11 August 2021
Phat Club (Camp) 9a by Dan Mirsky (38)
Dan Mirsky has done his second 9a, Phat Club (Camp) in Rifle. "I'm proposing a name change here. Siegrist did the link-up from Fat Camp to tp Bad Girls Club and named it Phat Camp. Since Fat Camp and Phat Camp sound the same when you say them I'm calling it Phat Club instead. In any event, I think it climbs the best part of both routes, takes the straightest line and is maybe the hardest version?
It was kind of an epic process. I tried the link up a little bit in 2019 and thought I was close and was going out to try and send one day in September when I hurt my back (not on the route). That led to back surgeryโฆ. I tried it again last summer but didnโt feel quite ready in my recovery process so I put aside. This spring/ summer I felt physically capable but let it get in my head a bit and actually fell off in the final roof 7 times before I sent which was classically very anticlimactic. I finally got out of my own way and it all felt quite chill when I did it. I also just turned 39 (today in fact) so it was nice to get a win in as I am getting older, even if it was a link up๐ฅด
It was kind of an epic process. I tried the link up a little bit in 2019 and thought I was close and was going out to try and send one day in September when I hurt my back (not on the route). That led to back surgeryโฆ. I tried it again last summer but didnโt feel quite ready in my recovery process so I put aside. This spring/ summer I felt physically capable but let it get in my head a bit and actually fell off in the final roof 7 times before I sent which was classically very anticlimactic. I finally got out of my own way and it all felt quite chill when I did it. I also just turned 39 (today in fact) so it was nice to get a win in as I am getting older, even if it was a link up๐ฅด
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