Friday glee is not a bioloid

[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 fun; 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.

In other news, I, for one, welcome our new climbing robot overlords.

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

[emperor]

Climbing tomorrow!

This will be the first time I've been in what, 3 weeks? Due to a work trip to the US, and then a lurgie. I'm going to have to take it easy, I think :)

[rydra_wong]

Yay for getting back into it! Definitely take it easy at first, I think.

[rydra_wong]

I have tremendous glee because my back's recovered enough for me to do the Arch anniversary bouldering competition tomorrow, and the BoulderBus has put its spring dates up, so I'm plotting possible trips to Fontainebleau.

And there's this funky video of the comp (SIBL round 5) which the Arch hosted a few weeks back.

[juliet]

Went climbing twice! Which is always gleeful. And did the F6b in the cave & found it oddly straightforward (fell off the F6c halfway up, mind), and worked out a nice bridging V2 that I don't think I'd have had the stretch/strength whilst stretched to do a couple of months ago. Also I had to spend 5min up there playing around with the move and trying it from other nearby holds and generally convincing myself that it was doable, and then I DID it, yay.

[rydra_wong]

W00t! Hey, you coming tomorrow?

(Also, should someone tweet the Arch to tell them that the link here can't be accessed by anyone who isn't on Facebook? *facepalm*)

[juliet]

Tomorrow: maybe, but not till later & just to watch :-/

(just to watch b/c I'm a bit broke this month; and not till later b/c I have this damn book to finish by Monday & I v much doubt that it's all going to be done & dusted by 12 tomorrow. bah.)

But I'd quite like to come watch the later round & see people being awesome!

[rydra_wong]

*nods* Definitely come and have a watch if you can; the finals can be really amazing to see.

(Check out the vid in my comment above; it has a bit at the end showing the route of unspeakable evil that Yann set for the men's head-to-head at the end of the SIBL comp.)

[wpadmirer]

Sounds like a lot of climbing is going on! I'm getting ready to move into a period where I won't be able to climb as much as I regularly do because I'll be traveling. WOE.

But I did climb this week, after having missed it over the weekend because I'd caught the cold from hell and couldn't breathe!

[rydra_wong]

WOE AND ALAS. It's hard when other things get in the way.

[harborshore]

I climbed for the first time yesterday. Getting to the top of that wall was like nothing, NOTHING else except maybe the moment when a piece of writing finally decides to work. I was wide awake, practically high on endorphins for four hours afterward. I've wanted to try it for nigh-on eight months now, and a number of girls at my new job decided to go. All different body types, only one who's tried before. We all loved it.

YAY!!!

[rydra_wong]

\o/ \o/ \o/

Isn't it amazing? I've never had that kind of delight from another sports/exercise activity.

Would you consider posting about it? IMHO, posts about first-time experiences can be really helpful and encouraging for other people thinking of trying it.