Pretty successful climbing today! Spent about four hours at Brookes climbing wall, although unfortunately time spent climbing was relatively short. Lots of belaying and watching...
The time I did spend climbing was good though. I started with gentle bouldering and an easy lead route (5 something) to warm up. Then I red pointed two 6Cs, both of which I had only tried once before. Feel pretty pleased with them individually, but more glad to get two at once as this might suggest a bit of an improvement in my endurance. I’m not sure if I’ve cleanly climbed two 6Cs on the same day before, as much as I hate to admit that...
The 6Cs themselves were nice routes, the first being a bit more powerful with a cool crossover move over an overhang, and the second one (on a vertical wall) was fingertips the whole way up, with a few two finger holds and one mono. A few slightly deeper holds helped it go. I was pleased to get this one in its own right as my finger strength has been a bit poor recently, and the climb was all fingery. It felt good today though.
After this I put some work into the 7A I’m trying (slopers/pinches big reaches). I made one move further then I had before, but the next move was a struggle. Will take a bit more time to work out how it goes. I think next time I’ll skip this move, because it looks easier higher. Be interesting to see whether its just this one move I can’t do.
Finished with a 6B (the ex6C I thought should have been downgraded) which was fine.
Looking forward to next time, and looking forward to trying out Iffley in maybe a week... I think next time I’ll try and climb more routes although this does depend on my partner (‘s speed). It would be good to do a bunch (6 or 7?) around 6B/6B+. Helpful for endurance anyway, and I really didn’t do enough routes today...
