i figured out yesterday that i am definitely not cut out to be a carpenter. a group of about 15 climbers from our gym have decided to build a climbing co-op. we're tired of everything; the routes, the lack of air conditioning or even a fan, crap music on the radio, and bad attitude. so, we got together and decided to make our own wall.

so, this weekend was a lot of construction. i missed saturday, because i was helping friends move (more on that later). yesterday i rode down around 11, and worked until about 6 or so. pounded maybe 200 t-nuts, and more nails than i could count. almost all the framing is done, and probably just one more night of work to finish putting the framing together, mounting it on the wall, and hanging the plywood sheets that the holds will actually be screwed into. we have a buttload of holds coming from pusher, plus others that people already had or "borrowed". we could be climbing on it by this weekend, if we're lucky.

but, in the course of pounding all the nails and t-nuts yesterday, i managed to rip my palm open with the claw of a hammer, get a nice big splinter under the nail of my index finger, and today my right hand is so sore i can't even close it all the way. don't know how people actually do that for a living.