Feb 17, 2007 21:53
I am taking a top rope climbing PE class. We get bussed out to MetroRock, a Boston-area climbing gym, on Fridays, and the class is 3 hours long!! I've been excited about climbing for awhile, partly because Greg has been doing a lot of climbing lately, so it will be a great activity to do together. The first class was great -- we learned all the basics of belaying and getting set up for climbing. It's pretty amazing that the climber is fully supported by a hand-tied rope. For some reason I was expecting some sort of complicated manufactured device, but it turns out that a figure eight-like knot is enough. Pretty cool. I also did my first few climbs, which I found quite exhilarating. Yay!
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