Friday glee is startling sheep

[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: Wide Boy/Grit Kid Pete Whittaker on the first ascent of Psychosomatic Pigeon (E7 6c). Belaying provided by Pete's mum.

Comments

[emperor]

After over a month away, I got climbing again this week, and climbed until I couldn't hold on to anything! Next week I am down South, and hoping to get to Harlow one evening...

[rydra_wong]

Hooray!

[wpadmirer]

YAY! I have a feeling this will be me next week. The not hanging on to anything, I mean. (grin)

[rydra_wong]

I have learned how to use the leading rope to attach myself to a ground anchor in order to lead-belay someone who weighs roughly one-and-half times me.

This is a useful thing to know.

[wpadmirer]

EGADS! Lead roping scares me. I've never learned to do it, because the idea terrifies me. I send you kudos for being able to do it.

[rydra_wong]

I find lead climbing much less scary than lead belaying!

I think it makes a lot of difference that I only got into roped climbing after three years of bouldering, so the idea of going some distance when I fall isn't too alien to me (though I still feel much more comfortable with bouldering falls, because I'm the only one affecting the fall).

But with lead belaying, there's so much communication and attention required, and so much responsibility.

[wpadmirer]

There is! Thus my boundless admiration!

[wpadmirer]

After two weeks of no climbing, next week I'm climbing twice, and the week after that my old partner is returning to regular climbing with me! YAY! So, no climbing this week, but beginning next week - CLIMBING!

[rydra_wong]

\o/

[astridv]

After an enfored three-week break because of a lousy cold virus I'm finally climbing again and my energy levels are starting to get back to normal. I've missed it so much. And I could practically watch my muscles atrophy, it was disconcerting.

Psychosomatic Pigeon... one can't help wonder what happened the day that route was named.

[wpadmirer]

Glad you're feeling better and climbing again.

I love route naming. It's entertaining.

[rydra_wong]

Yay getting back from your break!

one can't help wonder what happened the day that route was named.

Yes; I'm not sure if I want to know, or if it'd be better not to ...