Any of you out there who have been checking up on this waiting for 'more coming soon' I apologize! I have been terribly busy of late and coupled with many errors and technical problems I have not been able to update this thing... no more secrets on this end. I am on the 'other west coast' having moved to Florida. I know there is no climbing here, but it is more do to a recent acquisition that prompted this current move. Before I delve further let's back track first...
Upon returning to the US after an overseas journey (see travelingcat.blogspot.com) I found myself on the west coast (San Diego). I was back to doing tile work and renovations as my funds were low and I wanted to start saving for my next trip. On the few days I wasn't working I got out to sample some of So Cal's bouldering.. it was pretty good and I was rolling with a fun crew, but constant pain and lack of power was starting to worry me. After one such outing I found that I couldn't raise my right hand above my chest without experiencing major crepitates and pain! I had an MRI done and was thankful for no tears being found.. however, the cause was still unanswered. I finally saw a doctor who did some tests and came to the conclusion that I had a pinched nerve in my neck and back that were adversely affecting my right shoulder. I had lost the ability to get beyond the inflammatory stage of an injury and my rotator cuff was only functioning at half it's strength. Thus the constant pain and lack of power! The doctor also stated that said injury had been worsened do to repeated activity and that although not to current levels it had most likely degraded over the last few years. So at the very least an excuse on all the lines I wasn't able to send... haha!
Over the last few years I have been looking for something to do that could allow a little more stability (as in I wouldn't be coming back from some trip broke). When the opportunity to buy into an existing business came up I decided to go check it out..
Here I am in Florida now. Owner of a climbing gym in a state with no rock!. The facility was outdated and had been neglected over the last few years. So after closing the doors for a month and 'modernizing' we are open for business again. Check it out at www.VerticalVentures.com ! And in the Feb./March issue of "Urban Climber" one can see our facility as well as some interesting 'buildering' pics... I am going to begin working on a new site, so stay tuned.
