Climbing and Falling

Yesterday I got to go repelling and rockclimbing with some friends (the pictures are coming). We went to this rock that has an easy walk up to the top. From there you can repel down to the bottom. Or, from the bottom you can climb up to the top. It was TONS of fun. There was Vance and Sue Whitbeck, their son Chad, his girlfriend Kylie, Vance's mom, my mom and dad, and me. First off we went repelling down this crevis in the rock where you "walk" the whole way down. That was tons of fun. I got to go 2 times before we moved to this other spot where you walk off the cliff and then it is a freefall. The freefall is fun in that you can do tricks. Vance had us hanging upside down! It was pretty fun. He even taught me how to repel upside down. :) After that we went to climb up the rock. I was in luck that Kylie and I are the same shoe size so I was able to use the rock climbing shoes she had rented. The rock started off easy and then there was this one stupid spot that both Kylie and I got stuck at everytime. What made it difficult is that there is no good places to grip with you hands so you have to use more of your legs. Chad was able to do it fine but he has gone a lot more times than us and also has a larger hand span. But even though I was never able to make it up to the top, I had a blast!