I had an excellent day climbing at the grotto (semi local climbing crag) and hanging with a friend from BAMRU and his wife. After weeks at the hospital feeling like a brand new 21 year old employee scared to ask to use the restroom, it felt GREAT to be in my element again...outside, on rock, with good friends. It's hard to explain how 'centering' climbing feels. You step onto the first part of the route and it's just you, your climbing shoes, and a rope. There's nowhere for your mind to go, but right there at that moment. There's a goal at the top and you must get there from the ground using every creative twist, turn, and hand wrench possible. That's it. Then you get down, untie from the rope, take a drink of water, and get ready to belay your friends. So simple. At the end of the day, there's the wonderfully exhausted feeling that coincides with pizza, beer, and ice cream.
The really cool part in all this is we discovered, after talking about the fact that Lucas, a former gym manager, got his EMT, is going back to school for nursing pre requisites, has a twin sister, has an older sister that is a music teacher (sounding bizzarly familiar!?)...and has been married to Hannah for six years this October, that we as couples are amazingly alike and would make a great climbing/adventuring team of four.
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