Belay partner showed up this evening!
May. 23rd, 2007 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dagibbsThe belay partner I contacted for this evening showed up. So, we ended up climbing from just after 8pm until just before 11pm, and I'm feeling wiped. Lots of LONG climbs, and also pushed the difficulty some, too.
Did my first 5.11 -- it was labelled as a 5.11a/b, and while tricky, not super hard. I didn't do it clean or anything -- lots of falling, and trying different things, and I think I did one move on the rope, but I feel with a few more tries working on it, I could get it. But, I also feel that Planet Granite is about a rating level lower than Coyote. For example, my last climb of the day, when I was too tired and falling off another climb, was a long 5.9 -- and I had no problem with it. That when I generally do 5.8s at Coyote.
PG also has a lot of really neat terrain -- their long climbs are just vertical, but a long of changing angles and slopes, making it very interesting. They've also got a wall with a lot of cracks in them, lots of dihedral and arrete climbs, and even one chimney. The chimney was a lot of fun, and I found it a good climb, using far more body than just hands and feet. The crack, though, I found very difficult -- I fell off the 5.9 up that many times. I'm thinking that is something that I just don't have the technique for.
Glad I got out today, but don't think I'll go again tomorrow. I am SO behind on LJ and online stuff right now. I'm not even going to try and catch up right now -- I'm just going to bed. It's midnight here, which is 3am Ottawa time.
Did my first 5.11 -- it was labelled as a 5.11a/b, and while tricky, not super hard. I didn't do it clean or anything -- lots of falling, and trying different things, and I think I did one move on the rope, but I feel with a few more tries working on it, I could get it. But, I also feel that Planet Granite is about a rating level lower than Coyote. For example, my last climb of the day, when I was too tired and falling off another climb, was a long 5.9 -- and I had no problem with it. That when I generally do 5.8s at Coyote.
PG also has a lot of really neat terrain -- their long climbs are just vertical, but a long of changing angles and slopes, making it very interesting. They've also got a wall with a lot of cracks in them, lots of dihedral and arrete climbs, and even one chimney. The chimney was a lot of fun, and I found it a good climb, using far more body than just hands and feet. The crack, though, I found very difficult -- I fell off the 5.9 up that many times. I'm thinking that is something that I just don't have the technique for.
Glad I got out today, but don't think I'll go again tomorrow. I am SO behind on LJ and online stuff right now. I'm not even going to try and catch up right now -- I'm just going to bed. It's midnight here, which is 3am Ottawa time.
