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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: Sarah Hueniken on Musashi (M12), one of the hardest mixed routes in Canada. Even if mixed climbing is not an interest of yours, she also talks interestingly about working as a guide and teaching ice climbing to women.

Date: 2013-10-11 11:28 am (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
No climbing last week, because I went to South Florida to help a friend organize her novel. That got done. So hopefully, tomorrow I will get to climb. We shall see....

*waves*

Date: 2013-10-11 04:33 pm (UTC)
mongrelheart: (kettlebell usa)
From: [personal profile] mongrelheart
Hi, I'm new here! Though I know [personal profile] rydra_wong from the [community profile] lifting_heavy_things comm :)

I just completed the beginner rock climbing class at a local gym here in Chicago. Their wall is outside & visible from the street, & I had been passing by the club for literally years, going "Gee, I wanna do that." Sooo glad I finally tried it, it was a total blast!

The class consisted of 3 sessions of about 2 hours each, and now having "graduated", we're allowed to climb during the supervised times. We all exchanged #s so we can have buddies to practice with. I'd definitely like to continue with this (though now my only prob is that I already belong to a different gym & can't afford 2 memberships, so I'll have to come up with the $$ for a guest pass...)

Anyway yeah, I'm super stoked that I found a new fun thing to do. Any advice for the n00b would be much appreciated :):)


Re: *waves*

Date: 2013-10-11 08:18 pm (UTC)
mongrelheart: (jump free)
From: [personal profile] mongrelheart
w00t! Thanks for the welcome! Will definitely do an intro post :):)

Re: *waves*

Date: 2013-10-12 02:34 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
I fell in love the first time I climbed. I totally get your excitement! Enjoy!

Re: *waves*

Date: 2013-10-12 11:00 pm (UTC)
mongrelheart: (jump free)
From: [personal profile] mongrelheart
w00t! thanks! :):)

Date: 2013-10-12 02:46 am (UTC)
minxy: Teal'c raises a hand to say "hey". (Default)
From: [personal profile] minxy
I was having a terrible day, and am waiting for my Eddie Aikau documentary to download. This was an awesome interlude--I loved watching Sarah climb! There were so many gymnastic moves there, wow.

Date: 2013-10-12 02:35 pm (UTC)
wpadmirer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
I hope that your day improved!

Date: 2013-10-15 05:56 am (UTC)
minxy: Teal'c raises a hand to say "hey". (Default)
From: [personal profile] minxy
Thanks, we are managing...

Date: 2013-10-15 05:58 am (UTC)
minxy: Image of a Jung Young Ji and her strong shoulders (Jung Young Ji and her shoulders by rydra)
From: [personal profile] minxy
Well, it's some not-always-nice people in an ongoing review situation. It's better, certainly, but not over yet. There are not many days that are truly so bad if there are climbing and surfing documentaries, though. And my sweetie gets home Wednesday.

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