scoring big on one multi-year project

and failing greatly on another...

back in spring in the middle of a "live-exam" in an accounting-class on the way to my teacher-diploma. that was one part of this BIG project that that i finished last week ;)

close to 10 years after finishing university with a master in business&economics i was back at university at the end of summer of last year to finally finish up my teacher-diploma as well. it was intense and rough sometimes trying to balance a 100+%-job, push my climbing AND finish up the studies. somehow i managed the task... but i would have loved to have more time for climbing and just "living"...  and not being permanently running from one task to another... - but it was worth all the effort and after finishing the 140pages-thesis during summer, last week i had my final exams and i passed all of them with success. always great to see when all the hard work pays off in the end. really happy about that!!!

numbing out once more while going for that last move....

after that week with my final two exams (and work going on parallel as usual) i was pretty wrecked. the week had been super intense. but as there was good and warm weather forecasted on the weekend i was off to sustenpass. warming up i felt so tired i did not really wanted to go for a try on the highlander at all. i was just happy to be lying on my crashpad and enjoying the sun. but as it was so nice conditions and the boulder really dry i just went on for a try...

at the end of the day i surprised myself of climbing three more times into the last two moves... numbing out once... just hitting the second last hold with 3 instead of 4 fingers... failing greatly once again but still with a smile on my face with one BIG project less and my mind way more FREE then it used to be for the last couple months... no i can go 100% for that highlander...  if there would not be that finger-injury... work.... weather... but then; there is always "something" isn't it... ?!

setting up for the last move with just 3fingers on the right-hand-crimp does not work for me... going down once more....