today was J's first time at a climbing gym. i left work a couple hours early today to pick J up from school and we went to 'solid rock gym' down by the airport to meet his friend active boy and his dad B. at first J and active boy were mostly interested in the pebbles on the floor, but once they saw B climb and JK struggle on the walls J wanted to give it a try, too. we made it more interesting for the boys by pointing out that the holds were shaped like little animals and fruits. J particularly started liking the 'mixed berry' route and the 'blackberry' route, both of which got him up about 6 feet above ground. i suggested he put on his safety harness so he could go even farther, but he had no interest. after we got home and had dinner, J and i went to the park down the street and had the whole playground for ourselves (no wonder, it was already dark and pretty chilly).
2 comments:
how high did the dads go? i'm not sure i'd be much good at rock climbing, even at Solid Rock. it does look like a fun place to try it out though.
thanks for entertaining the little fellow. he was really excited to climb after he saw the rice krispie guys mountain climbing on the box!
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