climb and punishment
Dec. 19th, 2002 08:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ilanaramaThe city rec center, where I do my indoor body maintenance, has a surprisingly nice climbing wall, and I finally managed to show up during their belay-test period so I could get "certified" to use the thing. Since I was already there, afterward I just hung out (geddit?) and continued to climb for another hour.
Of course, I haven't climbed anything other than the mast, which doesn't count, for four years. In the back of my mind I was thinking, "you're going to regret this tomorrow, sucker," but it was SO FUN!
It's tomorrow, now. And owie owie owie, do I regret it. Not my forearms, which are surprisingly pain-free, nor even my shoulders, which feel about like they do after a tough day on the weights, but my lower back, which is owie owie owie. I guess the good news is that I still have the technique, that I'm using my whole body and not just ape-hanging . The bad news is that I clearly don't still have the muscles. And I just know it's going to hurt worse tomorrow.
Of course, I haven't climbed anything other than the mast, which doesn't count, for four years. In the back of my mind I was thinking, "you're going to regret this tomorrow, sucker," but it was SO FUN!
It's tomorrow, now. And owie owie owie, do I regret it. Not my forearms, which are surprisingly pain-free, nor even my shoulders, which feel about like they do after a tough day on the weights, but my lower back, which is owie owie owie. I guess the good news is that I still have the technique, that I'm using my whole body and not just ape-hanging . The bad news is that I clearly don't still have the muscles. And I just know it's going to hurt worse tomorrow.