After the technical meeting and publication of the running
order we had a bit of a debate over how to share the one senior male GB
competition vest we had (kind of Déjà vu moment to Kranj last year). It looked like we would get away with it, I
was up 22 on my first route, giving plenty of time for Ed to get the vest to
me. However for my second climb the
timing got tight for me to get my vest back, I got it in the nick of time - slightly
damp, hope that was rain and not sweat.
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Qualifiers in the rain
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Athletes' presentation
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I have mixed feeling over my performance on the two
routes. The first one, I was climbing
well and felt comfortable, but just made a mistake and was spat off the wall. I
was a bit fed up with being 71 of 76 as I knew I could have done better. I focused on the second route and did much
better – coming 45 of the 76, although oddly I felt I came of this due to a
mistake again. I was fairly happy with
62 of 76, especially considering the quality of climbers I was competing with.
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| Finals |
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| Crowd watching the final |
Yet again I have learnt loads, and know what to try to focus
on in training, and competing outdoor in the rain an experience. Staying all together in one apartment was
brilliant, and defiantly the way to go, especially with the wet weather.
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| Chamonix in the sun |
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| View from the Tourist office |
Looking forwards to the Senior World Cup in Imst, and then
Senior World Championship in Gijon, with all the senior GB men.
A huge thank you to my sponsors:
SportsAid
Johnson Matthey
RVBC
UCLan
Whalley Physio
It would be impossible to do this without your help.
