Friday glee apologises for lateness

[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: Enzo Oddo crack-climbing in Utah.

Comments

[schneefink]

Hi! I'm fairly new to climbing and I'm glad to have found this comm :)
At the end of last class I finally managed that one difficult yellow grip I'd failed at almost ten times that day (and without our trainer making the wall less steep!) and then three more, and I only failed at the one that only one guy from our group managed. I should do more strength training.

[wpadmirer]

Isn't it fabulous when you finally make a move you've been struggling with?

Welcome to the group!

I started climbing eight years ago, and it was love at first ascent. (grin)

[schneefink]

It is so great!
Climbing was actually my second choice, to be honest, after hockey didn't work with my schedule, but I fell in love with it quickly. Until then most sports I've done were running, skiing, and skating, so when I started climbing my arms felt like noodles. By now I'm much less sore the day after, progress :)

[wpadmirer]

Field hockey?

Climbing is my first choice, I'll admit. I was a runner when I was younger, but I've got a bad hip and foot problems now that make that impossible. The non-impact of climbing means I can still be active but without the pain!

I love the strength and technique I've developed. It makes me feel remarkable. (grin)

[schneefink]

No, ice hockey :)

I've had wrist problems for a long time, so that's not ideal and means I can't do many of the exercises our trainer recommended, and I sometimes feel my knee after climbing. But reaching the top of a boulder route gives me the same feeling of success as scoring a goal, I love it.

[wpadmirer]

OH GOD! I love ice hockey! I don't play. (Never learned to skate. I grew up in Florida.) But it's my favorite sport to watch.

Wow! I can imagine that climbing would be a real change after the speed of hockey. But it does take endurance and strength!

[schneefink]

I skated as a kid, but only sporadically. Fandom got me into hockey RPF and then I decided to try playing for myself, even though all I could do was skate straight, do a large turn, and eventually stop. It was a lot of fun! I hope I'll get another opportunity one day.

Actually the action speed is more similar than I thought it would be: you play one shift/try one route and it's very intense, and then you get a short break to catch your breath, I like that. I also like that climbing feels like using more of my body :) And, when the weather is bad, that it's indoors ;)

[wpadmirer]

LOL! Well, I have quite a few friends into fandom hockey RPF. I just love the game, and have been a huge fan of it since back in the late 70s.

I wouldn't have thought they'd be similar, but with your description I can see what you mean. The thing I love about climbing is the all body thing. Even your brain is working hard!