Friday glee is going deeper
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disobey_gravityThe 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: bouldering legend Fred Nicole, doing his thing.
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: bouldering legend Fred Nicole, doing his thing.
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Date: 2012-09-07 11:17 am (UTC)I have glee because I finally got to do some trad last weekend! We had a couple of friends visiting who were keen to try a bit of outdoor climbing, so despite the slightly iffy forecast, off we went. Saturday was Pinnacle Crag, which is only a short drive from Inverness, and a short walk from the road. It was a bit blowy, but the gneiss was fun to climb on, and watching the weather blow over the nearby loch was pretty cool.
On Sunday, we went a little further afield, to Kingussie, concentrating on the upper tier. After some pleasant (if a bit protection-light!) easy warm-ups, we did some harder stuff, and I equalled my best leading grade, despite having a bit of a moment part-way up. The crag's in a lovely spot, with views across the valley to the Cairngorms, and we had it to ourselves all day. We only called it a day when we heard a church bell in the valley chiming 7pm!
Two brilliant days :-)
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Date: 2012-09-07 01:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-07 01:36 pm (UTC)Oh, that sounds really gorgeous!
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Date: 2012-09-07 01:11 pm (UTC)But this morning I'm climbing with my unofficially adopted daughter. I started her climbing, and she's LONG surpassed me. She's a fabulous climber and does big climbs (multiple pitch, multiple day climbs).
So I'll get a bit of climbing in and with someone I love. Can't beat that!
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Date: 2012-09-07 01:37 pm (UTC)But yay for mentoring someone into climbing and having them take off!
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Date: 2012-09-07 02:43 pm (UTC)And I'm going on a lead climbing course this Sunday as well. I'm back - I hope :D
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Date: 2012-09-07 02:44 pm (UTC)First time lead climbing?
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Date: 2012-09-07 02:58 pm (UTC)no subject
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