I took Lex and a buddy rock climbing today. It was so cool! I’ve heard good things about the place but have never actually been there before. It was on our list of summer to-dos even though Eve insisted it would be awful and she would have absolutely no fun there at all. I figured with Eve at camp this week it would be the ideal time to take Lex. And boy did we have fun! I didn’t actually do any climbing myself because the walls are so high you need a belayer on the ground managing the rope. I had to take a training class an everything!

This was the training wall. They taught me (and two others) how to belay here and then we had to send someone up on the rope to practice. I made Lex go first, just in case!

The place was so big I couldn’t get a picture of all of it, but here is a good section.

Two tired boys! I wasn’t sure how long they would last. The timing was inconvenient because the place opened at noon and I was supposed to pick Eve up at 2pm, but I managed to work things out so we had plenty of time. When I called yesterday they said “Two 10 year old boys?! They will last for hours!” Fortunately the did not! :) I thought it would be muscle fatigue, which I’m sure there was some of, but mostly it ended up being tired fingers and toes!

For his final climb Lex went up this orange wall. It took him awhile, but he didn’t quit and he made it all the way up to the top! He was so proud! I couldn’t get a picture of him up there because I was holding the ropes and my photographer (the other boy) was taking off his climbing gear. I snapped this shot at the end though and I suspect Lex will like to hang it on his memory board. :)

A good time was had by all!