07 February 2010

This is me climbing.

There's no real intellectual content to this post, but sometimes you just need to take a break. Here are two videos taken of me climbing. I wrote earlier about my new-found passion for the activity, so I had my "girl" (official title) take some videos of me. Pay no attention to the audio; there was a child's birthday party going on in the gymnasium.

Route 1: Cherry Bomb
Rating: 5.9
Only red holds, up the left face of the wall.


Route 2: Dapple
Rating: 5.9-
Holds marked with teal and black X's, up the chimney
Posted by Andrew Gonsalves at 6:31 PM
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  1. Wow, I've been reading your blog for a while now and this is the first time for non-intellectual post. Personally I'm glad for it. Sometimes my head has a problem following your posts. I'm a economics major so it is that surprising. Hope, you do make the most of your time. :)
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  2. Zyanya: It's good to hear from a reader, so thanks for the comment. Since you're into economics, the next post may interest you. As for this post, well, I did say that I would be adding a bit more personal content.
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  3. I'm impressed by how quickly you get up there and how flexible you seem to be. Geez, can your leg go up any higher?! I'm a newbie to rock climbing and my first attempt at trying one of those routes was so challenging! It's tough to have a perfectly good hold within reach and be forced to go for the farther one instead. I think I'll stick with using any and all holds to make my way to the top. That's hard enough...for now anyway.

    Oh, and your "girl" has excellent camera skills. Will we be seeing more videos in the future?
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