GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[sixbeforelunch]

Just sent that new V7? Headed to Spain to try your footwork out on La Rambla? Set foot in a climbing gym for the first time and decided you kinda liked it there? Just bought cute new shoes? Tell us about it. All your climbing related happiness is welcome.

(My glee is remembering to post two weeks in a row.)

Comments

[rydra_wong]

They reset the slab at the Arch! There are new and eeeeevil problems!

The slab is my happy place of fun and terror.

[juliet]

Which one is the slab, ooi?

I went to the Arch today & lo! they have reset about everything since I was last there. In glee! news, a) I went climbing & my foot didn't actually fall off! (although I did have to avoid putting significant weight on the inside edge on that foot, which was a little limiting but a good excuse on the problem I fell off twice); b) I climbed 2 x V1 without any bother at all, and even felt like I might be doing it in a vaguely competent fashion (as opposed to the Panicked Scramble approach).

[rydra_wong]

The slab is the one that's less-than-vertical: it slopes away from you. The opposite of the overhangs, which are the ones that, er, hang over you.

Yay for V1s! Yay for your foot not falling off! Though it is vitally important to have one's excuses ready to hand, and nodding sagely and referring vaguely to an injury is always a good one ...

(Btw, I don't know if you have any interest at all in yoga, but since you're in that general area, I thought I'd mention I found out that there's a yoga studio just down the street from the Arch.)

[sixbeforelunch]

and even felt like I might be doing it in a vaguely competent fashion (as opposed to the Panicked Scramble approach).

I love moving past the Panicked Scramble into the fluid motions and Oh, I get it now feeling. It's a great feeling. :)

[juliet]

Unfortunately it doesn't always last ;) But yes, it is v rewarding!

[abyssinia]

I haven't been to my bouldering gym since August (I know) but I'm visiting friends in Boston and sometime this weekend we're going to the rope gym they climb at and I brought my shoes and dear god my hands are itching to get back on a rock. I really need to get back into when I'm home again.

[rydra_wong]

Yay for getting back into it! \o/