Dork Reports

I’ve been indoor rock climbing since May. After going on and on about it for years, and finally trying it out in LA in 2008, it took another couple of years to convince someone to go with me up here. Kristina got suckered in, and after going once a week after our belay lesson, we bought memberships and started going twice a week, sometimes more. For a while I even started doing yoga – until I got super stressed out and didn’t have time for it anymore. Now, as August nears its end and my climbing skills are hovering somewhere between 5.10a and 5.10b, I sadly have to cancel my membership. But, I’m not ready to give up on climbing yet, so my climbing gear’s going on the plane with me and I really hope I’ll be able to find someone cool to climb with in New York. I’ll miss the people I’ve convinced to try climbing: Kristina, Leta, Francis, Ann, Jackie, Oliver and Vicki (a chance sighting turned into her being unable to escape me). Perhaps one day they’ll come out to visit and want to spend their precious vacation time making their arms sore on fake rocks. I wish I had been more diligent about taking pictures but today was the first day I wore pants with pockets and it’s not like I could snap photos while belaying…