Last week, while climbing, I flashed a 5.10c. That was first and foremost, the hardest climb I’ve tried to date. In addition, I flashed it! I’m starting my work on 5.11′s. If you read a list of goals I had back in January, I wanted to be climbing 5.12′s by the end of the year, so I think I’m well on my way. I sure hope so at least!
If you’re wondering what a flash is:
An ascent is considered a flash if climbed the first try, without falls but with some prior knowledge such as, but not limited to, watching another person climb it or discussing it with another climber.
Four more grades in 5.11 and then you have it. But wikipedia says that ,”Going from a 5.12a to a 5.12b is just a difficult as going from a 5.7 to a 5.8.”
at first glance i thought you ran around nekkid…not a very healthy thing to do in january or in baltimore.
You’d like to see my wang dang doodle, wouldn’t you Alan?
My intial thought was that it might be something you do to proclaim victory and let the climb know who is master for a brief moment. It could be sort of like a secret jesture or handshake. Wikipedia came to the rescue… Climb on…
urban dictionary to the rescue