Friday glee tests its split-span

[rydra_wong]

Climbing? Training? Locked down? Opening up? Vaccinated? Half-vaccinated? Vaccine FOMO? Volunteering? Dreaming of freedom?

Video: Jorg Verhoeven and Katha Sauerwein cruise a classic 5.10d on Devils Tower

Comments

[wpadmirer]

Looks like I'll be climbing this weekend! YAY! I'm really enjoying being back in the gym. Florida rock climbers need a rock gym because we have no rocks to climb outdoors.

[rydra_wong]

Woohoo weekend climbing! \o/

I will not be climbing this weekend but I am now half-vaccinated and I had a fantastic trad day last Friday.

[wpadmirer]

YAY! for half vaccinated!

I don't have the hand strength to do trad these days. (sigh) I will live vicariously through you!

[juliet]

I have now been back to the Arch TWICE! (This week and last week.) The first time was a bit weird, tbh -- not because of anything to do with the place itself, just how peculiar it was to be back for the first time in 14 months (I only missed 4 months when I had a baby!), especially when I vividly remember the last time I was there, with L, a week or so before lockdown, when we were washing our hands obsessively and everything smelt of bleach. Anyway I had to go and have a little sit-down halfway through and do some nice calm breathing.

Obviously I am woefully, terribly, out of condition. My core strength has improved with the thrice-weekly yoga at home, and I noticed that improving my balance and sideways movement, but actually using my arms for going upwards is, uh, trickier than it was :)

(edit to add) It was great though!

[rydra_wong]

Yes, I think I may have run into you on your last pre-lockdown visit to the Arch, or nearly the last? (Which was also my last or last-but-one.)

Yay core strength and balance!

[juliet]

Yes, that sounds right. I haven't taken L back yet as I wanted to get a feel for how it is off-peak by myself (and also his playground-based social calendar has been quite full since we were allowed to do home ed stuff again!), but I will do sometime soon.