One of the girls I have been cycling with is an avid climber. She took me to a bouldering spot last week. The place was fantastic – sufficient padding for falls, sufficient comfy seating for in between falls, lots of routes at varying levels of difficulty, camaraderie amongst the climbers to both challenge and encourage you, and a group of truly inspirational climbers to observe in awe. My bouldering skills were not so fantastic. It has probably been 4 years or longer since I have even put my climbing shoes on, so my technique was average. I am several (5-10) kilograms heavier than what I was when I used to climb and probably also weaker than I was, so my strength was non-existent. Add both of those to the fact that all of the walls in this place were inverted. I didn’t spend much time on the wall but I truly enjoyed the few hours I spent there. Will I go back? Absolutely. After some training.
beautiful extreme (google: 'Australia & poisonous'; image search: 'Australia & outback') unique from any place i've ever seen similar to every place i've ever seen simple and laid back difficult and uptight lonely eye-opening ... Closing thought that is completely unrelated: my current career is cool. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6471241.stm
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