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Climbing a lot less these few months, partially due to lower overall energy and partly due to increased yoga and skating. (Only 9, 8, and 6 sessions per month respectively.) No new pinks, but quite proud of Blue #31 and Blue #35 this season nonetheless!

Out of town for the back half of September. Boulderfest was November 4th (and this journal does not include routes that I first climbed during the competition); I placed in the top one-sixth of the intermediate division, which I'm proud of. Especially proud of Pink #4 and Blue #25 this season.

Out of town for the back half of June and ramped back up slowly in July, with a fairly absent August due to illness. Highlights: extremely proud of multi-week blue project in #99; passed 100 black+ climbs; second pink (#117); nearly doubled blue count from 11 to 20.

Packed season; visited SBP twenty times in May. Highlights: fun mountain-goat traversal blue (#73); brutally precise black project (#78); fun and interesting black (#88); difficult and satisfying project (#90); heroic progression on blue with a friendly stranger (#98).

Busy season for me outside of the gym: lots of work throughout September, then decompressing after that. Energy was scarce.

Was in New York for most of June, visiting Vital Brooklyn every other day or so and climbing a fair proportion of those days. "Reds" are V4–V5; "oranges" are V2–V3. I wish there were more overlap; routes and grading seem more interesting and inviting at SBP. Starting to get more blues: #37 (Blue #2) felt confusingly easy, but #43 (Blue #3) was really fun and worth being proud of.

(See description of Summer 2022 for explanation of the Vital red routes.)

Highlights: first blue! Really only December; I went five times in January (but no new blacks) and not at all in Feburary (out of town almost the whole month).

Highlights: first black, and started climbing! My first three black clears I actually don't have pictures of; there were two in August and one on September 20.