Goals for climbing
Jun. 8th, 2011 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
attractivegeekeryProbably not the best of all possible plans to go climbing with my road burn, but I did it anyway. That's how hardcore I am.
Made three runs up the wall this class.
The first one barely brought me up to the 10 foot "bouldering" limit before the panic set in. The tears started to flow the moment my feet hit the mat.
That's how hardcore I am. Heh.
Told my climbing partner that I needed a few minutes to collect myself before trying again somewhere else. Somewhere without an outward bending face. He was more than cool about it.
Second climb brought me waist above the bouldering line. No tears after this one. So...progress.
The third climb on a different part of the wall brought me well over the bouldering line. There might have been an endzone dance when I got back to the ground. Maybe even a joyous, "I'm the best at space!"
I even attempted bouldering, which is climbing wall without a safety rope. Though I quickly discovered the problem with that is you have to actually climb back down because of the lack of rope.
So yeah, class was a success. Go me!
I even have a goal for the end of class. There's this flat platform just about the bouldering line that I'm totally going to reach. I'm going to climb up to the line, shimmy my way laterally, and then climb up on the platform.
I have plans.
Made three runs up the wall this class.
The first one barely brought me up to the 10 foot "bouldering" limit before the panic set in. The tears started to flow the moment my feet hit the mat.
That's how hardcore I am. Heh.
Told my climbing partner that I needed a few minutes to collect myself before trying again somewhere else. Somewhere without an outward bending face. He was more than cool about it.
Second climb brought me waist above the bouldering line. No tears after this one. So...progress.
The third climb on a different part of the wall brought me well over the bouldering line. There might have been an endzone dance when I got back to the ground. Maybe even a joyous, "I'm the best at space!"
I even attempted bouldering, which is climbing wall without a safety rope. Though I quickly discovered the problem with that is you have to actually climb back down because of the lack of rope.
So yeah, class was a success. Go me!
I even have a goal for the end of class. There's this flat platform just about the bouldering line that I'm totally going to reach. I'm going to climb up to the line, shimmy my way laterally, and then climb up on the platform.
I have plans.
