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Afternoon of drills
Oct. 27th, 2017 04:44 pmWe'd originally planned to meet up this morning, but A was under strict parental orders to spend time with her grandmother, so I took myself down to the quay around mid-morning.
As I was crossing the piazza, I heard someone calling my name. I looked over and there was A, sitting at a table outside the Jolly Roger, eating scones with her nanny. I went over and joined them for tea and the remains of one of A's scones, while we enjoyed the lovely, unseasonally warm weather. At around 11:30, A had to go off to prepare for the course she was attending this afternoon, so she and her grandmother walked the short distance home while I settled in for a few hours of climbing.
I started out with some gentle bouldering, which I was not very good at, and then started working on one of the clipping exercises Tom had given me: climbing each route clipping everything forehand; clipping everything backhand; clipping everything right-handed; clipping everything left handed; alternating from one hand to another. I also tried his one-footed climbing drill to work on balance and body position. It took a while to get the hang of, but after the second or third route, I think I was starting to settle into it.
As I was crossing the piazza, I heard someone calling my name. I looked over and there was A, sitting at a table outside the Jolly Roger, eating scones with her nanny. I went over and joined them for tea and the remains of one of A's scones, while we enjoyed the lovely, unseasonally warm weather. At around 11:30, A had to go off to prepare for the course she was attending this afternoon, so she and her grandmother walked the short distance home while I settled in for a few hours of climbing.
I started out with some gentle bouldering, which I was not very good at, and then started working on one of the clipping exercises Tom had given me: climbing each route clipping everything forehand; clipping everything backhand; clipping everything right-handed; clipping everything left handed; alternating from one hand to another. I also tried his one-footed climbing drill to work on balance and body position. It took a while to get the hang of, but after the second or third route, I think I was starting to settle into it.
