Reflections on climbing last night
Mar. 11th, 2010 10:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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chirik climbing last night.
I had quite a good night there, last night. I've been continuing to do my stamina training, and it really paid off. I did 4 runs up a 5.10a climb in a row. Guessing that the route was about 50 ft. tall, that's 200 ft. of climbing with only small breaks every 50 ft. And I didn't fall once! I've never done anything like that before!
I followed that up with doing 3 laps on a 5.10b. I did fall on each of the last two laps, but only once each, so it was still pretty awesome.
I ended my night with the lead climb I did up the 5.9, as shown in the video over on the other entry. I felt really secure and safe the whole way. It was my first lead where I felt strong enough to be able to handle it without having to worry about losing my grip and falling.
So that's 8 climbs in a single night, 6 of which were perfect, 1 of which was a lead.
It's a bit hard to believe that I'm actually doing this well at climbing. That I've actually got the stamina to hold onto the wall in these situations as long as I am. All of this training I'm doing is really paying off!
chirik climbing last night.I had quite a good night there, last night. I've been continuing to do my stamina training, and it really paid off. I did 4 runs up a 5.10a climb in a row. Guessing that the route was about 50 ft. tall, that's 200 ft. of climbing with only small breaks every 50 ft. And I didn't fall once! I've never done anything like that before!
I followed that up with doing 3 laps on a 5.10b. I did fall on each of the last two laps, but only once each, so it was still pretty awesome.
I ended my night with the lead climb I did up the 5.9, as shown in the video over on the other entry. I felt really secure and safe the whole way. It was my first lead where I felt strong enough to be able to handle it without having to worry about losing my grip and falling.
So that's 8 climbs in a single night, 6 of which were perfect, 1 of which was a lead.
It's a bit hard to believe that I'm actually doing this well at climbing. That I've actually got the stamina to hold onto the wall in these situations as long as I am. All of this training I'm doing is really paying off!
