Friday, July 27, 2007

Spiderman?

One of Tom's new co-workers, Peter, is an avid climber. As he is new to the area as well (he's from Britain) he asked Tom to go climbing with him one afternoon after work and Tom talked me into going to take pictures. We went to a
place the guide book suggested, and it turned out to be holds drilled into the support of a bridge! It's a well used bridge (on top) and I suppose someone decided that the bottom of it shouldn't go to waste. There were lots of people there (all decked out in the latest gear) and then us. We felt a little conspicuous, but pressed on anyway and the guys did well. After abandoning an attempt on a really hard section (it wrapped around a 90 degree corner) they found one that was straight up. They fared much better on it and ended the day tired but happy.

It was fun to watch the two of them and the other people - they made it look so easy! One guy was even trying the up-side-down part of the course! The area was also enjoyable. We were outside and the sun was setting over a river right behind us.








2 comments:

Cristina said...

Wow! What a cool way to use a bridge! Were there professional belayers there or was everyone setting their own safety ropes?

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Stephanie said...

next time will you be climbing it?