Saturday, May 14, 2011

Sydney Blocs

Groove Terminator V11


I was able to get down to Sydney once again on the weekend, this time I was off to the Wing Cave. I have been doing a little bit of training, but not overly too much really. I was going to compete in the Blocs bouldering comp on the Sat, however I figured why am I thinking about comps when I don't get out as much on actual things I want to send. I also had other commitments in the afternoon, so as the comp went late I would have had to leave early anyway. Turns out though I had a great day. After walking there with a few mats I finally figured out what the problem were and where they went. My friend Chris showed me the Wing Cave about 5 years ago. I remember seeing "Groove Terminator" v11 and thinking
WOW what a sick line. From then I wanted to do it. I had not been back since then! I am a bit renowned for burning out and then coming back. Ill be the first to admit that, no cover ups or excuses. I stayed in Sydney on the Friday night in the city and as morning broke, I found myself saying "Sutherland is a bit far south only for me to head north again in a few hrs, maybe ill just go back to Sissy or Crumbly". I then thought, maybe this is why I burn out, I sometimes go back to the same places repeatedly. So that's when I decided to go to the Wing Cave. I arrived to have a nice cool wind blowing through and nobody there, perfect! I could warm up, boulder, stop and read some study, climb again, read, you get the point. I started to work out the moves to Groove Terminator after warming up, I figured all the moves pretty quickly except 2. Anyway, I finally figured them out and thought I'd have a read on "the benefits of outdoor education" for my research project, then have a shot. I set up the video camera and to my surprise I was at the finishing jug in no time. Stoked! I tried a few other things that day then thought, ill do another lap, again I did it. The bloc is a little scary when you are the only one there and you are past your mats with the potential to have a bad fall. Anyway, I'd like to finish saying "The incredible hulk" v6! is way hard, but a sick bloc. I am slowly making a vid, this takes time as I dont get out too much. This will be on it so you'll have to wait. Chris mate, good luck with the up coming comp, ill be holding a banner saying "Go Chris". Cheers