darxus | Climbed, used more holds

Since

abigezunt pointed out I was skipping a lot of the holds last time, and

cathijosephine mentioned that you're expected to use all of them, that's what I focused on today. I started off real slow, just putting my hands and feet on everything. It was pretty cool how much more I found use for. The most surprising was how much grip I got out of a vertical pincher.

Climbed a route I hadn't before (although I hadn't actually tried it alone before). Climbed higher in other places.

Forgot to exercise some opposing muscles in the weight room after, so I'm doing that at home.

Update:

I got to watch a very new climber perfectly demonstrate what I guess is the biggest newbie mistake. He had both hands and both feet on decent grips, moved a hand up, and then used his arms to pull himself up. One foot was pulled off its hold, and the other was too far off to one side to provide support. Then he put the lifted foot on a higher hold.

It would've been so much easier for him to keep his arms straight, lift up the same foot to the same new hold, then lift with his legs.

I wonder how much I'm still doing that.