I missed an update! Last week I went with a friend from work who has a lot more experience than I. It was the usual mix of difficulties, but centring around a set of climbs I hadn’t done before. I didn’t do as well as I usually do, but learnt some stuff, including some terms such as flagging. My friend, who does a lot more bouldering than I have, was demonstrating how when bouldering I should be twisting and moving…
Bit of a warm day today. Started on the bouldering wall to still no more progress. It’s getting a little frustrating. I think I need some help 😀 Still, went onto the main wall and completed a 6a, features only climb I couldn’t do last time. Was pretty easy this time too! Then completed a 6a+, half of the ungraded 6b+, and nearly did the 6c from last week but crapped out at the end due to being too tired…
I’m definitely getting better. Did a 5+ without breaking a sweat. Climbed a 6a without complaint, a 6b+ with some shouted up assistance and _almost_ did a 6c. I was just too tired to do one of the big reaches. My current problem is hold blindness. I seem to not see so many holds which would make life a lot easier. Still.. keep on trying…
Made it with a partner this weekend! We climbed a wall with a nice slope on a bunch of 5+ routes. The holds were tougher than expected, probably because you’ve got a nice angle to climb against. Some of them required a good number of smears to get up them! Still, they weren’t that tough looking back, just were surprising. We then tryed the small white with blue tags route on the slope, which was a 6c. Ow. After about…