Cinematic

Holy cow, E was on fire tonight!

With G out of town, it was up to E to wave the Frechette banner at BKB and boy did she do the job right. Since it was a movie-themed night - with Sesame Street filming on the street outside the gym and a film crew following Ashima around inside - I'm going to sum up our night as films.

E's night was the climbing equivalent of Aliens: a little warmup to start but soon enough nonstop action, with a lone female slaying monsters left and right. Out to prove that her recent V4 wasn't a fluke, she sent three V3s (including last week's super reachy yellow up front), came close to a fourth, and worked another stemmy V4 in the back corner. Seriously good effort, smart climbing, and job well done.

My night was more like The Abyss: long slow buildup leading to a prolonged fall by the protagonist into the dark depths and certain doom, only to be uplifted at the end for a quick redemption (SPOILER ALERT: no aliens though). Warmed up on V0, V1, V4 then spent the rest of the evening working the moves on a V6+ in the back (crimpy crossover moves to a big balancey move up to the arête, then feet high to move left to a pinch before the top). Struggled for a long time on the move to the big pocket on the arête, losing the left hand and getting pulled off by swing. Eventually took a hint from Will and rotated my left hand the slightest bit, which provided just enough lateral pull. Finally got the dynamic high step hop above on the last try of the night. Whew!