An unexpectedly lovely Sunday...
Feb. 8th, 2015 09:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylAfter a busy morning of domesticity and emergency shopping I met the usual gang — I say that, but I've missed the last few get togethers — for lunch at The Rusty Bike. Everyone but MS and I had lamb, with us two refusiniks opting for pork and risotto respectively. After a extremely enjoyable lunch, I had to dash off to meet E at the Quay for afternoon of climbing.
I got there every so slightly early and spent the first little while doing circuits and working my way through the subset of boulder problems I can actually do. All of which made me look much better than I actually am — I'm always a bit reluctant to send something that others are obviously working, because I don't want to undermine their sense of achievement — and I ended up giving beta to a bunch of guys were struggling with a problem with a deceptively simple start and an extremely tricky crux.
Fully warmed up, we then did some leading. It was an interesting experience belaying A, who's a fair amount heavier than I'm used to; I'm the same way as all my regular partners so it's not usually an issue. After some non-eventful routes, we decided to take a few practice falls to see what it felt like. Everything was fine, although when it was my turn, it too me a long time to psyche myself up to letting go — which makes me think that G is right and the best way to get a feel for falling is not to do it deliberately, when you've time to think about the possible consequences, but to push yourself hard enough that you come off naturally.
All in all, it's been a really, really nice day not least because it's been a total gift: I was supposed to be elsewhere today and if I had been, I'd've missed it completely...
I got there every so slightly early and spent the first little while doing circuits and working my way through the subset of boulder problems I can actually do. All of which made me look much better than I actually am — I'm always a bit reluctant to send something that others are obviously working, because I don't want to undermine their sense of achievement — and I ended up giving beta to a bunch of guys were struggling with a problem with a deceptively simple start and an extremely tricky crux.
Fully warmed up, we then did some leading. It was an interesting experience belaying A, who's a fair amount heavier than I'm used to; I'm the same way as all my regular partners so it's not usually an issue. After some non-eventful routes, we decided to take a few practice falls to see what it felt like. Everything was fine, although when it was my turn, it too me a long time to psyche myself up to letting go — which makes me think that G is right and the best way to get a feel for falling is not to do it deliberately, when you've time to think about the possible consequences, but to push yourself hard enough that you come off naturally.
All in all, it's been a really, really nice day not least because it's been a total gift: I was supposed to be elsewhere today and if I had been, I'd've missed it completely...
