"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."
-Roger Bannister
The Thursday after we went mountain biking we got the wonderful experience to go rock climbing at Peshastin Pinnacle State Park. This was a day of me stepping out of my comfort zone completely. I did not have any struggle with climbing the rocks or with the height, but when I had to let my belayer lower me I had a huge fear of. Just like on the team building day, I had a fear of trusting my belayer lowering me back to the ground. On the first climbing, the lower part was pretty tough for me, I kind of had a small panic attack, but once I conquered my fear my belayer got me back to the ground. After that, each time I was lowered it got easier and easier for me to trust my belayer.
By the end the day I was having so much fun and I was doing really well, so I decided to attempt to climb Vertigo, which was the hardest rock to climb at the park. Off the bat I told my belayer do not let me give up because I really wanted to accomplish this. So, the first 8 feet of the climb was the most challenging thing I have ever done mentally and physically. I wanted to give up so bad but my belayer and others watching were very helpful and supportive. It took me about 25 minutes to climb the first 12 feet of the 60 foot climb, but I got past the hardest climb. I ended up making it to the top and it was one of the happiest times for me. I could not believe that I accomplished that hard climb and I can even express the joy I had after that climb.
The climbing day overall was amazing. I saw so many of my classmate accomplish more then what they thought they could. And I was so grateful for my instructors and the volunteers that helped us with the climbing. Amazing day!!
By the end the day I was having so much fun and I was doing really well, so I decided to attempt to climb Vertigo, which was the hardest rock to climb at the park. Off the bat I told my belayer do not let me give up because I really wanted to accomplish this. So, the first 8 feet of the climb was the most challenging thing I have ever done mentally and physically. I wanted to give up so bad but my belayer and others watching were very helpful and supportive. It took me about 25 minutes to climb the first 12 feet of the 60 foot climb, but I got past the hardest climb. I ended up making it to the top and it was one of the happiest times for me. I could not believe that I accomplished that hard climb and I can even express the joy I had after that climb.
The climbing day overall was amazing. I saw so many of my classmate accomplish more then what they thought they could. And I was so grateful for my instructors and the volunteers that helped us with the climbing. Amazing day!!
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