VeRtIcAl EndEvOrS

All day today both EA classes went rock climbing in the cities at a place called Vertical Endevors. once we got there we put our harnesses on and sat down to listen to the rules. There was 3 different kinds of climbing. Belaying with a person.. the automatic suspension belays (which are hooked up to hydrolics). and then there was the free climb. I mainly stuck to the suspension. It made it easier when you were falling. We all began climbing and right away everyones forearms killed. then went our hands. blisters covered them.. while climbing up the walls there were different colored tape by the rocks to show the difficulty. we got so sore. there was this one where you had to climb on the side of the face and eventually we started a competition, to see who could climb it the fastest. my personal best was 22 seconds. a couple other girls averaged at 30 seconds. Nate armstrong was the beast of the day with 11.09 seconds. there were lots of guys close to 13. then there was this guy who did a vertical climb onto the ceiling. it was awesome. but probably the most exciting thing we did all day was the relay. we had 2 teams of about 13. we had to climb the wall, drop daown, pass one of our shoes through the entire line and then procede with the next climber. the other team was cheating off the batt but we still beat them. mr, sammy was the last one in our line and he beasted it. i am sore.. but im ready to do it again!!