Wednesday, October 22, 2008

An Introduction to Rock Climbing

Jason loves to climb. He goes to the climbing gym every Tuesday and Thursday, which helps him maintain his Zen throughout the rest of the hectic week. Anyway, he's always wanted to bring Rudy to the gym to introduce him to the sport. This week we finally made it out as a family.
Jason demonstrating the idea of climbing a wall to Rudy.
Acquainting his apprentice with various holds.
Rudy's first attempt on the wall. We chose a nice deep bucket hold for him, but his little hands could hardly fit over edge. He still clamped on pretty good, though.
Pumping Iron with Daddy.

Victory!
After the proportions problem on the adult bouldering wall, we shifted over to the kids wall. That suited Rudy just fine, and he actually supported his weight a few times. (Don't worry, we were hands on spotting him.)
The fam. Maybe our little guys a little overloaded, ya think?
Little Rudy and the great big bouldering wall.
Watching Daddy climb.
Rudy and Jason relishing in a good climb. Jason's showing off Rudy's chalky feet. It doesn't show up very well in the picture, but they really were covered in climbing chalk.

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