prAna: Sustainable Clothing

Coming to Rocklands this year I had one main climb in mind, Monkey  Wedding, V15.  This line was first climbed by Fred Nicole over 8 years  ago.  I had briefly tried this line the first time that i came to  Rocklands but at the time, the line felt way too hard for me and I knew i would have to come back stronger if Iever wanted to send it. Before my trip, I trained super hard! I knew I would have my work cut  out for me on such an amazing and hard line!  I began working the  climb early in the trip but because of bad weather and sharp holds I  was not able to give it that many days of work.  By the middle of  August, I had tried the line a decent amount and felt like i was
getting very close to sending.  The weather was beginning to get very  warm and my trip was coming to an end very shortly, so I knew I had to  get it done in very soon!  On the last day of my trip in Rocklands, I  managed to nab  the second ascent of Monkey Wedding!  The feeling of  sending such an awesome line made me so realize how much hard work and  effort has to be put in sometimes to get something done.  It is all  worth it when you are standing at the top of your project feeling
nothing but pure euphoria. I am now in Cape Town for the next few days, bouldering and hanging out.  My girlfriend and I head to Europe on August 31st!  We are going
to be heading to Austria first and then off to Switzerland for the  Fall!  Stay tuned for more updates!

~Paul