The last week has been rough. Last Saturday I entered a bouldering competition at the Roxx (the biggest climbing gym here in Christchurch); I was having a lot of fun, and actually doing pretty well. About half of the problems / routes were fairly high, though, probably as high as 6m / 20 feet. As the competition was drawing to a close, I fell from the last move of one of these tall problems, and my left foot went between the mats as I hit the floor, and I smashed heel-first onto the hard floor beneath. Instantly, my ankle exploded with pain, and I knew that things had gone south (so to speak). Luckily, my friend Mark (who is doing his PhD here, but lived in Vancouver when we did, and I had climbed with him at the Edge in North Vancouver - small world!) drove me home. After a week of ice, bandages, and elevating my ankle, its starting to feel better, although I am still hobbling around.
And now we're all sick with the flu. Ugh. I am looking forward to being intact again... Rowan and Aya are almost better now, so that's nice. Aya still has a bit of a plugged ear canal (or something) that causes her a lot of discomfort when she lies down to sleep. Hopefully that clears up soon!
I'm really hoping that my ankle gets better soon - I'd love to get up to Castle Hill and do some more bouldering before we leave NZ, but those plans are a bit up in the air now.
We're planning on moving back to Canada sometime in the next month or so. Exact dates are still up in the air, unfortunately. We're hoping to get in on as much of the Canadian Summer as possible! So much nicer than a Canadian winter!
More soon!
Trent.
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