Friday glee now knows the answer to "But what has he done on grit?"

[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: Adam Ondra spends a few hours on the gritstone.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

My partner graduated last Sunday, but doesn't leave until the end of the month. Much to my surprise, I was contacted through the belay board and asked to climb with a guy named Adam. He's been climbing a couple of months, and is very strong, but new to top roping. He climbed a 5.11 with me giving him beta. He's much stronger than me, but I understand HOW the moves need to be made, even if I can't do them myself. Very nice guy who works for the wildlife commission here in Florida.

I'm also climbing with a new person on Saturday whom I met through the gym's Facebook page. So it looks like I may not have to go back to the auto-belay quite as quickly as I thought! YAY!

[emperor]

Ah, yes, "I'll just turn up and on-sight some E7s. Good day out" :-)

I got my current top-rope project at the wall; I think it's my first 6C :-)

[cofax7]

I climbed two vanity 5.11bs this week!

AND the gym is resetting ALL the routes on the main walls because there's a youth competition tomorrow. So on Sunday it will be ALL NEW ROUTES for me!

I love new routes: they're like a book you haven't read yet.

[juliet]

I went climbing! For the first time in about 6 months. Hurrah :)

My grade is (unsurprisingly) down (some more :/ ) and I really need to work on my risk-taking as I am more risk-averse than I want to be. But it was lots of fun, and my mum has offered to come & babysit on a regular basis so I can get over there more often.

Everything aches a bit today... And I'm wondering if wearing barefoot shoes on a day-to-day basis has let my toes spread enough that I need to get bigger climbing shoes. Tight, sure, uncomfortable, sure, but my toes were uncomfortable to the point of feeling bruised/tingly after 45 min which doesn't seem quite right.

[rydra_wong]

I got to go to Stanage for a couple of days!

(And promptly badly bruised my heel, because my bouldering mat is too old and squishy and now I have to replace it. But still, Stanage.)