#roockclimbing

It’s been over a year since Rebecca’s been rock climbing.  We’d planned on all going together this break, but it just wasn’t happening, so this morning I woke Rebecca up at 10:30am and we headed down to CityRock.

As usual, the place was busy.  I’ve never been climbing with Rebecca (I’ve chaperoned, but never climbed with her) so this was fun!

We spent some time on the climbing wall, and I got a selfie of us both at the top of our runs!

I’ve been climbing for about a month now, and while I can climb 5.10, I’m extremely comfortable at a 5.9, so I stick there most of the time (but keep trying the harder ones as well).

We spent some time bouldering too, which I don’t think Rebecca’s done too much of.  She was fantastic!

There’s a V3 bouldering route I’ve been trying to master for a while now, and today I was finally able to get it right!  (It’s the yellow route in the middle)

This is one I’ve seen many people attempt, but no one complete.  I’ve tried it once or twice, but was unsuccessful as well.  You see, I’ve never been able to grab one of the holds.  Today I tried the run 3 times and just couldn’t get it, so I decided to clean the hold. 

 OMG!  What a difference that made!  I was finally able to grip it, and successfully summit!  I did it three times in a row (so it wasn’t a fluke) and finally had Rebecca take a video of me to prove I’d done it. I was ecstatic! This video makes it look easy, but it really isn’t:  those moves take changes of body weight that are difficult to manage!