Kim Climbing!

Kim came out to Vertical endeavors for her first climbing trip! It was great having her out, and she did very well. She made it all the way to the top, conquering her fear of being suspended from a rope. Hopefully it will be the first of many trips for her.

We went with a group that she works with, led by Chris. Chris is a 5.12 climber who was great to watch on the walls. He's also good at pushing people to go one step farther than they've gone before, which led to some attempts at new techniques and routes for everybody. Great time.

Climbing!

Wednesday night I went over to Vertical Endeavors with Nora and my three nephews. We were there for about 4 hours and really had a good time. Nora going for Ironwoman status by climbing for her 3rd straight day, the boys were all progressing nicely, handling a number of 5.8 climbs. I'm still working on a couple of the prolonged overhang 5.9's, but making progress. I brought my little camera, or at least what's left of it, along. Unfortuanately it's been knocked around, dropped, and even flooded with water on a dive trip when a small pebble kept my housing from sealing properly. To it's credit, it still works. The only problem is that there's a film covering the inside of the lense from when it was flooded. So, here's a few mediocre pics of the night. There's Nora on Belay, Zach on the 5.7's and 5.8's, and one of Neil taking a run at one of my favorite 5.9's. Unfortunately Connor seems to climb to quickly - all of the pics with him in them blurred in the low light. Aside from that it was a great night, and big thanks to Nora for all the help.