Getting back to climbing post surgery

Getting back into climbing post surgery

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First picture is from Margalef back in February and the other two are from Pembroke over the weekend when I managed to send Hindenburg E7 6c.

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I haven't posted since back in October and November when I had not one but two open heart surgeries two weeks apart. It hit pretty hard unsurprisingly, not helped by the minor stroke I had before waking up from the second surgery.

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I had big concerns about getting back into climbing, especially since suffering from weakness and numbness on the left hand side of my body. After working with a neurophysio I made good progress.

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I went to Margalef in February which was pretty much my first time back on rock. Tried lots and got super psyched to be back doing what I love.

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Over the weekend I did my first trad climbing for nearly a year and after some onsighting on Friday, I invested all of my efforts into sending Hindenburg E7 6c and my efforts paid off. A stepping stone to lots more to come this year!

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I've also started route setting full time so I'll be putting a few posts up about that now and again.

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📷 Felix (who we met out in Margalef)