With all of this in mind, I thought it might be helpful to think of some ways to cope this January if you are feeling a bit off keel. - There's a lovely list of (maybe) helpful suggestions on my site, FULL LINK ON BIO.

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