I went bouldering by myself a few times, and found a nemesis route! I fell off it repeatedly, then made it up the first few holds, then half of the way up, then 2/3 of the way up...
...and then when I went back two days later, they'd finally gotten around to resetting that wall, so it was gone. But I found another route that hit me with about the same pattern--repeatedly falling off before I could even start, then slowly progressing--which should last longer. So I have that to work on next time I go in. (I think. They usually only reset the walls every few months.) So, a new nemesis route! It's lots of fun. That's some good glee, right there.
Also gleeful: discovering that one or two V0 routes are now sufficiently easy for me that I can legitimately call them "warmup" routes.
I also tried some V1s at the encouragement of gym staff, and discovered that I can't even start the ones identified as "pretty easy" yet. Which was a little discouraging, but, hey, as long as the V0s are providing a challenge, I'm not exactly stagnating.
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...and then when I went back two days later, they'd finally gotten around to resetting that wall, so it was gone. But I found another route that hit me with about the same pattern--repeatedly falling off before I could even start, then slowly progressing--which should last longer. So I have that to work on next time I go in. (I think. They usually only reset the walls every few months.) So, a new nemesis route! It's lots of fun. That's some good glee, right there.
Also gleeful: discovering that one or two V0 routes are now sufficiently easy for me that I can legitimately call them "warmup" routes.
I also tried some V1s at the encouragement of gym staff, and discovered that I can't even start the ones identified as "pretty easy" yet. Which was a little discouraging, but, hey, as long as the V0s are providing a challenge, I'm not exactly stagnating.