What a stunning location for a World Cup event - a tropical island in the Indian Ocean. We arrived early on the Tuesday morning giving us a few days to recover from the travelling prior to competing on the Friday.
I was pleased to be randomly selected to climb second in the qualifiers, before the heat of the day. I flashed two blocs and got 4 bonuses. I qualified 12th ahead of some of the Hall finalists.
During the warm up for the semi-final my shoulder seized up and I struggled to warm up properly. The heat got the better of me and frustratingly I wasn't able to pull properly. I flunked the semi, coming 19th, knowing I could and should have climbed much better. But hooray - my first semi-final and my first world ranking points.
I am now ranked 54th in the world and 27th in the IFSC 2008 World Cup.
All of the photos can be seen on the Reunion Island website here.
