Same as usual, down to the lesson. However, I left my wallet at work! Luckily I only work about 10minutes walk away from the wall so I got there and back to pick it up with enough time to join the lesson. It was me and two newbie girls this time. I helped out the belayer by holding on the the rope past them to give them support while they climbed. It’s interesting to see how you can so easily…
Missed last week due to unfortunate family goings on. Didn’t really have my head in the right place to get my act together to go on Sunday either. Today was good. Just me and one other person at the training session. Meant we both got some quality time with the instructor. Did an ungraded course, which the instructor thought was a 6b+. Fell off half way, but got back on and ~almost~ managed to complete it. It involved having to…
The normal Wednesday night climbing tuition. Just me and one other guy with the instructor which meant there was no standing around at all. Started easily and did a mix of climbs. The most difficult ones were 6a’s (down a bit from the last session with it’s 6c’s!). I completed one of them, but couldn’t finish the last move on a features only climb. I’ll get it next time I think. Finished up by trying to do some of the…
I was without a partner today, so instead I went bouldering at the local indoor wall. Warmed up on their traverse wall for a while. Managed the two easy ‘traverses’ on one side and almost did the harder one (which I think is a 5c?). I could do it all but one move on it. I shall ask for advise on Wednesday if we are on there. Then went in and did the usual 2-3 bouldering climbs I can manage…
I’ve just got back from my teaching session. Today I climbed for about 3 hours with other 2 guys and never made it to the top of the wall. I also fell off 8 times in total… My instructor had decided to push me pretty hard so had me on 6b+ and 6c climbs all night (which, being as I’ve had about 8 lessons, is pretty hard for me!). The furthest I managed up the wall was actually on the…