Honestly a report about my last months wasn't really easy for me. That's also why I just update when there's some memorable successes.
Let's begin with my last national competition in Dornbirn. That day I climbed to the second place and there has been a strong starter field too, so I felt very confident about myself. But in my last final-route i knew, if I want to be good in France, I'll have to be more accurate, but at that point I didn't know head problems will be quite a mission.
Arriving in France, everything went perfectly, till I came to my first route, from then on some things weren't what they should be. Pressure felt really bad and i even got the more difficult route in the beginning, so pressure was even more in the second, but I did well there so it wasn't that bad. So in the end I was 31. in Chamonix.
Next worldcup in Villars were very short routes and it was just hard to get into semifinal, same in Briancon. What I can say about all three competitions: Wide moves, short routes, big holds typical for bouldering and two routes were far to easy; and as a spectator, semifinal and final gets more boring every competion , because of heavy mistakes of the routesetters. Hope for this sport there will be some development
Imst was my first good competition this season, but also this time it was so much different to the last times here. One very easy qualification-route (at least 80% of the route) made it undeserved. One move decides the result of 30 people. Luckily in semifinal I was one move away from the final, so i could reach 16.th place!
Now it was time for Arco: With good feelings and new self-confidence I had to start qualification round very late, but I made it in very well. Due to the hot climate, I thought, that's what I trained for all year long. It was time for a necessary needed 10th place, that's how I was invited to start the legendary rockmaster-duel next day!
Very happy about beeing ably to start this event, I gave everything I could, and ended up 3rd positition behind big Adam Ondra and Jakob Schubert. So if there is anything I could learn from my passed half year, I would say: Trust your feelings and never stop fighting. Vivere militare est
Link from Rockmaster-duel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzJ2JVjF-uk
