Lies, damned lies, and bouldering grades

Thursday night session at BKB with Ryan and G, felt like we climbed hard but not particularly well.

Started off in the back room V1, V2+, V3, and I have to admit that both the 2+ and the 3 seemed hard for the grade (or we were particularly weaker than our expectations). The 2+ was odd stemming across a shallow corner; G did it as a mantle off a left hand but with my tweaky shoulder I had to just slap out right and hope for the best. The 3 was even rougher, with the final move being a hard left hand crossover way high over a tiny right hand crimp - pretty rough landing against the wall if you pitched off.

We followed it with a sequence-dependent jugfest V4 on the roof beast in the back. Watched multiple people pitch off the crux move to turn the roof - right hand on a large sloper/pinch, feet under the roof, left hand up to a small jug - before we figured out the right way to latch the feet. Not bad once you have the right beta.

Finished working a bunch of V5s, to no real good end other than putting the moves in. Need to work on my heel hooking strength - maybe more hamstring work? Ran laps a the steep wall V1 to end it (K: 2.25, G: 2.75).