friday glee post

[sixbeforelunch]

Post your climbing glee here. Anything and everything climbing-related that made you proud or happy is welcome.

I have no climbing glee because I did not make it to the gym once this week. I plan to live vicariously through you guys' glee. ;)

Comments

[rydra_wong]

\o/ Sometimes the psychological progress is the most exciting stuff.

[abyssinia]

It was ridiculous. Even though they didn't slip once, I didn't trust my feet to stay on ANYTHING and I was terrified partway up routes I've climbed easily several times.

And I'm not sure if I made psychological progress so much as listened to the drill sergeant in my head who was yelling at me for being a whimp and how it would be WAY easier to just go up the 3 remaining holds and top over than climb all the way down and, yeah, AUGH still.
(especially because I bet the route that's been taunting me for weeks will be gone when I next go back and I WANTED TO DEFEAT IT BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED and I did!)

It's like I'm not trusting what I know I can do. I don't know if rope-climing a few weeks ago got me re-used to the idea of a rope catching me (though I've bouldered several times since and been fine) or what.

That said, YAY YAY YAY to your comment! V4 and V5 routes? YOU ARE A ROCK STAR! And the news shoes are awesome!

[rydra_wong]

I WANTED TO DEFEAT IT BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED and I did!

That's the best feeling!

I find I do get a lot of fluctuation; there are plenty of days when my head's really not in it and I have to re-learn the psychological stuff, if that makes any sense. But that's part of the process, I think. And it gets easier to re-learn every time I do it.

V4 and V5 routes

Only a few V4s so far, and none overhanging. And the V5 is strictly a project. Even if I can do the individual moves, I don't know if I'll ever be able to link it. But the moves are so lovely!

(Plus I can do it all without stressing my twinge-y shoulder, which is a major bonus.)