Insanity is defined as: doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different outcome.
This may seem true of bouldering. You think, "These dudes are insane. They keep doing the same thing over and over only to fall again in the same spot. Ridiculous!" However, it’s not really like that. We do the same thing over and over only to expect ONE outcome, which of course would be to send the damn boulder. To conquer it! And the worst part, it’s highly addictive.
So...I bouldered (or atleast tried) up at Rumbling Bald today with my new friend, Santana.
I climbed on a boulder problem that I tried back last September that took me forever to do back then. Today, I just went right up the thing, no problem. I can definitely tell a huge difference.
I tried some really neat problems. Bouldering is really hard. It is very challenging and fun. AND very frustrating! lolI try hard not to get so pissed off. Jeez!
I was finally able to do a manuever that involved putting my left foot’s heel up high. I’m not sure if it was really considered a heel hook or not, but it was fun. I didn’t think I would be able to do it, but I did.
There was one boulder that invloved a lot of friction climbing. I don’t know, I guess I tried that boulder about 15 times? I never sended it. :(
I tried like hell though.
I have a ton of scrapes and bruises.
Santana kept showing how to use my arms. I need to let them hang long/extended. I keep pulling myself up to my hands. It wears you out. I was making things way harder than they needed to be. haha But it’s kind of like ...there is just this pad down there to fall on, you know? I guess i keep going to a lock mode or something because I don’t want to fall. I need to practice that.
I also need to work on strength, etc. to be bale to move up the boulder from a sitting position. Very hard! I tried a few of those out, and I can’t even get my ass off the ground!!!
So, I’ll start practicing those at the gym.
LAter in the afternoon, we were walking around looking for boulders. We ran up on these 3 dudes. I’m not really sure that I’m going to get their names spelled right here, but here goes....Anthony, Dorian(?) and Emil(?). They are from New Hampshire. They were very nice and let Santana work in with them on this one boulder. (I don’t boulder so I have no clue what grade or the name of it) I had fun watching all them trying it out. They got me up on it. haha I did another heel hook maneuver thingy but the left handhold above me was this little crimp. It was hard, and I fell. It was fun though.
Then the 5 of us went over to another boulder area together. That was my last climb where I finally did a little heel hook action I mentioned earlier on in this blog. There was a climb beside mine called The Egg or something, anyways, I just watched them all climb and videoed and took some photos. They told me to give it a try. It wasn’t really in my range, but I gave it a shot. Of course, it was a sitting position starting out with a right foot hold and a left heel hook. I couldn’t even get my ass out of the sitting position! haha It was fun to try though.
I really did have a great time watching these guys have so much fun bouldering. And I really appreciate my friend, Santana, taking time out to show me stuff today.
I also learned what the little loop thing on my chalk bag was for! A toothbrush!!! haha I have always wondered what that thing was for. I knew it was for holding something, but I had no clue what! Now I know! hehe
Cheers to bouldering! Cheers to meeting new people, always! Cheers to getting out of my comfort zone again! Cheers to relaxing in a warm bath! My arms are so freakin’ sore.
Here are some pics of those dudes climbing that one boulder, the Egg or whatever...:
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