9/27

On sunday we climbed the same route up and down until we couldn't anymore. This was to build endurance. The wall we picked was a 5.4 and I climbed it 14 times I think. It was really difficult for me because I was already sore, but it felt pretty good for building endurance. Half way through the climb I started feeling pretty tired but when I kept going it felt good afterward.

By the way, I'm sorry but I won't be able to go climbing tomorrow.

9/22 and 9/27

Sorry last week's post is this late, my Internet wasn't working.

On Tuesday we picked our projects. Splitting them into sections with good resting spots helped me picture what the climb would be like. We started by climbing the top third (above the over hang (which i almost just called a hangover...)). Mine was quite difficult and I didn't really get through it. We talked about what to work on and came up with endurance and strength i guess? Then we went to boulder. Another thing we'll be working on this season is a 4-4. I think this will be a lot of fun once we master the routes.

On Sunday we did some endurance climbing. After some stretching, we spent practically the whole 2 hours on the same wall. It was a 5.4 with a ton of positive hand holds. I climbed first, up and down 15 or 16 times. I ended up stopping because of a huge blister on my pinkie that popped open. Also, I was really tired so I kept hitting my elbows on rocks...

Even though I felt really gross and sweaty while I was doing that, the extra exercise felt really good afterwards.

-maddie-

Project climbs

On tuesday, we picked our project climbs. My project climb was a 5.9- with a little bit of an overhang. We worked on them a little differently by finding some break points in the climb. Then instead of climbing the whole thing, we started with the top third. This will help a lot because when we climb the whole thing, the top will seem familiar and be easier.

The top of my climb was pretty hard to do. It had some weird moves that I had to work through. There was one rock that was very hard to hole but I had to use it as a bump to get to a higher one. And one the last move it was difficult to reach the top because of how short I am, so I needed to find some way to reach that.

GOALSSSS

I think one of my goals this season would be to boulder a v1 or higher. I really like bouldering but I can hardly do any of them so I want to be able to do some harder ones.

And maybe another goal could be to finish a project that's a 5.10. I just want to be able to do harder climbs. I think that would be fun.

And by the way I like the title for the blog. It's cute :)

Season 2 GOALS

Hey! This blog is so cute! (i actually like the title too)

So I was thinking that one of my goals for this season would be to traverse around the whole gym because I really enjoy traversing but I've never done the whole thing at once before.

Would our project count in this list of goals too? Because that might be my only other one. But at the moment I can't think of any other good ones.

Ta DA!

So, welcome to our blog! If you don't like the title, we can easily change it... I just wasn't feeling especially creative last night when I was getting things set up.

Like I told you yesterday, for this week, I'd like you to write a goal (or goals - just no more than three) for your climbing this time around. Make sure that your goal is measurable; we should be able to see your progress on it. Also, please think (and write) about why you picked that goal/those goals.

When you write after the weekend, you should feel free to write anything about that experience: narrating a climb, listing what you did, reflecting on how your climbing is going, recording a moment where you figured something out, etc.

Also, be sure to check your posts for comments. I'll often be leaving you comments, and it's not unlikely that you'll both want to comment on each other's posts.

See you next week!