climbing

[astridv]

I went climbing last night and made a move that pulled a bit too hard on that one slowly healing finger (seriously, finger, it's been three months, what the hell). I learned that I need to give it a day or two to recover when that happens and I have to stay away from the more demanding routes until then. So I tried something new - picked the easiest wall they got, but using my left arm. That was actually a lot of fun! That bunny slope, suddenly not so simple anymore. I have to try more of that, I like the balance of technique and strength required. And I can climb at my limit while still going easy on that $§%# finger.

Well, I'm off to the market to get some asparagus (season's started!) I have so many great Leverage fic to share, and one vid that is so full of badass awesomeness that, wow. Going to make a post later today. In the meantime, two short climbing vids: Introduction to Boulder Climbing. And here's 8 year old Ashima Shiraishi on Power of Silence (V10).

Comments

[rydra_wong]

I've never met a climber who isn't scared of heights. *g*

It's a pretty basic human fear; IMHO it's just a question of learning to be okay with it and learning that you can fall off safely (because of the ropes and harnesses in roped climbing, or the squishy mats in bouldering).

In bouldering you only go up a few meters anyway (4 or 5 meters is usually the limit); the focus is on the difficulty of the moves, not height.

[lakrids404]

They then just look like, that fear is not an option for them :)

[rydra_wong]

We're just having so much fun that the fear fades into the background. Most of the time. *g*