Adventures in Climbing

Wednesday: Went climbing with a co-worker. We climbed quite a few top roped, straight, vertical walls... but we were hung up on an overhang wall. This wall goes up 10 feet and is built in a corner (so two sides to climb), and then from the back wall, it juts out 6 feet at a 90 degree angle, and then straight up again from that at a 90 degree angle for another 10 feet. Quite the predicament when trying to climb. We successfully climbed it after 3 attempts each. Very proud of ourselves for defeating another vendetta wall!

Friday: Another climbing adventure with my co-worker. We tried the overhang wall again, just to prove to ourselves that it was not a fluke the first time that we beat it... and we defeated it yet again! Although we were using all the holds (in contrast to doing a marked route which makes the climb significantly harder) we were still pretty content with our progress. We also decided to do some bouldering with the help of a fellow gym goer. He was trying to help us with our holds... my friend made it up a couple times, while I made it within half a food of the top 3 times and then could not take the pain in my arms anymore that I let go/fell. Quite frustrating for me... but it taught me a lesson, don't try something hard at the end of the day when your arms cannot take anymore! Needless to say I went to failure that day, which I haven't done in quite awhile... my arms were quite sore for about 4 hours after. Endurance while climbing is the next goal...