Walking through the huge climbing gym. First looking at the front bouldering section with mushroom and cave boulders, then visiting the alcove beginner slab top ropes and easy bouldering. Onto the main room with agressive inverted lead walls and progressive lead walls. Then into the ice box for crack features and traiangular dimensions. Then the crack wall, outdoor bouldering, high top ropes and finally the power board.... Lot's of climbing!
Recreation category: 12th place with 4,000 points =]
Quite possibly not me at planet granite...
On my hoverboard, about to climb something, lol
Stultify, v. to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous. Witness here my obscenely thuggy, incredibly awkward, super sketchy workaround to the finish crux of this V6, # 120117smashbk, on the Left Cheek at PG SV. Not shown are the two months I spent flailing around on this nemesis, nor the horrified chagrin on my face when I once held the top in my right and discovered I could not reach the orange around the bulge... then all the tricks I tried to solve that (yes, including a much simpler left flag, foot switch, heel hook, cross-over...), before I resorted to the above. Sent 2012-02-24, repeated (here) 2012-02-26.
I am a Dutchy who lives in the SF bay area and love to climb:) Try to visit different climbing locations around the world, so always looking for local climbing partners.
Middle four holds, green hold on the left, and yellow jiblet on the right are from Element Climbing's free sample pack; shark, trex and other holds from Atomik; plywood and screw hooks are from Home Depot; tee nuts and sandpaper from Lowe's. Supplies were $55. Chain, drill, and drill bit used from home. Home Depot cut the plywood to the dimensions I wanted. I ended up with extra plywood, enough to make another smaller hangboard 14" x 24". I followed Atomik's hangboard tutorial. Mine is 18" x 30" with 20 tee nuts. Portability by supporting it on a cantilever pullup bar that I already own (Perfect MultiGym; $30 from Amazon). Chains mounted from the screw hooks allow the angle to be adjusted from vertical to a reasonable overhang. Perfect MultiGym's weight capacity is 220 pounds. Hangboard weighs about 20-25 with the support chains. So it's a good fit for me at 120 pounds.
Fluid V5, possibly overrated (feels like V4 when dialed in, and skipping some questionable bottom holds). PG Sunnyvale outdoor area, south.
NEW SHOES! Second pair. Best I've ever tried on out of Evolv, 5.10, and MadRock. Still don't need resoling after more than a year of climbing. I did wear out a hole on the top of my left shoe where my toes bend, but I covered it with a tire patch; it works great! =]
Wicked V5 (PG Sunnyvale, outdoor south). Difficult start, difficult weight transfer, difficult volume hold.
This is a V7 from Planet Granite Sunnyvale, on the Wave, # 120131ARR. First sequence is pockets, second is thug stuff with some help from heel. Soft or not, I had to work this a couple dozen times over two weeks to dial it all in. A key goal for me was to eliminate two moves: The first is simply the first right pocket, so I'm going up left to start instead. The harder elimination is the crossover into the start of the second sequence, which is skipping a final (yellow) pocket. The move is totally unnecessary and of questionable efficiency, I only wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. Sent 2012-02-15, repeated (here) 2012-02-19.
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