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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: Mina Leslie-Wujastyk in Waterfall Boven.

Date: 2019-09-06 10:37 am (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
My climbing last week was fun. Kiara is a great partner, and she's working very hard to learn. We did not get the 5.8 we want, but we got further than before.

She was trying out bouldering problems. I'm not supposed to boulder because I don't bounce well and my right hand isn't as strong as it was. But she was struggling with a modified sit start (the legs were straight out to the side on holds rather than crunched up). I got on it and did it to show her what the move was, and for the first time in my life successfully did a sit start. I was SO psyched. I'm SO much stronger now than I was when I first started climbing.

Date: 2019-09-06 03:17 pm (UTC)
echan: rainbow arch supernova remnant (Default)
From: [personal profile] echan
Those starts are so hard! I can barely do them, still.

Date: 2019-09-06 04:44 pm (UTC)
emperor: (Default)
From: [personal profile] emperor
Yeah, I don't boulder much, but sit starts are my nemesis.

Date: 2019-09-06 09:42 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
They've always been mine, which was why I was SO surprised that I did this one easily. I got all proud. (grin)

Date: 2019-09-06 09:42 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
They really are. But this modified one, with the legs straight out parallel to the ground was pretty simple. Crunchy sit starts are probably still a no go for me!

Date: 2019-09-06 04:21 pm (UTC)
ivy: Two strands of ivy against a red wall (Default)
From: [personal profile] ivy
Yeah! Way to go!

Date: 2019-09-06 09:43 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
Thank you!

Date: 2019-09-06 11:17 am (UTC)
language_escapes: The main cast of St. Trinian's (2007 film) (Default)
From: [personal profile] language_escapes
I sent a 5.7 on the first try!

Date: 2019-09-06 09:43 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
FLASH THAT BABY!

Date: 2019-09-06 03:17 pm (UTC)
echan: rainbow arch supernova remnant (Default)
From: [personal profile] echan
I sent my first V2!

Date: 2019-09-06 09:43 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
Whoo-hoo!

Date: 2019-09-06 04:06 pm (UTC)
juliet: (Default)
From: [personal profile] juliet
Went climbing! Got up more V1s than I did last time! Need to start trying V2s...

Date: 2019-09-08 01:46 pm (UTC)
juliet: (Default)
From: [personal profile] juliet
Thank you for the warning ! :)

Date: 2019-09-06 09:43 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
You'll do it!

Date: 2019-09-06 04:45 pm (UTC)
emperor: (Default)
From: [personal profile] emperor
I like how she admits to being a bit scared over the bolt on sport - makes me feel a bit less bad about my failings in this area :)

Alas, no climbing for me again this week - hole in the ankle means it wouldn't be sensible :(

Date: 2019-09-06 09:44 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
I feel very sad for you.

Date: 2019-09-09 12:24 am (UTC)
hermionesviolin: Margo Hayes climbing La Rambla, with text "Climb like a girl" (climb like a girl)
From: [personal profile] hermionesviolin
I usually don't enjoy the "puzzle" aspect that so many people love about climbing -- instead I want to know how to do the route and want the work to be actually getting my body to do the thing. But last week I climbed a new 5.10+ and actually really enjoying puzzling out how to do the route.

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