Friday glee likes free films

[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, Outcrops Films have put their first full-length film (44 minutes) up on Vimeo. Tomorrow I Will Be Gone follows a group of top British boulderers in Rocklands, South Africa.

Comments

[astridv]

44 minutes, cool! Thanks for sharing that link!

My glee of the week is that we've been having a perfect golden October (and now November) so you can still go bouldering outdoors. I almost finished a traverse route of the building I've been working on... only two meters are missing from a full round.

And I ordered a pair of climbing gloves I'm quite excited about; they haven't arrived yet so I have no idea if they actually work, but I hope with them I'll be able to keep climbing outdoors right through the winter months.

[wpadmirer]

Cool beans! That sounds really interesting to do. I've never tried to traverse a building.

[astridv]

It's fun. You're never high above ground and don't need a crashpad, which is handy. And going in a horizontal direction is challenging in a different way from going up so it nicely complements climbing at the indoor wall.

[rydra_wong]

Yay traversing!

[rydra_wong]

I have glee because I snagged the one sunny day and made it up to Burbage South on Tuesday.

And I have the revised edition of John Sherman's Better Bouldering, which is exceptionally good -- it's tripled in size and is full of practical wisdom.

[wpadmirer]

Cool! I should look up that book. It might make a great Christmas present for someone.

Not me, I don't boulder. It's too stressful on my shoulders and I don't bounce.

[wpadmirer]

I climbed twice this week! The partner's hand has healed enough to be back to climbing. YAY!

Monday I felt strong and we climbed six routes each and felt great. Wednesday I had a horrendous long day, and ended up eating a sandwich in the car on the way to the gym. It was sitting like a sandwich bolus in my stomach while I climbed, so I only climbed four routes and then collapsed.

Nevertheless! CLIMBING!

[rydra_wong]

Yay climbing! Despite sandwich woe!