Rock the Wall

Wheeeeeee!!!!!!!!

I had the most amazing day today!  A few weeks ago I was out with my British ex-pat friend who is now living in Nairobi, 'Bob' and the folks who went on a 'go ape' adventure for his 30th birthday.  He has a new love interest who is into rock climbing and I thought that sounded fun.

As part of a year of working to get back into shape so I can start training for Kilimanjaro, I decided to give it a go and took a taster course today on a rock climbing wall at the biggest climbing centre in the UK.

I climbed to the top 4 times!!  Ok the last two times (5th and 6th climb) I fell off because I just couldn't pull myself up the massive stretch that I had to take to the next grip, but I had a blast!!!  I amazed myself and now have a guage of my strength.

I'm going to keep swimming for a couple more months and maybe add in some dancing (we danced with Bob when we all went out and that was also a lot of fun) and in a couple of months I'm going to give it another go and see if I can't make all 6 climbs to the top :)

I don't categorise myself as sporty in the least, but I love challenging myself to new things and I love feeling strong and working towards feeling stronger every day.  Good physical health is sooooo important for mental health.

Hope you all had a wonderful Saturday :)

xox
Pinks