It was the YCS finals yesterday at Ratho with 180 competitors. When we arrived it was very busy and it took a long time to get started and so I began to get nervous. I met up with Nikki again, I was so excited to see her and I also saw Sophie harper who had been in Imst. Simon gave me my South of Scotland hoodie but it was too small so I couldn’t wear it. I then went to look at all my routes and plan them out. I got to the top of my first two boulders and also my first route although there was a tricky move at the top of it. My lace came out on my first route and I had to stop to tuck it in. We then did our last boulder which was mainly slopers and I could only get to a horrible pinch on all three of my attempts so I only got 41 points. Only the older, taller girls got to the top. We then did our third route before our second route which was a black 7a+/7b on the speed wall and I managed to get 2/3 of the way. I was pleased with this because I had to pop for most of the moves because of the reach. The second route that we did last, I got ¾ of the way up and couldn’t reach the next hold. Overall I was 19th, my third boulder let me down, I still have two years in this category and so I should do better next year. I had a great day and can’t wait to go back and try out all the routes this week. We then went to Scotts for a BBQ and played at the park.
