my dangerous life

[kittenscribble]

I had a fun night at the climbing gym on Friday; I hadn't been out in a while and it was really great to be back on the walls. I made an absolute idiot of myself on the 5.9 on the crack, constantly having to get off the wall, backtrack, and look around. I just didn't have a good read on that climb; I was turned around on every single move. Naturally I can't wait to go back and try it again.

I also took a shot at the 5.8 on the pillar. I usually don't like getting up on the pillar, mostly because I hate bridging the gap between the pillar and the stalactite. I'm not afraid of being high up on the walls, but harness or no harness, I get a little dizzy when I'm on my toes on the pillar, and get an eyeful of the yawning emptiness between the pillar and the far wall. Still, when I swung out into space, I somehow got my left leg around a big friendly hold, and managed an exhilarating scramble onto the face. Finished off the night by flashing a V1. Good times.

Made it through the evening without so much as a bruise. Then, later in the weekend, I sliced my knuckle on a v-slicer, because I was an idiot and didn't use the safety holder. Kitchens are more dangerous than climbing gyms!

Comments

[museclio]

Hrm - let me know if you're thinking about climbing? I'm trying to get out more.

[kittenscribble.livejournal.com]

Sadly climbing tends to be pretty erratic for us. I should also give my skin some time to regrow. (Though, really badass climbers would just cover the hole with tape, I'm sure.)

If we establish any sort of regular schedule I'll be sure to let you know!

[p-sunshine.livejournal.com]

LOL! Bad kitchen slicer!

[kittenscribble.livejournal.com]

no, don't blame the poor little slicer; it merely stood there innocently, with its gleaming blades out. It was total user error on my part to introduce a knuckle into the equation.

[paleotheist.livejournal.com]

Even after all these years of climbing, I still get the little butterflies in my stomach every time I try the stalactite. I really have to psyche myself up for it. We might actually try to climb on Friday since we won't be going tonight as usual.

[kittenscribble.livejournal.com]

That darn stalactite unnerves me from beginning to end. Even though the 5.8 was comparatively easy, it was massively tiring because I was holding on to all of the holds twice as tightly as I needed to. No idea why.

Hope climbing on Friday goes well -- we won't be there, but the gym was pretty empty last Friday. The guy at the desk told us that they were due to start working on the A/C today, so it's probably a good day to miss.