Training Log Archive: iansmith

Climbing at Brooklyn Boulders with bgallup. I climbed three autobelay pitches before Ben arrived, then probably did 8-10 with him. I sent my first 5.9! It was a glorious little overhang. Admittedly, gym difficulty notations are a bit arbitrary, but it was still a fun moment. Later, after poking around on a 5.10b that Ben did, my forearms were so spent that I completely whiffed on a 5.7. The 10b had some slopers that really wore out my grippy muscles. Fun times.

Today's official climbing word (from wikiP, so who knows):
Sloper - A sloping hold with very little positive surface. A sloper is comparable to palming a basketball.

Unofficial: schiessegrippen - The intense feeling of disappointment when finding a difficult crux after a jug or good handhold.