I should go bouldering more often...
Aug. 4th, 2007 12:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kickahaSo after last week's horrible paaaaaaaaain post-climbing, this week I found that my hands are... freakishly strong. At least for me. Seriously, I haven't had finger strength like this in *years*. It's weird how strong they got in one night of bouldering - almost like it broke up impediment tissues, instead of building muscle.
Which means that, last night, I went up four different 5.6 routes without even trying, one of which had kicked my *butt* two weeks ago. I gave it a shot on my first run of the night, and the section that I couldn't seem to get past before was... nothing. Cripes, my last run up, I ran into a situation where I cornered myself without handholds... so I ended up gripping a chip with two fingers and a thumb with one hand, while the other hand was free, and I swapped feet on a tiny step. Yup, I balanced myself with two fingers and a thumb while hopping 30' up from one set of toes to the other. I didn't even think about it, I just did it, and then was shocked at how easy it was. Hope to hell whatever I did to fix my hands sticks. :)
Next week... 5.7/8!
Which means that, last night, I went up four different 5.6 routes without even trying, one of which had kicked my *butt* two weeks ago. I gave it a shot on my first run of the night, and the section that I couldn't seem to get past before was... nothing. Cripes, my last run up, I ran into a situation where I cornered myself without handholds... so I ended up gripping a chip with two fingers and a thumb with one hand, while the other hand was free, and I swapped feet on a tiny step. Yup, I balanced myself with two fingers and a thumb while hopping 30' up from one set of toes to the other. I didn't even think about it, I just did it, and then was shocked at how easy it was. Hope to hell whatever I did to fix my hands sticks. :)
Next week... 5.7/8!