Christie + galpals and I are heading to Red Rocks to rock climb in November, which means I need to get back into climbing shape! I reactivated my DBC 24/7 climbing membership for the next two months to accomplish this feat.
Today was my first time bouldering since I killed my membership in January. And wow, what a fun time!
Purple: 3 E, 1E+
Blue: 6 E
White: 1 E-, 3 E, 2 E+
Green: 1 E-, 8 E, 2 E+
Total: 2 E-, 20 E, 5 E+ = 27 routes!
I climbed those 27 routes in 45 minutes, and for nearly all of them, I also down-climbed completely. This might be some sort of record for me? Mostly it just felt *really* amazing. This is somewhat surprising to me, since I also biked today (13 miles roundtrip), and ran two days ago (5+ miles). But you can't fight bodily happiness! Climbing is like dancing to me. The feeling of my body moving gracefully (or sometimes not-so-gracefully) up a wall is just so liberating. I was born to climb, I've always climbed, and I'll keep climbing as long as I am able. :D
Can't wait to track my progress. From the looks of it, I was flashing E+ when I left off in January, so I haven't lost any ground. I didn't attempt any M- today, but will do so on my next visit. Wonder if I'll actually make that initial goal from last year of getting to M+? Bouldering a V7, which is a 5.13a seems a little absurd to me, but who knows. I'm already flashing these E+s without effort, and I haven't climbed in forever. Anything is possible!
Today was my first time bouldering since I killed my membership in January. And wow, what a fun time!
Purple: 3 E, 1E+
Blue: 6 E
White: 1 E-, 3 E, 2 E+
Green: 1 E-, 8 E, 2 E+
Total: 2 E-, 20 E, 5 E+ = 27 routes!
I climbed those 27 routes in 45 minutes, and for nearly all of them, I also down-climbed completely. This might be some sort of record for me? Mostly it just felt *really* amazing. This is somewhat surprising to me, since I also biked today (13 miles roundtrip), and ran two days ago (5+ miles). But you can't fight bodily happiness! Climbing is like dancing to me. The feeling of my body moving gracefully (or sometimes not-so-gracefully) up a wall is just so liberating. I was born to climb, I've always climbed, and I'll keep climbing as long as I am able. :D
Can't wait to track my progress. From the looks of it, I was flashing E+ when I left off in January, so I haven't lost any ground. I didn't attempt any M- today, but will do so on my next visit. Wonder if I'll actually make that initial goal from last year of getting to M+? Bouldering a V7, which is a 5.13a seems a little absurd to me, but who knows. I'm already flashing these E+s without effort, and I haven't climbed in forever. Anything is possible!
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