Climbing in India
Sep. 22nd, 2019 09:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dagibbsI went climbing yesterday on a granite dome north of Bengaluru (Bangalore). Lead a bunch of stuff, top-roped others. It was a lot of friction and small edges -- so now I can't access my phone with my fingerprint anymore.
The last climb I top-roped was the hardest; I made it up with lots of falls and hanging and resting. The guide claimed it was 6c+ (5.11b if you translate from French grades which are, apparently, what they use in India, at least for sport routes) -- but I find that hard to believe. Even if it was my style (thin, technical, balancy -- but not steep), it seems unlikely I'd climb something that hard. Or, maybe, I just climb better in French -- was climbing harder stuff than I thought I should in both Spain and France on trips this year, too. (Or, maybe, as Phil claimed on FB, I can TR hang-dog my way up a 5.11b that is my style.)
This was my first time climbing in Asia, and, depending on how you count continents, I may have added another continent to the list of continents I've climbed in.
The last climb I top-roped was the hardest; I made it up with lots of falls and hanging and resting. The guide claimed it was 6c+ (5.11b if you translate from French grades which are, apparently, what they use in India, at least for sport routes) -- but I find that hard to believe. Even if it was my style (thin, technical, balancy -- but not steep), it seems unlikely I'd climb something that hard. Or, maybe, I just climb better in French -- was climbing harder stuff than I thought I should in both Spain and France on trips this year, too. (Or, maybe, as Phil claimed on FB, I can TR hang-dog my way up a 5.11b that is my style.)
This was my first time climbing in Asia, and, depending on how you count continents, I may have added another continent to the list of continents I've climbed in.
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Date: 2019-09-23 01:05 pm (UTC)Congrats on adding another continent. I'd love to see a map with all the places you've been. One colour of pins for climbing and one for business. Do you travel for other reasons? :D
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Date: 2019-09-23 01:34 pm (UTC)As for travel... yeah, that would be a lot of pins! I don't even remember all the places I've been, there's so many. Right now, work and climbing are the main reasons I travel. In the past I used to travel a lot for SF conventions, but now I make it to one (rarely two) in a year. I also do about one ski trip a year -- the last few years that's been to Whistler, B.C. I also traveled to Bridge tournaments for a couple years -- but haven't done that in decades.
Hm... I wonder if there is some app or website for travel push-pins?
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