Glee! (Not the TV show.)

[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.

ETA: In today's climbing news:

Goats: more hardcore than you

Comments

Re: To get the ball rolling

[silveronthetree]

That is so awesome! How did you find it?

Re: To get the ball rolling

[rydra_wong]

It was wonderful! And slightly silly, because the rock was British southern sandstone, which is somewhere between "rock" and "a vertical beach".

I'm drafting a proper post about it, which I will try to get up shortly.

ETA: I specify British southern sandstone because I gather that US serious sandstone is much more serious stuff. As in, less prone to dissolve if you look at it funny.

Re: To get the ball rolling

[silveronthetree]

Southern Sandstone is so strange, isn't it? I've climbed at Harrison's rocks about once and most of my time was spent getting used to the fact that although the stuff feels like it should be moving under your hands and feet - there is an awful lot of friction. Also I don't think I've ever done so much manteling in my life.