I miss the rock, I miss the adrenaline, but I don’t miss the snakes.

I haven’t climbed in over a month and it’s starting to get to me. I thought I had a pulled tendon on my right hand, so I laid off — hoping it would heal, but now all the joints in my hands are killing me, even keeping me up at night.

I hate going to the doctor and after 3 years of living in NOVA I still don’t have a doctor. Arthritis runs in my family, so I’m assuming that’s what they’re going to tell me, but I just want to climb again. Fall is almost here and  all I want to do this year climb.

In the meantime I’m trying these stretches to try to heal faster and prevent future injuries: Exercises – The Hands and Fingers.