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Rock Climbing - Friday, May 11, 2007
Today I went with Kiet, Dan, Grant, and Priscilla to Malibu Creek for what I thought would be an afternoon of hiking. Unfortunately the guys' idea of hiking is a little different from mine, and I found us venturing up the stream climbing over huge rocks.
Most of it wasn't that difficult, but at a few points we had to climb along the sides of the canyon with the water right below us. There were holes and niches in the rocks where we could grab onto, but sometimes there was no good place to grip, or there would be room for just a finger. Good thing for all the upper-body training I've been doing.
Fortunately I never fell into the water (too bad for Priscilla, she fell in twice ;p) or cracked my skull. At the end of our grueling trek, we cooled off and swam in a part of the stream that was like a large open pool. There was a tall rock over the pool that you could jump off of and land in 15 feet of water. Too bad the sun was going down and the water was almost freezing. And during the hike Kiet managed to catch a fish using a gummy worm (that is, chewing gum pressed into the likeness of a worm) on a hook, and brought it home in a peanut jar. He said he's going to cook it.
So yeah. I've never done rock climbing before, and I had a blast. I wouldn't mind going again. All the scratches and internal injuries were well worth it. ;)
Most of it wasn't that difficult, but at a few points we had to climb along the sides of the canyon with the water right below us. There were holes and niches in the rocks where we could grab onto, but sometimes there was no good place to grip, or there would be room for just a finger. Good thing for all the upper-body training I've been doing.
Fortunately I never fell into the water (too bad for Priscilla, she fell in twice ;p) or cracked my skull. At the end of our grueling trek, we cooled off and swam in a part of the stream that was like a large open pool. There was a tall rock over the pool that you could jump off of and land in 15 feet of water. Too bad the sun was going down and the water was almost freezing. And during the hike Kiet managed to catch a fish using a gummy worm (that is, chewing gum pressed into the likeness of a worm) on a hook, and brought it home in a peanut jar. He said he's going to cook it.
So yeah. I've never done rock climbing before, and I had a blast. I wouldn't mind going again. All the scratches and internal injuries were well worth it. ;)