Evening of bouldering
Oct. 11th, 2016 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylDespite plans to drop in for a very quick session, today's bouldering got somewhat extended after I bumped into Richard and, later, Mark. The new problems are an interesting lot; a combination of work by one of the regular setters and one of the squad members, who obviously has a real knack for it.
The routes were largely set using some of the EntrePrise slopers from the DWS competition in August, giving a very different feel to some of the more fingery, crimpy problems that made up the previous lot. Checking the summary card, I discovered that I'd flashed two 6Cs during my previous session — something that's never happened before — and found that I'd correctly read the start of one of the other problems which I thought I'd messed up.
Climbing with Richard and Mark was interesting because our styles are radically different from one another. Mark is slightly taller than me, but with a much better reach, far more raw, dynamic power, but less static strength, while Richard is very tall with amazing reach and solid technique. Which means we all struggle with different things and the beta that works for one of us doesn't work for the others, so the session was more about encouragement than anything else.
The routes were largely set using some of the EntrePrise slopers from the DWS competition in August, giving a very different feel to some of the more fingery, crimpy problems that made up the previous lot. Checking the summary card, I discovered that I'd flashed two 6Cs during my previous session — something that's never happened before — and found that I'd correctly read the start of one of the other problems which I thought I'd messed up.
Climbing with Richard and Mark was interesting because our styles are radically different from one another. Mark is slightly taller than me, but with a much better reach, far more raw, dynamic power, but less static strength, while Richard is very tall with amazing reach and solid technique. Which means we all struggle with different things and the beta that works for one of us doesn't work for the others, so the session was more about encouragement than anything else.
