Rock climbing (Earth Treks Columbia) 1:30:00 [3]
(rest day)
This was so much fun! I actually did well and just it was great!
Lead
5.10a - onsite, nice and technical with minimal strength required, almost no jugs but still easy.
5.10c - onsite, required a lot of high steps, but it felt okay. In some places I had to really trust that my feet won't slip, and hope, but it worked, and it was a nice climb.
5.10d - onsite, in a corner, so it was really fun since it was ab/adduction (can't remember which). It was tough, but since not much grip was required, as it was mostly balance, I was able to finish it clean.
5.10a (tope rope only) - flash, my dad did it before me and told me I should try it. It was similar to the first climb, except it was slightly more overhanging in some spots and the holds were better, and it required more strength.
5.11a - completed, 1 hang and 1 cheat (oops), at the third or fourth clip I grabbed the clip to pull myself up because it was an iffy move and I wanted to try and complete the climb without falling. After finishing the whole thing I went back and tried the move, and I did it. It was just a bit of a stretch for me. Also, at the last clip I had to rest, my grip was seriously disappearing, and I couldn't make it. Too bad.
5.10d - completed, 2 hangs. A little over halfway up I fell, because up to then it was really easy (like a 10a), but then there was this big sloperish undercling, and I realized that must be where the crux is, so I tried it. I put my right hand up and into the left side of the undercling (that was probably the most solid spot to hold), then I stood up and tried to cross my left hand over/shimmy my right hand over to the right side oof the undercling (slowly, since I was only holding on using pressure, like a sloper), and I tried to pu in my left hand, and then I tried to quickly take out my right hand and reach for the side cling to my right (great hold, deep jug). I grabbed it, but I swung out too much because of the momentum, and I couldn't catch myself on the hold in time, so I fell. But then on my second try I made it. Then, at the top, on the second to last clip (or the last one, idk), I had to rest because my grip was seriously dying, again. I was losing strength, fast, and I couldn't hold on any more.