the friday post of glee

[sixbeforelunch]

In the future this post will have a better name and format. For now, I have five minutes before I have to leave for work.

Post your climbing glee here. Accomplishments, yes, but also just those moments when you had a blast. There are no rules about what makes climbing glee. If it's climbing related and it made you proud or happy, it belongs here.

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[sixbeforelunch]

I sent a V1, avoided making negative progress on the cave, and beat a purple boulder problem thing with only four holds, the top two of which are really far apart. Woot!

[rydra_wong]

I went climbing again and managed not to stress out my rotator cuff strain!

I back-and-footed across a corner, all the way up to the ceiling, without touching a single hand-hold! (I have a tendency to invent these weird little projects for myself.)

I got a "Jesus, you're fast!" out of someone watching while I did a loop round the easy circuit on the overhang (my smug, let me show you it).

Also, the new shoes are now millimetres away from perfection. Which, at the moment, means millimetres of PAIN, but I have been reliably informed that they will stretch that tiny bit more.

[cofax7]

Hmm. I don't have any current glee; I'm only climbing irregularly right now, so I'm struggling to get back to the point where I can reliably climb 5.10d.

But last summer I took my 15-y-o niece and her 16-y-o friend out climbing at Donner Summit, which is in Truckee, CA. My niece has climbed a bit, mostly indoors, but the friend has a fear of heights and hasn't really climbed. So I set up a top-rope on a 5.7 sloping crack, with a lovely view of Donner Lake and the mountains, and we had a blast. It had been a while since I'd climbed outdoors, and you know how outdoor climbing is always just ... weird compared to indoors. You have to get creative with the holds, nothing's off-route, and often things are really awkward.

But the kids were great: the friend did a wonderful job, even though she was kind of scared. And my niece belayed me for the first time, as well, while I ran up & down the crack a couple times.

Fun times! It's great fun introducing kids to climbing.

[pellucid]

It's probably bad that my current climbing glee has more to do with this comm existing than anything I've actually climbed recently, yes? Bah! My schedule is getting the better of me, and my climbing has been super-irregular. When I was last at the gym (over a week ago), I was fighting with 5.10a's, and I was not inclined to be gleeful. Hmm.

Glee-worthy, however, is the fact that it is finally warm enough to bike to the gym again, thereby significantly cutting down the amount of time this activity eats out of my schedule. And next week kicks off a slight respite in the craziness of the schedule, so I have big plans to be back in action soon! YAY!!!

[rydra_wong]

Ooh, I have belated glee! My shoulder was being twingy again today, so I worked on my one-handed climbing, and actually managed to send two easy problems one-handed!

Yes, I am a pathetic Johnny Dawes fangirl.

It turns out to be a really interesting exercise; I think I'm learning all sorts of things about momentum and body position.