Yes, those were certainly plans gone awry...oh the tragedy of the prank gone wrong.
Took my first shot at the climbing wall in the new rec center. Learned how to tie a figure 8 knot, how to strap myself into a snug little S&M-ish harness, how to make it all of six feet up the wall before admitting to reality of gravity. Watched, with envy, as lanky spiderish climbers made it all look deceptively easy. I couldn't make my mind stop thinking, "Uh, you are going to plummet to your death in about three seconds" despite the harness and ropes that prevent such falls. So I got a little ways up the wall, and the instructor was like, "Great! Now let go!" and it took a lot of willpower to let go. But it was kinda cool. Maybe instead of getting a summer job I'll play on the climbing wall for three months.
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