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

[astridv]

That topout's nasty! Wow.

[aella_irene]

I climbed on Monday, and there was visible improvement. Even if my arms and leg did ache for the next two days. Next time, I hope to fully complete a bouldering route, instead of getting 2/3 up, and coming down again.

[wpadmirer]

I climbed on Wednesday night for two hours. It was great. My partner and I are planning a marathon day of climbing on Saturday. In the gym, but still, it should be epic.

[rydra_wong]

I have a lovely new V5 project to struggle on.

And, god help me, I may possibly have a V6 project. I don't know if it's do-able (I don't know if the V5 is do-able), but it's the first time I've looked at a V6 and thought: MINE.

[juliet]

I went climbing this afternoon! For the first time in about 2 months (what with the nausea & then the moving house & then the being away).

Sadly am not supposed to go too far *up* (which I am interpreting as "don't go up if you're risking a fall" i.e. pottering around on slab V0s is fine) but there is plenty of along to be had.

[ursula]

I've been to the climbing wall in my new town twice now! I really need a local climbing partner.