Rock Wall Climbing

Well, this is my creative writing blog, and since I am not very creative, you all get to hear about my weekend! My mom and sisters drove up from Washington to stay for a few days. I left early from school and we got a lot of fun Jensen girl time. I ended up taking my little sisters (Kendra 18, Taylor 10) to the Quarry to rock wall climb. If you haven't been to the Quarry, you should go because it is rock climber's heaven. I of course don't really go that much because it is kind of expensive to get in (unless you have a membership or something). My sisters are both great climbers. They both kicked my butt on those walls! I did enjoy finally being able to belay though. Sometimes I like to belay better than I like to climb I think. I have some trust issues...and some issues with heights (so really, this is a great sport for me), so I tend to be happier on the ground, belaying and cheering. Upstairs there is a really fun bouldering room. Bouldering is when you climb without a harness. Generally the walls are not so high, and the padding is a lot thicker. The room has all kinds of paths that you can follow in case you want to practice "traversing" or something like that...I can't remember all of the climber lingo....There were to guys up there climbing. They seemed pretty impressed with themselves about being able to do some of the tougher climbs. Of course, my little sister Taylor sees them all climbing there, and then decides to start climbing herself. She started scaling a wall that was almost parallel with the ground, and following one of the toughest tracks. She of course had no idea that it was a tough track...she just saw a hold color she liked, so she followed it. The guys just stood still and watched her climb for a few minutes. We could hear them whisper things to each other like, "dude, check out that little girl...wow, what level of climb is that...?" They all seemed to be pretty impressed.