I certainly earned a few today. Normal Wednesday climbing session. We warmed up on a couple of 6a’s and did a competition 6a+. That climb was very odd. Lots and lots of holds, but all seeming as if the setter put up an easy climb and then on his way back down the wall, reversed all the holds! Then on to the previous 6b+ competition climb before having a go on the 7a again. After Jim was nearly halfway up…
Climbed on Sunday. Those 2 competition climbs have now been graded as a 6b+ and a 6c+. Ouch! I did the 6b+ again with no problem (awesome 🙂 ) but didn’t have another go on the 6c+. I’ll try it on Wednesday. We did however spend some time trying to second a 7a. After a couple of attempts we were managing to climb it halfway. I can’t even contemplate leading it right now…. Oh yes, I’ve noticed that my big…
Did some climbing this evening. Did some bouldering, and I’m getting the mojo back. We watched a couple of experience climbers on some crazy looking route that seemed to require super human powers! One day… one day. Then on to leading! Warmed up on a 5+, the a 6a, the competition yellow from last time (which is either a 6b or 6b+) and then finally on to a competition route that Jim was trying last time. I feared the worst,…
Normal Wednesday night lesson. Spent a good chunk of it leading again. I feel like I’m getting much more confident at choosing my clipping points, at climbing above the clip and generally just ‘getting on with it’. Managed to lead at 6b+ and was probably my best piece of lead climbing so far, and another new route which must have been at least the same. Cool. Next climb Friday!
Did some climbing this morning. About an hour on the bouldering walls, which was good for my confidence as the last time I was bouldering I didn’t achieve very much. This time, I did quite a few climbs, especially after a big group of well muscled lads and ladies turned up and started drilling on the walls. One of them had a ‘uk climbing team’ tshirt on and was suitable impressive. I just watched and tried to copy and made…
So, targets for the year. I’ve kind of avoided setting any, but i really should. Right now I’ve top roped a 6c+, and seem to be able to reliably climb a 6c. Leading, the best I’ve managed is a 6b+, which was a real struggle! So I guess its prudent to set separate targets. Thing is it seems like the jump from a 6 to 7 seems much harder than from 5 to 6. I’m not sure what I’m going…
And sometimes you have good days. Today’s climbing session has done wonders for my leading confidence. Something was just right about it. Whereas last week I’d decided that I was going to try really hard to climb well, and pretty much cocked it up, this time I’d just decided to enjoy the climbing. We warmed up on a 5+, then dropped me straight onto a 6b lead. Now, I’m not entirely sure if I’ve managed to lead a 6b before,…
Well, you have good days and bad days. After clearing the 6c+ on Friday, I guess I was due for a lousy one! I’d been determined to go and work hard tonight. The end result is that I mostly hashed stuff off, not watching my feet, cocking up the moves etc. To be fair, it has been about 3 weeks since I did any leading, but I’m still disappointed. Oh well! Will do better next time, probably Friday I think!
I keep forgetting to update! 🙂 This Wednesday was expensive! I had to replace my shoes (I got 5.10 Gambits, which hurt!) as I’d stripped a nice chunk a of rubber of my Mythos, my harness (just downgraded the size of my womens petzel harness from a L to an M) as my legs had slimmed to smaller that the loops would tighten AND I had to buy new chalk bag as I managed to leave mine somewhere in Birmingham….