May 22nd, 2017

I'm just going to sit here and pretend that I'm active... I have so many ideas so I hope that I'll finally have time to put them into play. I'm certainly going to upload a lot after a canoe touring trip that I'm doing that half term because it's really exciting! We're going around a lake and a stretch of the cost in Scotland so I'll post a bit about what I'm going to bring etc. But today I want to talk about climbing. I really enjoy climbing and I have been doing it for about 7 months now. I love the feeling of being on the wall so here are some photos of me doing two routes that were probably graded V0 - V1 (in basic terms, the harder of the really really easy ones).

I really like this route because you can focus more on your skill rather than being really tired trying to pull up!

I always make funny faces when I climb... My feet are blurry because I was doing a foot change.

Final pull!

There we are! This photo helps you get an idea of the height - 4.5 m

This route really hurts my arms to do because it's so steep.

Final pull! (I normally give up around this hold and drop.)

Yay! I did it!

Climbing has been a big part of my life recently but it may be stopping due to kayaking and canoeing that take over everything in the summer.

Have a nice day!

Zoe