#fallingislearning — Public Fediverse posts

Of all the people I climb with other than myself, it's usually Jeremy that pushes me to try hard stuff. Last Wednesday was no exception and Ban-Y-Gor is full of hard stuff - the "6a" we warmed up on was thoroughly sandbagged, for example... After spending quite some time working out Gordonzola and then sending it this, described in the guide as "expect to work for it", was probably a little optimistic. Insanely hard moves (especially for the alleged grade!) and I couldn't find a sequence to the traverse that worked for my strength and reach. Still, on less mind-and-body-blasted reflection, there were a couple of unlikely things I could try. The press and mantle after, which I finally figured *how* to do after lots of swinging around, left me so core-thrashed I couldn't actually *do* it - a shame as the roof section looked fun. One of those routes torn between "No £$&!ing way am I doing that to myself again!", and "Maybe if I try fresh and do something weird, it might go!". Being generally bats, I'll probably end up on the "ouch"-side... If nothing else, there's always the direct start and the Good Friday Agreement that shares the same start to try - Both harder on paper, but oddly looking more achievable than that blank section on the traverse... By the way, this video represents around 5 minutes out of almost 45 spent dogging the route!
#Climbing #SportClimbing #LimestoneClimbing #ClimbingIsMyPassion #Ban-Y-Gor #WyeValley #TryHard #Whipper #FallingIsLearning

Of all the people I climb with other than myself, it's usually Jeremy that pushes me to try hard stuff. Last Wednesday was no exception and Ban-Y-Gor is full of hard stuff - the "6a" we warmed up on was thoroughly sandbagged, for example... After spending quite some time working out Gordonzola and then sending it this, described in the guide as "expect to work for it", was probably a little optimistic. Insanely hard moves (especially for the alleged grade!) and I couldn't find a sequence to the traverse that worked for my strength and reach. Still, on less mind-and-body-blasted reflection, there were a couple of unlikely things I could try. The press and mantle after, which I finally figured *how* to do after lots of swinging around, left me so core-thrashed I couldn't actually *do* it - a shame as the roof section looked fun. One of those routes torn between "No £$&!ing way am I doing that to myself again!", and "Maybe if I try fresh and do something weird, it might go!". Being generally bats, I'll probably end up on the "ouch"-side... If nothing else, there's always the direct start and the Good Friday Agreement that shares the same start to try - Both harder on paper, but oddly looking more achievable than that blank section on the traverse... By the way, this video represents around 5 minutes out of almost 45 spent dogging the route!
#Climbing #SportClimbing #LimestoneClimbing #ClimbingIsMyPassion #Ban-Y-Gor #WyeValley #TryHard #Whipper #FallingIsLearning