As per Lisa's request, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing_glossary, should have just about everything in there.
Am I ready for 6pm to roll around or what! I've fallen asleep in 2 places at work so far after lunch. I'm completely exhausted. After a stressful day in the office yesterday, I ventured over to the gym to clear my head and climb some fake rocks. The weather was nice so I very much enjoyed the 25 minute walk from the bus stop. I climbed for 2 and a half hours straight. I caught a ride afterwards to my friends house and watched MMA fights till 2 am to finally pass out at 3am. Seeing that I had to wake up at 5:30am this was poor planning and I'm certainly deserving of this punishing situation.
Some of the usual tuesday night crowd was at the gym last night(this being the busiest night of the week, was surprisinly sparse in occupancy), and with the smaller crowd, the atmosphere seemed much more intimate than ussual! There was much mingling amonst groups of people who normally keep to their own business. I had a great time working through a couple cruxes with one of the regulars there, who happens to be one of the nicest and enjoyable ladies I know. We didn't finish anything, but progress was made and I got a sense she may have some interest in me! By 9 o-clock all but 2 persons in the gym had collected together to cut the shit and share advise on core exercizes. This is always a good time and a great end to an exhausting night of climbing.
I like to get to know everyone there since I often go up alone due to my addiction to bouldering(I catch a lot of flack from the people I climb often with because I never tie in, ha!). However, because of this I'm rather liked by everyone there, except for one of the employees there. I once strongly imposed my interest in his girlfriend, whom was as forward with me as I was with her, at a party one time. He's erased my name from the members list at the gym twice in the past. Which can cause considerable grief considering you wouldn't be "certified" to climb or belay there without going through a class that costs $35, as well as the $45 monthly cost of membership. What he haden't taken into account is that his boss(who also goes by the name Rob) had warmed up to me rather quickly, and swiftly reentered me into the system with a slight advantage to my membership renewal dates!
Rocksport is the name of the gym. If you are ever in Louisville Ky, I would highly suggest stopping by for a day or more. I very much enjoy the people there and they keep a good amount of solid routes up as well as boulder problems. They are ussually working on a new route every week and a few boulder problems pop up occasionally a few times a month. I enjoy bringing my friends here to climb in hope to have more people to climb with and support this great gym. I try to buy all of my gear here, even if it does cost a few more dollars than it would on the internet. I'm a big advocate of supporting local businesses. Especially those that take good care of their customers, which I feel has been the case for me.
Well I've thoroughly wasted about 2 hours staring at this blog typing and editing my post. So I guess I should wrap this up before I get too lazy. I'm probably not going to do anything tonight except make my way home and crash out! I'm suppost to hang with a great friend of mine, Tilden, tomorrow. We're going to get drunk and shave his head(he lost a bet with his boss, ah march madness!). Friday there will be more climbing!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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