Friday glee can't decide between "mantle" and "mantel"

[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: James Morris on Weapon Omega at Flock Hill in New Zealand, demonstrating the horrors of a V12 topout.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

That is very, very cool. I like doing that. I am trying to work 5.9s. It's slow going, but it makes me feel strong, and I enjoy the puzzle.

[rydra_wong]

I've still got to check out the top holds; it's possible I may get up there tomorrow and find I flatly don't have the finger strength to use them. But the bottom moves are going to be worth working on, at least.

And in a weird way, it can take the pressure off to work on something I feel is way out of my league. I don't have to be able to send it, just enjoy it for whatever I can learn from it.