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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 12:31 PM
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Rock climbing is so much easier when you are watching someone else do it.
Last night, with my daughter's C.A.P. troop, it was much easier for me to shout,"NO! Put your right foot farther over. No! Put your foot where your hand is! Hey, you got it now! It is far tougher to be the one getting yelled at...although, falling into a pile of rubber is a lot of fun. I just don't recommend hitting the wall face first...

....I don't think I'll be doing that again anytime soon. :hi:
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 12:33 PM
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1. Very true
I LOVE climbing, and I don't get to do it nearly enough anymore. How did your daughter enjoy it?
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 12:44 PM
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4. She liked it okay. She is not "built" to get too close to the wall, which
makes it a bit difficult. But she was with her friends and they always have fun. :hi:
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 02:22 PM
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8. Oh, yeah...
One of the disadvantages of being a female climber. Usually we're more flexible though, to make up for it :) Glad they had a good time, hope you are recovered soon!
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 12:34 PM
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2. I remember rock climbing
and not being able to grip a pen for a week afterwards...

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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 12:45 PM
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5. This is the problem that I am having today...that and not being able
to walk very well. ;) I am in pain. It's as bad as when we took the curling class. We do these silly things and I pay for them in muscles afterward. :hi:
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 01:27 PM
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7. curling?
The thing with the brooms? On ice? I think you hafta be Canadian to do that...

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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 12:44 PM
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3. I climbed over at the Gunks in NY state a few.........
years ago. Before I climbed I was deathly afraid of heights but after a 2 pitch climb I was foreever cured. All I needed was confidence in my feet staying put. I absolutly loved it but Alas, I decided to retire from climbing that very day. LOL
About the only thing I haven't tried yet is jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 12:46 PM
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6. I am afraid of heights...but I never got high enough to be frightened.
;) You don't see me doing anything really death defying. This is about it for me. :hi:
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