That vid is fun, but it didn't really give me any sense that they were doing hard climbing.
For the first time in a while, I have climbing glee; after the best part of a month with no climbing, I've been twice this week. Saturday was a bit meh - it was good to be climbing again, but I wasn't really on form (not surprisingly!). We did do some falling practice, though, which I think is valuable. Wednesday, though, was awesome. I don't know why, but I was just really on song. I lead two routes that have defeated me before (OK, only 5 and 5+, but), blasted up a 6a I'd not tried before such that my belayer commented "I liked how a couple of times you just disdained the handholds". Then, I actually tried the competition wall. It's been a thing of fear for me since I've been climbing here - nothing easier than 6a, and it's all overhanging, and goes higher than any other walls. I got 7 clips up one route before taking a big fall. Which is also awesome, because it meant I was climbing until I really couldn't go any further, rather than just panicing because I was above the last clip, which is often a problem I have on leads. Maybe I'm getting over my leading fear finally!
Err, sorry, babble. Wednesday's climbing just felt right.
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Date: 2011-03-04 10:22 pm (UTC)For the first time in a while, I have climbing glee; after the best part of a month with no climbing, I've been twice this week. Saturday was a bit meh - it was good to be climbing again, but I wasn't really on form (not surprisingly!). We did do some falling practice, though, which I think is valuable. Wednesday, though, was awesome. I don't know why, but I was just really on song. I lead two routes that have defeated me before (OK, only 5 and 5+, but), blasted up a 6a I'd not tried before such that my belayer commented "I liked how a couple of times you just disdained the handholds". Then, I actually tried the competition wall. It's been a thing of fear for me since I've been climbing here - nothing easier than 6a, and it's all overhanging, and goes higher than any other walls. I got 7 clips up one route before taking a big fall. Which is also awesome, because it meant I was climbing until I really couldn't go any further, rather than just panicing because I was above the last clip, which is often a problem I have on leads. Maybe I'm getting over my leading fear finally!
Err, sorry, babble. Wednesday's climbing just felt right.