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rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [community profile] disobey_gravity2012-10-19 07:36 am
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Friday glee has neon green laces for overhangs

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, the man who brought us V-grades: John "Vermin" Sherman bouldering in Hueco Tanks, 1989.
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[personal profile] wpadmirer 2012-10-19 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Wednesday I climbed with a friend who was visiting town for a day. He lives up north in Wisconsin and has been climbing about 6 months. It was fun. He's all enthusiasm and no technique - yet - but he will try anything and he's gotten immensely stronger. It was great.
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[personal profile] syderia 2012-10-20 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yesterday, I went climbing for the first time in three months. We did some bouldering, not for long because our bodies weren't accustomed to it any more, but yay climbing!
rydra_wong: Angelica Lind stretches for a hold during a bouldering competition (climbing -- reach)

[personal profile] rydra_wong 2012-10-20 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
\o/

Yay for getting back into it! And in my experience, bodies re-accustom themselves sooner than you expect.
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[personal profile] juliet 2012-10-21 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
I went climbing for the first time in ages yesterday! It was aces. Also L came along (it was just after opening so very empty) and had great fun zooming around on the mats and thoughtfully stroking the lowest holds. He has started pulling up on things, but I think did not recognise the holds as A Thing On Which You Can Pull Yourself Up. He was *fascinated* to watch me going up & down, though. START 'EM YOUNG.
rydra_wong: stick figure on an indoor climbing wall -- base image taken from the webcomic xkcd (climbing -- xkcd)

[personal profile] rydra_wong 2012-10-21 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
Yay for another new person! You can share your technical wisdom with him! *g*
rydra_wong: stick figure on an indoor climbing wall -- base image taken from the webcomic xkcd (climbing -- xkcd)

[personal profile] rydra_wong 2012-10-21 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Hooray! There do seem to be a fair number of very young persons at the Arch lately; I've been suggesting to the staff that maybe they should start some sort of parent-and-child climbing sessions ...

Joe says that his youngest pupil is four-and-a-half, so there's still an age group which isn't being catered for. *g*
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