Varken! I'm allergic to varken plastic!
mwaaa hahahaha - its a barrel of laughs here! Had a mulitcultural weekend with Matt and Aukje - a mix of pidgin Italian, English and a bit of Dutch. Isn't it funny what the translations of different words are - poor Aukje is almost in tears - Matt and I are finding Dutch so amusing. Especially the word varken....said with an almost 'f' instead of a 'v', sounds very much like an irishman swearing....but means pig, so everything has had 'pig' added as an adjective....ah, small things eh?
So we went climbing - headed up to Rovereto on Friday evening for a social boulder comp. It was a speed one - Ha! fastest round the boulder - best of three attempts. And you'll never guess - I won the womens!!! (yeah ok, i was the only one in it, but i was pretty speedy...).Then there was meant to be a boulder comp on the saturday but it pissed down with rain, so alas it was canned. We went to the boulder gym instead. Hmmm, not really interested at all - i've been spoilt by all the rock i think. We did manage to get a few routes in on rock before the rain - a crag with a Monastery on top. Didnt see any Monks though. Just Monkeys. Climbed Sunday too - Ceraino. So making the rounds of all the local crags. But felt really wierd on Saturday night - strange headache and felt quite seedy - the only thing it could have been is an allergic reaction to plastic. I think Emma the gym bunny has been converted. 'Varken!' I hear you say!
back to work now. Cant even go for a ride - flat tyre and the bike shops are shut Mondays, so cant buy a new tube. Shame. The bath probably needs another clean though - best get onto that. Dont want it to end up like the infamous Joseph St one with it's own flourishing ecosystem...
So, the plan for this week? Well, work by day, (may involve some early morning vertical playtime at Ceredo if I can talk someone else into it) and skype by night with the team in Sydney. I'm quite gutted I cant be there - just doens't feel right not being part of the team this year. So if you guys are reading this - know that I am thinking of ya and sending 'go hard' vibes, even got the sweaty palms as I think about you all climbing like I know you can. Relax, focus and enjoy.