Tom Randall Instagram – The one that got away…. for the moment! Just finished up a trip in Austria trying Prinzip Hoffnung with @annahazelnutt and it was one of those “nearly, but not quite situations” that do happen! 😅 I used to get a bit frustrated about these as it always felt like the success of the trip was determined by the outcome of ‘productivity’ but that doesn’t really work for me any more. It just leads to too much focus on a goal and not the fun of the experience. Definitely not easy to get it right as being a ‘pro’ is somewhat correlated with success (however you define that) and I’m still prone to getting it wrong. However, this time it felt right as at the end of the trip in the last couple of days I realised I was getting increasingly detached from the send and that the more I tried to force myself to be psyched it wasn’t quite right. So… what to do? I set zero expectations on each remaining days, I went with whatever felt fun (lead, TR, random jumping off) and it went back to being just perfect again! If anything I left more psyched that it’s still there for a return trip and I’ve got a bit of improving to do.
Big shout to Anna for getting this route done. It’s not really her forté being quite cracky and it’s deffo not an easy route despite the number of repetitions… don’t let that fool you! She also climbed the crux with a duff method (well done) and did the bold climbing with zero fuss really (again, good effort).
Looking forward to some Welsh trad this coming month now! 💪💪
Photos by: @philippklein 📸
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