Climbing

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Ow.

I. Hurt. Went climbing tonight, and tried to work on technique. Ow. Technique hurts. Theoretically, it's much more efficient than the brute force approach I've used in the past, but holy jesus fuck am I sore. I can't *wait* to see if I can get out of bed in the morning.

Oh, and that fleshy bit between your thumb and forefinger? Yeah, it doesn't fit in the belay device. Trust me, it tried. I'm surprised the skin didn't rip. Note to self: NEVER let the locking hand be less than 6" from said device. Ever.



Man, I love climbing. :D

(Yes, frank, you can commence laughing at my pain...)

Comments

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

First time I went rappelling, we tied off to one of the trestles along the Iron Horse Trail above North Bend.

Almost exactly halfway down, my sweatshirt decided it was going to see what the world on the other side of the descender was like, and my gentle slide came to an abrupt halt.

I had *just* enough upper-body strength to lift myself high enough with one arm and pull the shirt out of the figure-eight with the other. Toughest part was remembering that, since I was stuck, it was OK to let go of the rope to get the right grip. :)

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Yay!


MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

Of course I'm doing kung fu this morning so we'll see how I feel later. :p