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.

To enhance the glee this week: free climbing documentaries! Messner (about the great mountaineer) and Beyond Gravity (featuring Lynn Hill and baby!Katie Brown, among others) can be watched online at Snag Films.

Comments

[dira]

No, no, just that last one. *g*

[rydra_wong]

In that case, congratulations! You have officially achieved your first "pump"! *g*

As your muscles adjust and get stronger, you'll be able to climb for longer before getting to that point. I've found that warming up slowly also helps a lot.

But if you hear climbers talking about being "pumped", that's what it means.

[dira]

I have to admit, I was kind of impressed when I looked down and discovered that an entire other muscle appeared to have popped out on my forearm, Popeye-style. \o/

And, thanks for the lingo tip. *g*