Open Your Mind 8c+ by Illya Bakhmet-Smolenskyi (17)
12 January 2023
What are your plans for 2023?
I really hope to explore Tirol and all the amazing crags/routes it has and properly settle down in Innsbruck for the studies (will finish the German preparation next semester and then will start a proper course). I suppose because of it I won't really have the possibility to travel a lot except for the uni vacation days, so homecrags/projects are going to be the main focus. Would also really like to start bolting/developing/FAing some stuff, because it definitely lights me up!
What do you plan to study at Uni?
I'll study Computer Science, so first semester is going to be full on math with not too much time to chill in between. Most of it will be offline. If I'm lucky I'll get some days to go out for a bit longer then a weekend, but longer is unlikely.
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