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I noticed on Craig’s List-Seattle that a guy was giving away his garage climbing gym. The ad had photos and everything. So I took it. Bought 40 handholds this week on e-Bay too. So I’m ready to start assembling it up against my back yard deck. Anyone interested in helping with this project? houdithecat@yahoo.com

I’m averaging the GL run about 2 times a week now. Swimming the 9 laps at West Green Lake Beach – totals 1/2 mile – about 3 times a week. None of this is that challenging until I start to push the speed up. Got passed by 2 babes yesterday and it was exhilerating. Maybe I need a female running friend for inspiration.

This is something I have been doing since I was a kid. In my 20’s when I was athletic I could climb up into the sculpture. This takes wedging your elbow inbetween the two sculpture elements and swinging a leg up – hard to do. Once one person is up they can give another person a hand up. It is extra cool, if you want to spend some time up in the sculpture, to bring a split of wine and some crackers and cheese. This will fix the experience in the mind of that significant other for a long, long time. Especially if he/she is a rock climber looking for cool things to do with their climbing skills right in town.