rock climb more often

There are many rock climbing gyms in my city and I’d like to start going 1-2 times a month. Unfortunately, I am not skilled with ropes (last learned how to use them over 10 years ago!) so I’d have to relearn. Also, most of the pictures make it seem like these rock climbing gyms are all bouldering climbs at steep angles. My upper body strength is very weak.

My goal is to go to the rock climbing gym once in March and once a month or more thereafter.

i usually go when i have days off, but i work 7 days a week. bummer. i wannna go to desoto boulders or hcr. soon. pblllsh.

there is not a rock larger than a pebble for miles….i miss climbing so much, it is one of my absolute passions (or should i say, obsessions?) i try not to think about it else my hands begin to sweat. when i make lots of money to do weekend trips, i am going to get back into it.

Where I free climbed from Baker Beach to the GG Bridge 4 times/week. See GGCC
Now that I’ve moved back to Seattle I just started climbing at Little Si. I free climb only.

Sometimes the rock climbing crags haunt me like a scorned lover. I want to tell him that I love him and convince him that my love for him is true and there is no other.

I want to hold him and touch him in all the right places, but all he tells me is that I can’t touch him today here, there, or anywhere. He won’t let me hold on to him and my grasp slowly slips away.

As I fall and reach out one more time to try to hold on, he stands there silently and watches me as my girlfriends catch me from below. I cry in frustration and wonder how he can break my heart so quickly. What have I done wrong? Where did I go wrong? How could he let me fall? Should I try one more time? Is this worth pursuing? Is this it? Is this the end?

The most awful part is that he can be so beautiful and mesmerizing in the distance and all I want is him. I can think about no other. I chase him like a relentless animal in heat.

No, today I won’t obsesss about you. Today, I promise myself I won’t think about you or look at you. I am not calling you. Ever. Really. I’m working today. I’m being responsible today. I won’t even dare think about holding you. I won’t think about the great joy you give me.

Ah, but I still try and pursue and try and try…again and again, obsessed by love and passion….

I can’t wait to rock climb again.