From: Jim HortonTo: matt Subject: Congratulations! You're in Hound Ears

ok, so i'm in! after thinking that i had sent my registration in too late, i was notified at the end of the week that i got my stuff in under the wire, and i'll be going to hound ears. there's a limit of 275 people, and when i mailed my check for $45 in, there was already like 220 people signed up, so i figured there was no way my stuff would get there in time. stranger still, is that my former neighbors and current climbing partners sent their stuff in even later, and they also made it.

so, the plan is to hit the gym, hard. there's two weeks left to train, and i'm hoping to be able to hit the gym 4 times a week, maybe 3-4 hours. of course, my skin will never last that long on plastic, so i went all crazy today and ordered a few bottles of iron palm. that should help me train a bit harder, and more importantly help me be able to climb for 8 hours on all that lovely southern sandstone.