Rock and roll...
Recently Margaret and I were visiting with a rather portly fellow who announced that he is into extreme sports. We scratched our heads and decided that if this person could participate in that kind of activity, so could we. So, Saturday off we went to Rockville in the Hamilton Township. It is an indoor rock climbing gym that attracts a wide range of people. Once there, we paid for a 45-minute lesson about how to tie the appropriate knots and learn how to be a belayer while the other person is climbing the rock. After that, the instructor said, "Okay, good. You've learned what you need to know. You're on your own now. Feel free to climb any rock in here."Hmm...45 minutes, a few knots, a harness, and unlimited rocks to climb. Sounds like a recipe for a serious fall, or really sore forearms. We opted for the latter. I think we're both fairly hooked now. We're thinking of buying our own gear and climbing the back wall of the barn just for fun.
We hope everyone had a good weekend and that Ed drowned the competition at his alumni swim meet. By the way Ed and Jennifer, I can't believe you didn't come by the house. You're already pretty far north, what's a six hour car trip?
We're looking forward to the arrival of the Durhams into Philadelphia on Wednesday, and a hopefully good turkey from Wegman's on Thursday.
Happy extreme thanksgiving-
J & M
posted by John and Mag @ 8:20 AM
1 Comments:
All this sounds a little scarey to a mom but I guess it's better than climbing Lover's Leap at Cameron Park!
You may have never heard the Julie confession 8 years after the fact--She and Alex went repelling off the cliff's in Cameron Park one time when they were home for the holidays from college. She has always taken Alex up on his dares. To me that's scarier than the time she called to announce she had jumped out of an airplane and landed safely on the ground! Instead of "remember to buckle your seatbelt", I'll say "remember to buckle your harness." Suz
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