Friday glee bows to the masters

[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: Lynn Hill and Ron Kauk bouldering in Camp 4

Comments

[rydra_wong]

I came down with hideous flu, so no climbing this week, but on Sunday, I got to do my first ever lead climbs.

(And discovered that apparently I really really like leading.)

[aella_irene]

I climbed, and did fairly well, while with a mild fever. While I didn't do anything that would involve me getting too high off the ground, traverses were done, and there were several where I looked, went "...I would do that one in ~such and such~" and planned to do it when I do not have a fever.

[juliet]

I did a couple of overhang problems for the first time in about 6 months! Only V0-V1 ish, but am still cheerful about it. And did one of the V1-V2 problem set; might start working on more of those next week. I can definitely feel the arm strength coming back, which is nice.

Also, yay lead climbing! I would v much like to give that a go, but probably not for a little while right now... I'm guessing that was indoors?

[astridv]

Not so much squee this week since I'm taking a two-week break from climbing so one of my fingers (the one I pulled over a year ago) can get the short time-out that it apparently wants. But after only one week of not climbing it already feels much better, if still a little stiff. So I'm making tentative plans to go again next week. Maybe take it a little easy, only climb for an hour.

looking forward to the vid!
Wait, I have one too: bouldering competition with an extremely cool problem!

[wpadmirer]

I'm hoping to be back climbing next week. One of my sometimes partners will be back in town then. My regular partner expects to be back climbing the week after. So I look forward to returning to "climbing the walls." (grin)