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rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [community profile] disobey_gravity2013-02-01 10:37 am
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Friday glee is concentrating on training

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: there's been some noise and discussion about Daniel Woods completing a long-standing project -- in the gym.

To show that this is not altogether new, here's legend Malcolm Smith repeating one of the indoor problems that he used while training for his second ascent of Hubble at the age of 18.
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[personal profile] emperor 2013-02-01 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
Hah, my project routes are around the F6B/F6B+ level, so not cool enough to be left around! I remember turning up one week convinced I was going to get the clean lead, only to find the route gone. Gutting.
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[personal profile] wpadmirer 2013-02-01 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I hate that. I've only had it happen a couple of times in the five years I've been climbing, but I agree, it's gutting. My gym is not a huge one, and they rotate through the various walls, so problems generally stay up at least three months, but sometimes that's not long enough. (grin)
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[personal profile] wpadmirer 2013-02-01 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoo-hoo!

Yes, be careful of those elbows. When I first started climbing I developed terrible tendenitis in my left elbow. I would come out of the gym with my elbow hot to the touch! OW! But lots of icing and working on the finger boards in the gym slowly and regularly to strengthen my forearms has made the problem virtually disappear.

You might try icing your elbows after you work on the boards, as a preventative. Maybe it would help?
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[personal profile] wpadmirer 2013-02-02 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the link! I've never seen eccentric exercises for the elbow. I found some for my hip, back when I having huge problems. Those do work well.
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[personal profile] wpadmirer 2013-02-01 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm only climbing once a week right now. I haven't heard from my regular partner in three weeks. I have no idea what is going on with her. But my secondary partner is climbing with me every Friday morning.

The walking in the warm pool has helped tremendously with my endurance, and to top it off I've lost 10 lbs in the three weeks I've been doing it!
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[personal profile] wpadmirer 2013-02-01 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's the same partner. (sigh) I swear, I have no idea what goes on in her life, but it must not be normal.
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[personal profile] emperor 2013-02-01 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Once a week is about all I manage ATM, too. Still, enough to keep things ticking over, I find. I'm slooooowly getting better...
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[personal profile] astridv 2013-02-01 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Tomorrow it might not rain, so I may (may!) be able to climb, albeit with wet shoes.
There might even be some sun if we're really lucky.
sigh. Times like this I seriously wish I lived in Utah or Florida.

Love the vid of the boulder problem. I always like to see the failed attempts along with the complete route.
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[personal profile] astridv 2013-02-01 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I used to wipe the soles of my shoes on my pant legs. ;) Until it occurred to me to bring a rag for this purpose.
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[personal profile] wpadmirer 2013-02-02 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
There's no outdoor climbing in Florida. Our highest point in Florida is 300 feet above sea level. (sigh) But we do have great rock gyms. (grin)