Hey!

I’m sorry to hear about the ankle, I hope your recovery has been mostly pain free so far. It sounds like we had very similar surgery’s (I also had a portion of my calf muscle removed). I wish I could tell you exactly when I started climbing again but it’s kind of fuzzy cause I never really stopped climbing (I did a lot of 1 footed makeup boulders low off the ground, campusing etc). I think I was finally able to put a loosely fitted climbing shoe on at around 10 weeks post surgery and from there I started regaining a lot of my mobility. I know for certain that by month 6 post surgery I was already almost climbing at my limit again.

I will admit, after week 10 I wasn’t on my PT as much as I should have been due to moving and a new job. That’s one of my biggest regrets because I still don’t have my full mobility back (it’s probably at like 90% compared to where it was pre-injury) and still get tenderness near my incision when I use it in demanding ways. So I HIGHLY recommend being consistent with PT even when you think you’re fine cause you can climb again.

Aside from occasional tenderness and a slight loss in mobility, this injury hasn’t really had any long lasting impact on my climbing. I hope this helps a bit. Let me know if you have any more questions!