[lagerstarfish]

Yesterday I took my first unaided steps since busting my ankle on 28th January

Today the ankle feels OK and I have done some more

YYFY

[GCW]

Good news, big man.   

[SA Chris]

Nice one, just don't overdo it!

[lagerstarfish]

don't overdo it!

the Black Walker is back on

[GCW]

I thought I recognised you!

[Jaspersharpe]

Good stuff. 

[tomtom]

Nice one LSF. Now then.. where's the mobility scooter stunt video we've all been looking forward to? I want to see some go-pro on scooter footage of you zooming through Meadowhell at 30mph

[Nibile]

 Good news Lagers!

[lagerstarfish]

Nice one LSF. Now then.. where's the mobility scooter stunt video we've all been looking forward to?

saving it for next year's SHAFF

[biscuit]

Mild YYFY as i may have just climbed my first 7b.

It's not in any guide books but my partner reckoned maybe really hard 7a+ or easy 7b and she doesn't do over grading.

Either way it's a step up for me as i refused a clip stick and bolt to bolted it like a man should before cruising it on top rope. I even did a dyno on-sight that turned out to be the crux. This was mainly because i misheard my partner. I thought she said " It's a good hold." Turns out she actually said " It's a good fall." Oops !

More happy with the bolt to bolt as it was a dirty over looked line so footholds were crumbling and holds were dirty and no chalk marks anywhere, felt very committing to me. Lovely route though once cleaned up.

I then disgraced myself by falling off the dyno crux next go but recovered, taped up the flapper i now have and shook myself to the top next go.

Onwards from here but if i can get hard 7a+/b in a very short session i am more hopeful for 7c this year than i was last week.

[rich d]

Very small numbers compared to most of this thread but I did Tiger at Burb South for the first time yesterday (probably 7 years since I first looked at it). It went first go and then I did it next go as well just to make sure it wasn't a fluke. (I'm claiming 6b) obviously having the beastmaker 1k up for 4 days has made all the difference in making me a very happy fat punter. 7a will be mine.

[Muenchener]

Very small numbers compared to most of this thread but I did Tiger at Burb South for the first time yesterday

Hey! congratulations. We punters should be able to celebrate our achievements too. I posted my first 6B here too, this time last year. Mine was some grotty limestone traverse underneath an overhang on a rainy afternoon in Arco that didn't even have a name, so yours is way better.

I had a sniff around the Tank boulder in January but didn't get very far on anything due to lack of mat / muddy feet / lack of psyche / first contact with grit this millenium ... general punterness.

[Fultonius]

Onwards from here but if i can get hard 7a+/b in a very short session i am more hopeful for 7c this year than i was last week.

I've seen you climb. You can do F7c, just get on some and grind them down! (not literally, then they'd be F8a...  )  Good work on the send. 

[Seb]

I have an offer from Sheffield Hallam.  Wouldnt have happened without help from the UKB brain trust.

[Jaspersharpe]

That's excellent.

[SA Chris]

UKB brain trust.

That's a kind way of putting it. Shared braincell is the usual way

And nice one!

[Fiend]

Who's got the braincell this week? And can we ban slackline from stealing it?

[biscuit]

Onwards from here but if i can get hard 7a+/b in a very short session i am more hopeful for 7c this year than i was last week.

I've seen you climb. You can do F7c, just get on some and grind them down! (not literally, then they'd be F8a...  )  Good work on the send. 

Cheers mate 
It's getting to the point where i may just start to believe it myself.

Quick update is that i climbed my first confirmed 7b tonight with Short Round of this parish. 1 top rope 3 weeks ago, 2 top ropes tonight and then in the bag, despite me trying my best to fluff the easier top half.

Much credit to Short Round for the inspiration ( i only had a go at leading it cos he did it before me ) and he did it in even better style, if we ignore the clip sticking 

Not that i stopped him using the clipstick though - i kind of liked it.

[fatdoc]

 

I have an offer from Sheffield Hallam.  Wouldnt have happened without help from the UKB brain trust.

[Gritlad]

Did Giza at B North today, dropped the move to the top twice about 3 weeks ago and going back today got it 3rd go 
Look what 2 weeks in North Wales does to you 

[andy popp]

Nice.

[Nibile]

massive YYFY.
last Saturday I had one of those days.
I climbed two projects on my board. one had been a project for a few months now. mega chuffed. really really strong, both phisically and mentally.
I can recall the exact feelings and tactile perceptions. amazing.
this will stay with me forever.
luckily my g/f was in the other room, so she didn't see me with my eyes wet.
I felt the greatest.

[rodma]

massive YYFY.
last Saturday I had one of those days.
I climbed two projects on my board. one had been a project for a few months now. mega chuffed. really really strong, both phisically and mentally.
I can recall the exact feelings and tactile perceptions. amazing.
this will stay with me forever.
luckily my g/f was in the other room, so she didn't see me with my eyes wet.
I felt the greatest.

Awesome, that is such a rare feeling 

[AdamD]

My dad has survived his quadruple bypass surgery today and is finally on the mend 

However I have a slight NNFN in the fact that my clutch has just gone on my car...

[lagerstarfish]

I can balance on my fooked foot (no shoes or support of any kind) for 30 seconds.

Being able to do a calf raise on just that foot feels a million miles away