Friday glee is concentrating on training

[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: 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.

Comments

[emperor]

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.

[rydra_wong]

I HATE it when that happens.

Though there was one day at the start of this year when I started working on a problem and was close to getting it juuuuust as the staff started taking that circuit down (I'd tried the problem a few times when it first went up, but not had the crucial beta for part of it).

I looked so pathetic that they agreed to start stripping holds on the other side of the room, so I had the time until they worked their way round round to where I was.

So I was racing against the clock to get it, and for once I did; it was hilarious and wonderful.

[wpadmirer]

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)