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Climbed that 5.7, got a 3 month membership
Having previously taken the basic belay safety class, I showed up and said I wanted to take the belay class, rent equipment, and buy a three month membership.
Turned out equipment rental is included in memberships. But they wouldn't let me have a harness before finding a partner to take the belay test with.
So I wandered around the boulder area, trying to find anything I could even hold onto, being pretty frustrated. There were a couple names on the whiteboard for finding partners, but didn't seem to be anybody wearing harnesses in the bouldering area.
I went to what might be intended as an easy bouldering wall in the far right corner, and tried out standing on the impossibly tiny nubs I previously assumed were impossible, and about as expected (thanks to Zeph), was entirely able to stand on them, which helped a lot in later climbing today.
Eventually I went to see if anybody was on the auto-belays looking for a partner, and found one of the people on the whiteboard. Told her I needed a partner for the belay test, asked if she was willing, and she was. I could've found her a lot faster if I just looked around for her more sooner. So maybe that will go better next time.
Took the test, it was easy as I expected. Did some climbing with the same partner. Started off climbing the 5.7 I had failed last time. Climbed a couple other routes, had a lot of difficulty. Don't think my technique was terrible, I just have a long way to go to build up the strength to hold on, and flexibility to get my feet higher to lift myself with my legs more.
My partner and I were done with climbing about the same time. She left, I went to check out the exercise equipment. I have barbell equipment at home, but I've been itching to play with dumbbells, which that satisfied nicely. They also had a strap thing that was great for... something like incline pull-ups, which was exactly something I wanted.
I'm very happy with how it went. Curious to see how finding partners will go next time. Looking forward to my body adapting.
Turned out equipment rental is included in memberships. But they wouldn't let me have a harness before finding a partner to take the belay test with.
So I wandered around the boulder area, trying to find anything I could even hold onto, being pretty frustrated. There were a couple names on the whiteboard for finding partners, but didn't seem to be anybody wearing harnesses in the bouldering area.
I went to what might be intended as an easy bouldering wall in the far right corner, and tried out standing on the impossibly tiny nubs I previously assumed were impossible, and about as expected (thanks to Zeph), was entirely able to stand on them, which helped a lot in later climbing today.
Eventually I went to see if anybody was on the auto-belays looking for a partner, and found one of the people on the whiteboard. Told her I needed a partner for the belay test, asked if she was willing, and she was. I could've found her a lot faster if I just looked around for her more sooner. So maybe that will go better next time.
Took the test, it was easy as I expected. Did some climbing with the same partner. Started off climbing the 5.7 I had failed last time. Climbed a couple other routes, had a lot of difficulty. Don't think my technique was terrible, I just have a long way to go to build up the strength to hold on, and flexibility to get my feet higher to lift myself with my legs more.
My partner and I were done with climbing about the same time. She left, I went to check out the exercise equipment. I have barbell equipment at home, but I've been itching to play with dumbbells, which that satisfied nicely. They also had a strap thing that was great for... something like incline pull-ups, which was exactly something I wanted.
I'm very happy with how it went. Curious to see how finding partners will go next time. Looking forward to my body adapting.