Friday post of glee

[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 a good time; 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. Feel free to post your glee in the comm on any day of the week. The Friday post is just to get the ball rolling.

Comments

[rydra_wong]

I got a V3 on the steepest overhang in the climbing wall! I've never done that before.

Also, I accepted in a calm and resilient manner that they were going to re-set the wall with the V5 that I was thiiiiiiis close* to being able to do, and did not cry or cling pathetically to its tiny purple holds until they pried my fingers off.

{*Quite far, actually.}

[nanila]

Congratulations on the V3 overhang!

When I was living in San Diego, I went to the climbing wall regularly. The guy who set the bouldering routes was 6'6". (He used to get offended whenever short people like myself commented that his routes were "reachy".) He also got bored easily, so the routes changed frequently. I had got to the second to last hold on a Friday on a V3 he'd set and was excited to try it the following week. I came bouncing in on Monday to find the wall had been stripped and re-set. I did this:



Except not in the Darth Vader outfit.

[rydra_wong]

*cracks up at the picture*

To be fair, the route-setter actually left it up a few extra weeks as a kindness to me, so I had a good shot at it.

But I'd got as far as everything but the last move on a few occasions, and it was such a gorgeous problem! *makes clutchy fingers of yearning*

[be_themoon]

;alkshg;ld I HATE IT WHEN THEY DO THAT.

but congratulations on the overhang V3! I hate overhangs, I'm so impressed when other people can do them.