Friday glee is re-enacting history

[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.

N.B. Please feel free to post your glee on any day of the week; the Friday glee is just to get the ball rolling.

To enhance this week's glee, because we don't have enough winter climbing vids here: Dave MacLeod and Andy Turner climb the classic Piggott's Route, Great Chimney and Minus Three Gully on Ben Nevis.

(These were all shot while filming The Pinnacle, which I rec to anyone interested in the history of climbing.)

Comments

[rydra_wong]

This week, I have extreme glee because my ankle's recovered enough for me to climb (cautiously) with it in a brace, so I get to join in the bouldering party comp tomorrow!

[wpadmirer]

My glee this week is getting back to climbing. I was in Alabama for a week helping a friend who'd had hip replacement surgery. No climbing for me, just lots of cleaning of cat boxes, helping her get about, grocery story runs, etc.

On Wednesday I met a group that climbs at my rock gym and climbed for about 90 minutes. It was fantastic. I SO needed time on the wall to get my head cleared!

[wpadmirer]

YAY!

[rydra_wong]

\o/ It's amazing how climbing can clear the crap from your mind, isn't it?

[fadeaccompli]

Last Saturday, I climbed on Real Actual Outside Rocks for the very first time! It was awesome, and taught me the value of packing along zip-lock bags. I'm planning on doing a full write-up of the thing for the community once I have some more brain scraped together.

[rydra_wong]

Yay awesome! I'll look forwards hearing all about it!

[emperor]

I'm going to cheat and comment today, because I managed to get 4 sneaky climbs in at Stanage on Sunday morning :-)

It was pretty windy, but that kept the **** midges away! I can sort-of see the appeal - you can get a lot of ticks in a short period of time once you're at the edge, because all the routes are short, and the descents fairly straightforward. Some of my knuckles still have skin on them :-)

FWIW, the climbs were October Crack (D), Bent Crack (HVD), October Slab (HS 4b), and Kelly's Crack (VD). I'm beginning to see this whole "friction" thing, too...

[rydra_wong]

Glee should totally be a week-long event! And yay, Stanage! I'm dying to get back to the Peak again, but am trying to be sensible and not boulder outdoors until my ankle's 100%.

I'm beginning to see this whole "friction" thing, too...

*sings* And another one bites the dust ...

[emperor]

:-)

Actually, I have two weekends in Wales booked, for climbing things that have Real Holds and are actually Quite High :-)

[rydra_wong]

*g* Real Holds are cheating! It's no fun unless the entire route consists of one giant sloper two metres off the ground!

[ridicully]

I took an introduction class at the castle on Wednesday!
Not only did it bring back to me how much I love climbing (something I realize every ten years or so) but the whole group was very friendly and I might have actually found someone to partner with in the future.

[rydra_wong]

\o/ I've heard great things about the Castle.