Glee time!

[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 this week's glee: Goats: still more hardcore than you. (You have to click to enlarge the photo, but it'll be kind of obvious which one.)

Comments

[rydra_wong]

I have glee because the Arch expansion is proceeding apace and it's going to be amazing:

http://archclimbingwall.com/?p=534

Also, my new shoes seem to be breaking in nicely. I still have to take them off a lot, but they're not distracting me at all when I'm climbing.

[juliet]

I went climbing twice this week :) And *nearly* made the final move on the V2 that I can't quite do (I was loathe to try again as it is fairly hard on the hand I'm not grabbing with).

Also v much looking forward to the Arch expansion opening!

[wpadmirer]

I climbed with Kim and Fred twice this week, and they put me through strength training twice. I'm scheduled to climb again with them on Sunday.

Last Sunday we climbed and then Fred had a potluck dinner at his house where he has a slack line set up. I did not try out the slack line as I value my body and I'm too old to be springing off and landing on the hard ground. (grin)

But I watched several of the younger climbers try it out and it was very entertaining.

[be_themoon]

That freaking goat. *grumbles* Just because I can't magically walk straight up walls.

I'm going rock climbing tomorrow with the guy I like! (and his girlfriend, but she's pretty cool, so that's fine.)

ALSO I GOT NEW SHOES. they are black and white checkered and I looooove them. (late birthday present from my mom. :DDD)

[auntysarah]

in the week I found an 8 metre 5+ lead at The Castle with an overhang of doom, and upon climbing found it to be a bit of a sandbag. Being a good girl and not wanting to clip too early, I waited until the third clip was below my shoulder before trying to clip it, at which point I discovered I couldn't.

I could have carried on climbing to the 4th clip, but that was well into decking territory. I let my belayer know I was having trouble, and started to down climb - not easy on a monster overhang where I can't see the holds for my feet.

So naturally I fell, and stopped with my raised feet about 30cm off the floor. It was a busy night, there are a bunch of top rope lines nearby. The looks on the top rope belayers' faces after seeing me fall 5ish metres and stop just off the deck was something to behold.

Yesterday I went back and despite my apprehension, I climbed the bugger, which was still tougher than a 5+ had any right to be (harder than both of the 6a leads either side of it).