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March 12, 2005
B-Rock
So today was our last day of basic rock climbing class. It was generally a fun experience, and I learned a lot, mostly that I want to learn a lot more about teaching. The last class was extreamly fun, we had a lot of group-togetherness which is always excellent. Also, we had this 'competition' between two of the instructors (myself and Chris) and 7 of our students. We had three routs and the goal was to climb until you fell off, then the next person would go. If you could climb all the way up, you got lowered and did it again - until you fell off. It was great fun. Actually, I ended up doing 30 laps plus traversing to clip a rope into an achor at the top. It felt so nice to be able to pull as hard as I could, and keep going. I would get into a rythm of:
me - "Climbing!"
Tim (my belayer) - "Climb on!
High step - pull hard on the left - right - crimp - high step again - dyno - smear - point - mantle - pull hard right - flagg left - two big holds - smear
The ceiling would thud as I slapped it
Tim - "Lowering!"
me - "Lower!"
shake out the arms, stretch, shake out leggs, chalk up
by the time my feet hit the floor I was ready for more
me - "Climbing!"
Tim - "Climb on!"
There was no breaks inbetween climbs and I felt extreamly addicted. Everything fadded away, the class, the students, even the hight. It all didnt matter. My forearms were filled with lactic acid and hard as rocks, a term called being "pumped". I could feel the music pushing me on as people said "give me three more" and I responded with "I can give you five". By the last time, I still felt pretty good at the lower parts, but I was starting to feel a little light headed when I got to the top. I had definitly passed my percieved limit about 20 laps ago. I got a pat on the back in the end as well as a little massage by Tim. Still I felt a little dissapointed, I didn't do it untill I fell off - I'm sure I could have kept on going. Oh well, I need to find another belay slave and go for 40, I think I can do it. Actually, now I don't feel bad at all, nothing is sore, nothing hurts, good times. I might not climb in my wall shift tomorrow though....we'll see.
Oh, So I got my hat yesterday. It fits pretty well, pretty snug. It's a lot warmer than my red one, which is a good thing. I can't wait to break it in on spring break trip - yey backpacking! I cannot wait to get outside again, seriously, i think i'm going a little batty being inside for so long. Just not looking forward to the 12 hr cramped car ride - oh well...it'll be an adventure. But I think i've got to take a nap now, and find some hockey tickets for tonight :)
Posted by agutwin at March 12, 2005 02:31 PM
Comments
Did you win?
Posted by: Geoff at March 12, 2005 04:39 PM
no - unfortunately the students beat us - there's some very good climbers in our class! I think the final score was 62 to 60.5, but I'm sure both parties could have gone on longer if given the opertunity.
Posted by: a dogg at March 12, 2005 07:31 PM
a dogg?
Posted by: Geoff at March 13, 2005 12:42 PM
You crazy girl! With all the time you have to be a rockstar climber, you need to be doing things like emailing your sister, too! I'm going to start working on my forearm strength so that I can go climbing with you this summer and beat you... Okay, that might not happen, but at least I have my go-go-gadget arms and legs so I can reach the really-far-away rocks!
Posted by: Rebecca at March 15, 2005 07:59 AM
Haha - if you did't realize, I had stoped climbing with you because you were so much better than me! I think you could rock the wall if given the chance, so we should definitly go sometime. Just keep working on those pull-ups, how many are you up to now? .3? .5? so hard to keep track ;)
Posted by: anna at March 15, 2005 11:20 AM
Hey, little girl, watch it. I may not be good at pull-ups because of my super long arms, but I can kick your butt any day in pretty much any other sport. Except for horseback riding. We've been over that already...
Posted by: Rebecca at March 15, 2005 01:09 PM