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Journal

Keep a personal climbing diary with notes and reflections.

Overview

The Journal is your personal climbing diary. Write notes about sessions, reflect on your progress, and track insights that go beyond numbers.

Journal Entries

Creating an Entry

  1. Go to the Journal tab
  2. Tap + New Entry
  3. Write your entry
  4. Optionally link to a session

Entry Types

  • Session Notes — Reflections on a specific session
  • General Entry — Thoughts not tied to a session
  • Goal Setting — Planning and intentions
  • Milestone — Celebrating achievements

What to Journal

Session Reflections

After each session, consider noting:

  • How did you feel physically?
  • What was your mental state?
  • What went well?
  • What could improve?
  • Any specific beta discoveries?

Conditions

Track conditions that affected your climbing:

  • Weather (temperature, humidity, wind)
  • Rock conditions (wet, dry, sharp, polished)
  • Crowd levels
  • Time of day

Training Notes

If you're training systematically:

  • What exercises did you do?
  • How hard did you try?
  • Recovery status
  • Injury concerns

Climbers who journal regularly often progress faster because they learn more from each session.

Linking to Sessions

Connect journal entries to sessions:

  1. When creating an entry, tap Link Session
  2. Select the session
  3. Entry appears with that session's details

You can also add journal entries directly from the session view.

Searching Your Journal

Find past entries by:

  • Keyword — Search for specific terms
  • Date range — Filter by time period
  • Tags — Use custom tags to categorise
  • Linked session — Find entries about specific sessions

Tags

Organise entries with tags:

  • #project — Entries about ongoing projects
  • #milestone — Achievements and celebrations
  • #injury — Tracking recovery
  • #training — Training-specific notes

Create custom tags that work for you.

Prompts

If you're not sure what to write, use prompts:

  • What was the highlight of today's session?
  • What's one thing you learned?
  • How does your body feel right now?
  • What do you want to work on next time?

Privacy

Your journal is completely private:

  • Only you can see your entries
  • Entries are encrypted
  • No data is shared with anyone

Tips for Effective Journaling

  1. Be consistent — Even a few sentences after each session adds up
  2. Be honest — No one else will read it
  3. Note the small things — Minor details often reveal patterns
  4. Review periodically — Read past entries to see growth
  5. Don't overthink it — Any reflection is better than none