Monday, August 07, 2006
My Dreams... and getting motivated and inspired by the climbers in the UIAA World Cup at Singapore
Okay... So today's tuesday... The UIAA sport climbing world cup at singapore expo hall 5b has finally ended at sunday, august 6 2006... having started on saturday, august 5 2006... Experiencing the world cup despite not being able to participate has been an unbelievable experience... Being able to watch some of the greatest climbers beat it out in the world cup... has given me a lot of motivation and inspiration to start training harder... I have realized the huge gap between climbers from the East and the West...
Being in this sport for only 2 years is not an excuse... despite the fact that most of these climbers have been in this sport a lot longer than me... I will probably have 1 year left for me to fully commit into this sport before i have to leave school and enter ns and after that, the working world... Climbing in other countries may be a profession... but not in singapore... due to lack of sponsors and support from our own singapore mountaineering federation...
That's why... in this 1 year... i have to let go of other commitments... and fully commit into this sport... Experiencing the world cup has truly motivated me beyond my imgination... I couldn't believe how strong and good the climbers were... Including the women... If i were to climb the women's route... haha... i don't think i can get past the second roof... Watching the ladies from the East climb... made me think... if they could get this strong... why can't i?...
Haha... and oh yeah... there were some pretty cute ladies there... Well... in particular, Slovenia... Such as Maja Vidmar and Natalia Gros...
After watching them climb... my goals have changed... I'm going to do my best to make my previous long term goal into a short term goal... Once i have achieved this, with proper training, i shall proceed to another... But of course... to achieve the first goal... i shall have to surpass some people... I have to... become stronger... better... sicker... and crazier... Slovenia!!! i will one day go there and climb with the climbers there!!!
Being motivated... i could push myself when i trained on monday, that's yesterday... One of the climbers gave a pretty sick route... a seriously sick micro crimper... The first time i held it... and came down... my fingers ached... I guess it was too sick... I couldn't get pass the move... Haiz... Shows that i still have a long way to go... But being motivated... i kept trying until my pinky finger bled... only a bit.. no big deal... but it was my first time my fingers bled... haha... guess it really was too sick... We tried again... and again... but we finally made another route... All in all... i guess that... monday was the first time i felt full of energy... but couldn't do my best... but still kept on pushing... haiz... in the end... what kept me going was the thought of one day being able to climb in the world cup and in slovenia... one day i will... definitely... i shall not forget... my resolve...
Being in this sport for only 2 years is not an excuse... despite the fact that most of these climbers have been in this sport a lot longer than me... I will probably have 1 year left for me to fully commit into this sport before i have to leave school and enter ns and after that, the working world... Climbing in other countries may be a profession... but not in singapore... due to lack of sponsors and support from our own singapore mountaineering federation...
That's why... in this 1 year... i have to let go of other commitments... and fully commit into this sport... Experiencing the world cup has truly motivated me beyond my imgination... I couldn't believe how strong and good the climbers were... Including the women... If i were to climb the women's route... haha... i don't think i can get past the second roof... Watching the ladies from the East climb... made me think... if they could get this strong... why can't i?...
Haha... and oh yeah... there were some pretty cute ladies there... Well... in particular, Slovenia... Such as Maja Vidmar and Natalia Gros...
After watching them climb... my goals have changed... I'm going to do my best to make my previous long term goal into a short term goal... Once i have achieved this, with proper training, i shall proceed to another... But of course... to achieve the first goal... i shall have to surpass some people... I have to... become stronger... better... sicker... and crazier... Slovenia!!! i will one day go there and climb with the climbers there!!!
Being motivated... i could push myself when i trained on monday, that's yesterday... One of the climbers gave a pretty sick route... a seriously sick micro crimper... The first time i held it... and came down... my fingers ached... I guess it was too sick... I couldn't get pass the move... Haiz... Shows that i still have a long way to go... But being motivated... i kept trying until my pinky finger bled... only a bit.. no big deal... but it was my first time my fingers bled... haha... guess it really was too sick... We tried again... and again... but we finally made another route... All in all... i guess that... monday was the first time i felt full of energy... but couldn't do my best... but still kept on pushing... haiz... in the end... what kept me going was the thought of one day being able to climb in the world cup and in slovenia... one day i will... definitely... i shall not forget... my resolve...
what did i do so wrong that you had to leave me alone ... at 10:09 PM
0 people in the crowd heard my words
0 people in the crowd heard my words