[tomtom]

Back to the library?

Thast more FB than YYFY.

Maybe YYFFS?   

p0rn library?

[Baldy]

sorry, was meant to be an expression of my pleasure at having snuck in a cheeky climb between revision sessions.
I'll go back to my pr0n library now. 

[Yoof]

I've just fought my way to the top of the motherboard at the works. - I'm on the way to being strong!

[chris j]

Finally ended my siege on Empire of the Sun at Ansteys last night. 20-odd days of effort over three years (6 week breaks from climbing due to work every time you get close can be a real downer). Probably 10 falls from the traverse before the final bolt, one 'jammed gri-gri' incident when trying to pull slack to clip the last bolt, one leg behind the rope upside down rib-cracking smack into the rock and now I have an empty void in my life until I come up with the next project.

For anyone interested I reckon the deciding factor was shedding 3/4 stone through half-marathon training in March and April as I didn't climb between the end of November and start of May so I'm not strong right now...

 

[Doylo]

Nice one, definitely a worthy seige!

[Monolith]

Though not my ideal YYFY, I've nearly managed to finish rewriting my 3000 word technical specification report that perished in the Great Hard Drive Debacle of '11 with two days of focussed effort and nasal breathing. And it is true, things are better the second time around. Slowly, steadily, breathing, centering, emerging from the catacombs of a mental void. Powered by Jelly Dinosaurs and ambient music.

[andy popp]

Massive effort Tom, well done.

[andy_e]

"ooh, Monolith's posted in YYFY, let's hope it's good news." Well, you didn't disappoint.

 

Good work beast. I too have been working on a wave of jellied sweets and ambient music. At one stage about 3 weeks ago I hadn't heard a drumbeat in about a week. Now that's ambient.

[Monolith]

Thanks guys. Though it might sound a joke, I really value the year I spent going to yoga and learning to meditate. It's helped me no end.

Currently listening to:

http://samurai.fm/rightrightright/rightrightright-44-dr-rob-fleeting-moments

A track just after the middle of the waveform is simply sublime. I haven't heard such an emotive track in a long time. Really worth listening to.

May all of your respective YYFY's come to fruition!

(.P.S Mr Popp - I hope you're continuing to unearth fine sandstone in the regions nearby?? Looking forward to seeing your good self and Pete in due course)

[andy_e]

Tonight's the last late night, I think you've just answered my question as to whether to take the music up hard and heavy or down to chilled and focussed.

Here's my frequent poison of choice:

http://astrangelyisolatedplace.com/

With these in particular giving me aural pleasure:

http://astrangelyisolatedplace.com/2010/11/20/asc-deep-space/

[Will Hunt]

Top effort, Tom. Glad its working out for you.

[Nibile]

good effort Tom, very glad to read that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Falling Down]

Great news Tom and well done.  The experience will stand you in good stead for the future when all around you are losing their heads.  All the way through you've staed positive, looking for a solution rather than problems and blaming the world, not whining and taking it step by step. I predict great architectural deeds ahead. 

[Tom de Gay]

Recently got a bit over-excited at the prospect of climbing outside (or even climbing at all) and found myself sproggling my way up Psycho at Caley. I never ticked this even when I was climbing well and lived 20 mins away, in fact it had become a bit of nemesis after wobbling off the top slab around '97 and getting kneed in the head by my spotter! The lack of spotters was probably a psychological boost this time round.

[slackline]

Good work.

Wobbled my way up Long Johns Slab last night for my first (soft-ish) E3 lead. 

[nik at work]

Nice one Slackers

[fried]

Did my first 6A, Zip Zut at Isatis. Although it's a piece of piss, isn't it?

[tomtom]

Good work.

Wobbled my way up Long Johns Slab last night for my first (soft-ish) E3 lead. 

Nice one Slackers

[slackline]

Cheers, had to tell myself that if I was bouldering at Font on similar moves they'd have been done first go (i.e. remove the thought of height and focus on the climbing), worked well.

I think it'll be a while before I get any more E3's ticked, plenty of consolidation at E2 required first (ideally over next two months before a trip to the Dolomites).

Good work fried, visited Isatis for first time the other month and really liked it.

[Johnny Brown]

Nice work SL, that opens the door to a big wide world of bold grit slabs....

[slackline]

Cheers, don't think I'll be pushing the boat out much further though, at least for a while.

[fried]

Cheers Slackers, Isatis is indeed lovely, even more so when you get to skive off work midweek and get the place to yourself (almost)

Good work on them slabs

[Footwork]

Currently listening to:

http://samurai.fm/rightrightright/rightrightright-44-dr-rob-fleeting-moments

A track just after the middle of the waveform is simply sublime. I haven't heard such an emotive track in a long time. Really worth listening to.

This music site is great! I hadn't heard of it before, there's such a wealth of awesome mixes.  It's great you can just search stuff by style. Currently listening to a house/jazz/tribal mix. Cheers for the link Monolith!

[tommytwotone]

Cheers, had to tell myself that if I was bouldering at Font on similar moves they'd have been done first go (i.e. remove the thought of height and focus on the climbing), worked well.

Good effort Slackers, that's exactly my experience of the few times I've managed to tick E2 / E3 - shut down everything else and focus on the sequence / moves. Annoyingly, seems to be a pretty difficult state of mind to switch into...

Mentioned it on the Paul's E4 thread but Telli's another good E3 if you fancy another crack at the grade...decently protected (*cough* small cams *cough*), 2 bouldery sections and the top section is, I gather, a bit less fluttery if you've got a bit of reach.

Parallel Piped's also worth a look for a straightforward, safe-ish bouldery E3 when you next go back to Froggatt - I picked up an old "Peak Supplement" guide which has it a HVS!

[Eddies]

I bagged my first 'hard' sport route last night.
On my third session, after working the route it went in fine style last night and I stood onto of 'Too old to be bold' (f7c) at Rubicon... My hardest climb before that was The Cairn at Harpur Hill (f7a/7a+)

Heres to a summer of sport