Mel reminded me this weekend that I had been neglecting the blog lately, so I figured I should start posting again! Since I'm mostly climbing nowadays, I'll keep track of that on here.
Climb Nashville uses the Yosemite Decimal System of climb grading, which covers everything from Class 1 (basically walking up a slope) to Class 5 (what most people think of when they think of rock climbing). Strangely enough, this system is structured in such a way that pretty much all the climbs you do range from 5.6-5.12, with subdivisions into a, b, c, etc. once you hit 5.10 and +/- thrown in here and there.
Climbs finished today: 5.6+, 5.7 x 2, 5.7, 5.7, 5.8, 5.8+, 5.9, 5.10a
Climbs failed: 5.8- (one of my nemeses), 5.10a
Overall not bad for me! The 5.10a I've been doing is a nice, short one. It has some tough grips on it, but it's over fast.
I've also been working on bouldering (shorter climbs without a rope). I'm not sure what system they use, but the R climbs are the easiest and are what I stick to now. I've been helping some of the folks I go with to try to finish R2, so I did that one a lot.
Boulders finished: R2 x many, R3, R5, R7, Rlite
Boulders failed: R4, R10, R14
Finished up with 20 weighted situps, 10 dips, 5 chins, and 20 35#db flyes.
4 comments:
Yay, Randy's back! And I know Karen will be delighted to have someone else posting their climbing work here.
I am delighted! Yay! I usually do a climbing gym workout once a week - but I am thinking that I should make it twice a week if I really want to improve. If you list your climbs, I'll list mine. Deal?
Here are the highlights of my outside climbing since August: I led my first ever 5.9 trad climb. I lead a scary 5.7 trad that made me knees quiver.
Sounds good! I went for a short trip yesterday since Steph couldn't make it Monday so I'll post that now. I'm still just doing the indoor stuff, but hopefully I'll get out and do the real deal sometime soon.
And wow, I don't think I'll be leading 5.9 for a while yet!
Oh yay! I'm glad you know enough about climbing to be impressed! I am really proud of it. Heee. This will push me when I am at the climbing gym.
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