Saturday, a group of us went rock climbing. It was wicked (awesome, neat, and cool --to steal a saying from my high school Chem teacher, can't remember his name :| ) fun!! I'd recommend it to anyone. I am scared of heights big time. Elliot wanted to chicken fight outside of the gym, but I was too scared....even though we were about four feet off of the ground.
We took a class on how to belay and tie knots. I was so paranoid that my knot would come loose or that I would plummet to my death. But I guess as long as you and your partner are competent, you should be ok. We had to double check each other's knots. And you have to have faith in the person belaying you.
It was no problem scurrying up the wall. Getting down was the hard part! I would also advise people not to look down. It's the scariest thing. I looked down to find a spot for my foot, I ended up looking past my foot and to the ground. And then another time I looked down to Ben to make sure he was ready to let me down, that wasn't a good idea either. Another time, I turned my back to the wall and looked out, that was scary too. When we got to the last wall, I wasn't as scared anymore. I knew that if I fell off the wall, I wouldn't die--or at least I shouldn't.
I hope next time we go, we can get a big group together. It is definitely a fun group activity. :)
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