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I've hit a bit of a time warp. I arrived in Ton Sai on January 3. My plan was to leave on the tenth to catch my flight to Bali. A few plans have changed since then. I wrote off going to Indonesia the first week I was here. I don't think I'm going to Hong Kong either. I have been in Ton Sai for a month, climbing most days and regrowing skin on the days off.

There's been a bit of Ton Sai drama involving me. I met a Thai girl, then kicked her to the curb when Sara showed up (it wasn't realy like that). Sara and I have a platonic relationship, not necessarily what I wanted, but she's still one of my favorite people in the world. She and her boyfriend left Ton Sai three weeks ago. They're going back to Holland tonight. I felt some karmic repercussions when Nadia proceeded to do something same same but different to me. I would've been more upset if I wasn't climbing well.

Now the thing is for me to figure out when I'm coming home (the women have nothing to do with it). When I first got to Ton Sai I was ready to leave. Even yesterday I was contemplating going home on the most recent itinerary. This will not happen. Tomorrow, the day I should leave, I'm going out on a boat with ten people to deep water solo. DWS = climbing with just my shoes, no rope or harness, over dep water. If I fall I go for a swim. If I make it to the end of the route, I take a thirty foot leap into the water.

My life for the past month has revolved around climbing. I don't think it's all too interesting to report on my onsites or redpoints. All I can say is once I touched the limestone here things became more simplified in my mind (making me a simpleton?). Most of the time I'm thinking about which crag I'm going to on the next day out, or how I'm going to get through the crux of the route I couldn't finish. Life is good right now.

I'm sorry for the lack of communication.