Friday glee celebrates European climbing (political overtones who me?)

[rydra_wong]

The Friday post of glee is where you get to tell us about your climbing-related happiness this week.

It can be a new achievement or adventure, or just that you climbed and had fun; it can be that your favourite climbing wall is expanding or that you bought new rock shoes or that you found a cool ice-climbing vid on YouTube. No glee is too small -- or too big. Members are encouraged to cheer each other on and share the squee.

N.B. Please feel free to post your glee on any day of the week; the Friday glee is just to get the ball rolling.

To enhance this week's glee: Anak Verhoeven crushes 8c+ (a first female ascent of that route) and 8c+/9a? (warning: extreme drop knees that make my ligaments hurt to watch).

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Pat made me a tool for maintaining grip strength and callouses. It's a take on the old broomstick with a roped weight. It's pvc covered with a fine grit sandpaper with a rope and a weight. And it's thicker - takes my whole hand grip to turn it.

A thick wrist roller? OMG GENIUS. I may have to work out how to replicate that ...

And yes, that will be brilliant for grip strength and forearm endurance. You are going to crush when you get back.

And yay for getting on a wall, even if not under optimal conditions!

[wpadmirer]

It's very cool! PVC is light enough that you CAN roll it with the full hand, and it comes in big diameters. Works great.