Progress by degrees

[wshaffer]

Had a relatively good climbing night last night, despite being a bit tired and headachy from allergies, and despite Planet Granite being the most crowded I'd ever seen it. I climbed a 5.6 that was overhangy, then slabby, then overhangy again, and which had utterly defeated me when I tried it a few weeks ago. I flailed around on a 5.7 a bit, and then climbed the World's Hardest 5.5. Seriously, this thing was weird - it had a weird balancy start, with big but awkward handholds, and then there were a couple of places on the way up where I had to just take enormous (for me) steps. The person who set that route has an evil mind, and I like them. I want to go back some time when I have more energy and climb it a few times in a row just to see if I can figure out what makes it tick.

After that I messed around a bit on the lower reaches of some 5.6's and 5.7's, and then called it a night.

Comments

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

There really is a distinct Climber Jargon, and they ought to issue us glossaries with our first belay lesson, because I remember being thoroughly confused by a lot of it. It didn't take me too long to figure out that a climber saying, "I'm totally pumped!" means "I'm exhausted" (and that it derives from bodybuilding jargon), but it took me a lot longer to figure out that someone asking if I wanted "beta" was offering advice on climbing a route. And that's all before we even got to the terms for specific climbing moves or techniques.

Funnily enough, I hadn't realized that matociquala also climbs.

[inflectionpoint.livejournal.com]

Good work!!!!