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Outdoor goals 2025

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It’s January 2025 so I thought it would be nice to reflect on how 2024 went for me, and set some intentions for the new year.

2024 Goals #

  • Keep climbing (safe + without injury) ✔
    • Go on a trip to Kalymnos, Antalya, and some crags around Japan! ✔
    • Lead climbg a 6c ✔
    • Try outdoor bouldering ✔
  • Get back into running
    • Run a trail race with my brother (in Jan 2025 hopefully)
    • Run more consistently ❌
  • Hikes
    • A solo hiking trip (Norway? Sweden? The alps?) ❌
    • Hike with my parents ✔

2024 Reflection #

  • 2024 was a great year for climbing. I started keeping track of how long & hard I was climbing, where and with whom in one Google Sheet, mostly to keep track of my training intensity to prevent injury but has also motivated me to log more hours throughout the year.
    • I spent 325 hours climbing this year, which is quite a lot especially since I hardly climbed at all in Nov/Dec.
    • I traveled to Tenerife in the Canaries, Kalymnos in Greece and Antalya in Turkey for some outdoor sport climbing. I didn’t sport climb outdoors in Japan, but bouldered in a few different gyms in Tokyo and bouldered a bit outside for the first time which has been a fun experience.
    • I lead my first multi-pitch in Kalymnos, and lead my first 6c there too. I know it’s not all about the grades but it feels good to be making progress.
  • I didn’t get to run as much as I’d hoped to this year due to pure laziness and my focus on climbing. I logged around 500km in total which isn’t nothing though so I should be proud and grateful.
    • I was sad I didn’t run the Zugspitze trail race. Running a trail race in the European alps in the summer is still on my list
    • I ran a few trails in Tokyo with my brother and signed up to a race in Jan with my family which has been a nice bonding experience.
    • I spontaneously joined a 24h relay trail race in Czechia which has been the most fun. Want to do this again this year too.
    • I ran every day for 30 days towards the end of summer which was a really fun experiment! Would do this again.
  • Hardly hiked all year but went on a small hike in the snow with my parents in November which was really nice. Want to cherish the time I have with my family when I can, really grateful I got to spend some time with them in nature and we were all healthy enough to be active outdoors.
  • Besides that, I went skiing for the first time in a very long time in Hokkaido, which was amazing.

I traveled a lot this year (spent 1/4 of the year outside of Berlin) and if there’s one thing I learned, it’s that I’m only really interested in travels or holidays that involve some form of running/climbing/activity outdoors + hot springs/spa/sauna + food. Learned a lot about living with others vs traveling with others. I think I still prefer traveling on my own but learned a lot about myself through traveling with others.

2025 Goals #

  • Long distance bike trip in Europe (Berlin - Northcape)
  • Climbing more consistently
    • Go on a few climbing trips (Leonidio, South America? or somewhere I haven’t been yet. Could be nice to go to Antalya for my birthday or Christmas/NY)
    • Up my mental game, fight my fear of falling, just stay chill + calm.
    • Always happy moods + good vibes while at the crag, esp on a bad day or when I’m shit scared.
    • Comfortably lead 6c.
    • A longer multi-pitch.
    • 10 pull-ups in a row
    • Improve finger strength
  • Run more consistently for my mental health and more on trails!
    • Trail race in Japan
    • Trail race in Europe
  • DON’T GET INJURED = consistent strength & functional training + conditioning
  • Volunteer at an event

I also want to try out different cities in Europe where I can do these activities more often (ideally on the weekends) without having to take holidays or travel long term to do them. I am also considering taking some structured courses from the DAV. Really consider moving to another city and make plans for it.