Friday glee has Quarryman vibes

[rydra_wong]

Climbing? Training? Locked down? Opening up? Vaccinated? Half-vaccinated? Vaccine FOMO? Obsessing about variants?

Video: Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll has exceptional technique on the "dream pitch" of a big wall in Patagonia. From this series apparently.

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[emperor]

Was hoping to get to the wall for the first time in ages this week, but alas a mishap with a potato peeler(!) last weekend means no climbing for me just yet...

[rydra_wong]

Oh no! I have learned first-hand (no pun intended) that kitchen implements are dangerous for climbers ...

Hope you're less peeled soon.

[wpadmirer]

I see my doctor in early June, and I'm wanting to ask him if I can stop wearing a mask at boxing. He may say no, but DAMN, I am working so hard, and I cannot drink my water with my boxing gloves on because I can't lift the mask. The coach is kind enough to do it for me, but DAMN.

Climbing with a mask is completely comfortable, but I'm not trying to drink while I'm actually on the wall. So maybe he'll let me stop with one and keep the other where there are more people. I'll see.

[sara]

Climbed some stuff at work but mostly climbed on and off the sailboat trailer because my dad and I are both immune now and dangit we're going sailing.

[rydra_wong]

Yay immunity! \o/

[juliet]

Went climbing again! Did very (very) slightly harder problems! Yay!

[rydra_wong]

Woohoo! \o/

A climber friend in London has been sending me photos of the Arch. I'm not sure if he's comforting or taunting me.

[seasonoftowers]

Climbing weekend class! Was supposed to be completely introductory, but since all of us turned out to have been on rock at least once before, this ended up being more of a level 2 class, with a bunch of 5b-6a routes, lots of pointers on how to do specific moves I hadn't tried indoors before, and a bit of here-s-how-you-lead-climb stuff. I only attempted each route once because quad tendinitis means I theoretically shouldn't have been climbing at all this weekend, but the knees turned out to be Fine, and I managed most of the routes, so it was a success. Plus I got to belay people a lot, which upgraded my skill level from Belayer Likely To Kill People to Extremely Unpleasant Belayer But At Least Won't Drop The Rope :D

[brinstar_h]

Fully vaccinated and I started climbing again after more than a year off. I'm happy to have it back in my life.

My gym continues to enforce mask mandates, which I am so grateful for. I actually like climbing with a mask, and wearing a mask in general tbh.