It's been about 6 years since I have really had the opportunity to spend some time in an indoor rock climbing gym. So now that my dad has recently gotten into climbing back home, I thought it would be a great chance to go and actually have someone that could belay me, and also a way to attempt to get my husband interested in the sport as well.
Rock climbing is an amazing workout; working both your upper body and once you get better more of your lower body as well. Usually the first to fatigue is either your grip strength or your forearms. As I write this blog the following morning, I already feel how sore my back is.
I started getting into rock climbing when my swimming teacher in college, convinced me to take his rock climbing class for the following quarter. As someone that is extremely frightened of heights, I was pretty hesitant about signing up for a sport where you are suspended in the air by a rope, but he seemed pretty convinced that I would be fine; so I signed up for the class.
I instantly fell in love with rock climbing; the intense workout that you experience, as well as the mental strategy that you have to work through in order to follow the path to the top. I still every once in awhile would be reminded of my fear of heights; body would shake and I would start to hyperventilate, but the feeling would pass as quickly as it came.
The gym that we went to is in Huntington Beach, called CimbX. It's a smaller gym than I am use to but there are plenty of different levels of routes to choose from. I think we all found a route or two that was able to outmatch us and we had to either give up our cheat our way to the top. There were two routes in particular where I was defeated, but that only gives me more motivation to go back soon so that I can defeat the ones they call red chili, and bumps, hold, and bruises.
Belay on!
Pura Vida!
Alica Ryan, NTP
Looks like scary/fun.
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