Friday glee has very small hands

[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.

To enhance this week's glee: Ashima Shiraishi is more hardcore than you. Note: she's recently sent Chablanke (V11/12). Aged 9.

I would like to be her when I grow up.

Comments

[astridv]

I'm celebrating the return of the outdoor bouldering season. And I discovered a website which marks interesting buildering spots in my home town. This is my favorite (I discovered that spot on my own). It's a fake!ruin which used to be part of the old zoo and housed owls; it's made of sandstone and it's perfect for climbing.

I'm currently working on a route round the structure... I have managed 1/3 so far, but the remaining parts are difficult! Lots of challenges. :)

[cofax7]

I have new shoes! they are wonderful!

[georgmi]

Hi, all! I've been lurking for a while, but haven't had a lot to say. Been climbing for about a year now, all indoors so far.

Last night, though, I finally worked myself up to try some 5.10- routes; I've been on the eights and most nines for a while, but I have surgery coming up in a couple weeks and will be off the walls for at least three weeks, and I decided I was going to climb a ten before that happened.

I am now bruised and scraped and sore, and entirely failed to get more than halfway up any of the pitches I tried, but I am pretty sure that if I start when I'm still fresh, instead of waiting until I'm starting to get tired, a minus is in reach, and if I pick the right one, maybe even a plus. Woot.

[rydra_wong]

I was brave and went bouldering at a new wall (I love my regular wall dearly, but because of that I am determined to force myself to vary things; otherwise my brain is prone to decide that All Change Is Bad).

New wall was fun; it will not replace the Arch in my heart, but it has scary high top-outs, which I know I need to work on.

[emperor]

If the weather holds, I think Sunday may be first trad of the year :-)

[astridv]

Speaking of Ashima Shiraishi, have you seen this one? The Insiders. Four climbers, Ashima is one of them. Kickass gym they got there, too!