Climbing!

I’ve been wanting to get into climbing for ages – ever since Stacey took me in New York really – but I’ve never actually done anything about it. Well, all that changed yesterday, when Suzie asked me, “Do you want to come climbing with us tomorrow?”. It was quite the moment of brilliance on my part, I think!

So tonight, Julian and I joined them at the Aspire Centre, where we had almost an entire outdoor wall to ourselves. We had a short introduction with our very friendly instructor Seth, and then started out with some traversing (climbing across a wall without ropes).

Soon it was onto the main event, so after learning how to tie our double figure-of-eight knot, and how to belay, it was time to go up the wall! The first one we tried was incredibly easy (Nick claims that they use it for the blind kids); the second wall we tried was incredibly hard!

After six or seven climbs each, we were pretty much done. It’s amazing how quickly your wrists and hands get sore when you’re not used to climbing, and just like the last time I went, I’m sure that they’ll be even more sore tomorrow. But it’s all part of the fun, and I’m sure that over time it only gets easier!