

What I did on my holidays
One thing that has consumed a large chunk of my summer has been the Olympic Games in Tokyo. I was appointed to be chief route setter for bouldering in 2019, but covid put everything on hold until this summer, so it has been a bit like being in limbo waiting for this event to finally happen. However, July came around at last, and after endless PCR tests I finally got on a plane for Japan. I felt a little underprepared in the end, as the pre-games schedule had been ruined by a