the lurkist wrote:Whatever you are doing, 512, it is rubbing off. Your daughter is climbing well.
She was hiking the boulder problems at the base of the 5.11 wall at Torrent the other day. I had her spot, but she was fearless.
Thanks Lurkist. She may end up being a ropeless wonder (aka boulderer), because she fares much better close to terra firma.
That, and that little Cicada Jenerik is her hero....
"Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken."
-Tyler Durden
Frankly, it takes about 10 minutes to try a route.... then put up a rope on something they can do too. I've had no problem finding areas that have an easy to mid 12 for me, hard 11 for my partner, and easy routes for my daughter. I also need grossly overgraded 13's for Andrew, because his ego is so much more frail than mine. There are dozens....
Nice failed attempt at subtle spray, I am so disappointed in you.
But why? Its all true.
"Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken."
-Tyler Durden
bazoqop wrote:Yesterday I took my eight year old twins for their first taste of climbing ( maybe their second I missremember ). I hung a top rope on that tiny slab out at the practice wall in Muir valley.
They really dug it. Three laps apiece and they were hooked...
A warning note to all climbers at the Practice Wall: Please do not allow children to play on the ledge above the climbs. And, adults going out onto the ledge to coach and/or set topropes, please tether yourselves into the fixed protection above the top anchors. Thanks.
Rick
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. - Randy Pausch
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. - Henry David Thoreau