I had a lot of fun hanging with some friends at the climbing gym tonight. Started the night with some bouldering and I’m definitely noticing an improvement in my technique. Problems that before seemed to difficult just by looking at them, I am now at least able to make progress on.

After bouldering I got persuaded into some lead climbing. This is normally not a big deal, except that the route just happened to be a 5.11b!!! This was a full rating above what I had lead climbed before. I ended up saying yes because I figured it would be a fun challenge, and I had only fallen once when I climbed it on top rope. It was a totally different experience lead climbing the route, and I fell multiple times. I stuck it out though and made it to the top! I may not have done it “clean” (climbers term for doing a route without falling), but I completed it, and now I can say I’ve lead climbed a 5.11b! So now my personal challenge is to lead it clean.

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