[shurt]

Ha.  It was Islands In The City! They are all big boulder problems there I guess but it could be a bit soft.

It rained and hailed while I was there but could still climb.  It was showery all day here.  The Wave,  Ginseng Wall and a few other places looked dry,  Remnant probably a good bet too. Forecast looked bright for Sunday morning last I checked.  Have a good one.

[Duma]

You better not do votb today Ross, I still need belays on sw!

[csl]

Nice one!

[Luke Owens]

Took our 3 and a half year old son Leon to the climbing wall today for his first proper go on a rope. He loved it and to my surprise seemed to find it pretty easy, after 4 hours he still didn't want to go home...!

Proud Dad!

[cha1n]

Ha.  It was Islands In The City! They are all big boulder problems there I guess but it could be a bit soft.

Ah well, good to get them done anyway. It was all good there today thanks, everything dry but wet now. 

You better not do votb today Ross, I still need belays on sw!

Don't worry Duma, there's loads I want to do up that bit anyway (including sw)! Just pottered on 6's today anyway, had a good time bumbling!

[rodma]

Minor yyfy.
Did 1-6 ( and pulled to 8, cos it's all about progression) on the medium rungs ( these are the large metolius wood grips) on the campus board at alien last night for the first time ever ( only caught right handed so still need to do left, but only just failed on that side). Am well chuffed, but doing this on the smalls will be a very big ask and may never happen. We'll see.

For info rungs are at 22cm centres on the alien board

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[Richie Crouch]

Nice one rodma!  That feat is still one of this winter/spring goals - have had first joint over 6 on both sides but not quite latched on yet.

[rodma]

Nice one rodma!  That feat is still one of this winter/spring goals - have had first joint over 6 on both sides but not quite latched on yet.

Cheers

What made the difference was the simple mention by a rathoid of the term ”muscle up". Just thinking about the movement differently ( beyond lock) made me travel about 10cm further, so was immediately hitting 6 with a bent arm every try.

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[dave]

That's the problem with campussing, too easy to just technique your way through it.

[Fiend]

  lol very good. And well done rodman.

[rodma]

That's the problem with campussing, too easy to just technique your way through it.

Haha

Being as I am training to be able to do deeper than lock moves, the technique and power are exactly what I was trying to improve. I'll never lock 1.1m static footless after all.

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[Footwork]

Past 2 weeks I've been bricking some exam results I got today. Distinction in every one of them!  (smugtwat). Really chuffed that the hard work payed off. Three left in June and then I'm done for good. Kind of makes up for a pretty shit past 5 months climbing.

[dunnyg]

Effort. Reward yourself with the first 3 weeks in september off?

[Footwork]

Cheers. I might well have to investigate that idea in June/ July! A powerpoint presentation to my boss might be in order.

[J.Kydd]

So happy to finish off 'The Wave' at Bonehill on Saturday. The weather was gorgeous, if a little warm. Luckily all the lower holds stay in the shade
Not sure if this'll work
https://www.facebook.com/josh.kydd/posts/10154093267667008

[andy popp]

Huzzah! Having climbed twice in the last four days the weird and very painful injury I picked up in my right tricep about a month ago definitely seems to have cleared up. Feel like I'm back to square one, but hey ho

[Fiend]

Square one is not square zero!

[DAVETHOMAS90]

So happy to finish off 'The Wave' at Bonehill on Saturday. The weather was gorgeous, if a little warm. Luckily all the lower holds stay in the shade
Not sure if this'll work
https://www.facebook.com/josh.kydd/posts/10154093267667008

That's a great video!

Love the soundtrack, and the sketchy top 

I hope the entourage approved! Have yourself a cream tea 

[jonsse]

YYFY. Managed to claw my way up tetris yesterday.

Really pleased with this after lots of ill health recently, and having considerably less time to climb/train due to work and child than when I previously climbed this grade. It is probably the best problem I have ever done and I'm now excited to keep trying hard whenever I get chance.

Well done mate, you deserve this after the 2016 you've been having. 

[Fultonius]

MRI of my left knee "all clear" so no surgery required.

 Minor NNFN - basically fobbed off with "humans aren't meant to hang from their heels " so basically not much advice... meh.

ANyone had a gastrocgemius train/tendonitis before?

[benno]

Good to hear you don't need chopping up. I had something along those lines. The fix in the end was lots of stretching of my left hip (comme ci: http://www.yogajournal.com/article/beginners/pigeon-pose/) because the poor external rotation I had there was transferring a load of extra torque to my knee. Something to try, perhaps?

[Fultonius]

   I've recently started doing some continual movement, stretching type exercises (no...not yoga...honest) so I'll add this one it. Cheers.

[Nibile]

Really happy about recent progress on a project!!!
These moves that were/seemed hard when I started trying it, are now a formality. Shame that the hard bit comes later!!!
There's no better climbing than on my board, and on my board there's no better climbing than on underclings.
Can't wait to finally climb it! And this will happen this coming weekend.
ultimo diocani by Nibile, on Flickr
Matching with LH.

ultimo diocani 2 by Nibile, on Flickr
Getting the next high undercling with RH before the crux of the problem.
I love this shit.

[nai]

there's no better climbing than on underclings.

Anything to do with underclings making the bicep look bigger?
Got your number

[Nibile]

there's no better climbing than on underclings.

Anything to do with underclings making the bicep look bigger?

Not specifically. There's no better climbing than on underclings because Hubble is on underclings.
But big guns are always welcome.