For November's regular training, one of our team leaders decided that we should celebrate our recent success in the Mountain Rescue Association rock rescue test by doing some climbing instead of training per se. So we headed out to the Mt. Elden climbing area for some fun. It was my first climbing experience.
For a new climber like me, those are some pretty big walls....
Being a Saturday with mild weather, we had plenty of company on the cliffs, including a class from Northern Arizona University....
Okay, here are a couple shots of me. How's my form? (Don't answer that.) I even once used my face, but, hey, I didn't fall onto the rope until I was ready to come down. Not that I'm going to tell how far up I got. :-)
Would you believe me if I said I was 100 feet off the ground here?....
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2 comments:
Kudos to you. Heights have a way of unhinging a lot of people (myself included) and all we can do is be thankful there are people who know what they're doing to help everyone else who doesn't.
Thank you for this incredibly helpful, insightful and interesting blog.
Nice job. That's one sport I've not attempted (yet) but it looks like fun!
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