Monday, September 17, 2007

Is there a division for 2 and under?


Henry is an official climber. He got some climbing shoes from his Uncle Sam when he was born and recently he has been wanting to wear them all over the house. They are a size 10, but they velcro on pretty well even though Henry is just a 7 or so. This weekend we went to Ohiopyle State Park to hike, camp, and climb with our great friends Christi and Dave Romney. That place is just beautiful. We even stumbled on a kayaking competition on Saturday where the race included dropping off a large waterfall. Henry was in heaven with all the water, dogs and motorcycles everywhere. We decided to spend our Saturday climbing at a pretty nice spot where we actually met the guy who bolted the climbs. Justin and Dave did most of the climbing. I scaled a really fun crack climb that was a 5.6 in difficulty (aka: not that hard but still gave a rush). That was a blast from the past. Many of you may not know that my brother is still a professional rock climber, so when Henry began climbing all over just about everything that looked climbable, I wasn't surprised. We put his special climbing shoes with the monkey on them and he was unstoppable. He had a blast climbing all over the boulders and more difficult ledges (with mom spotting, of course). Miraculously, he didn't even get hurt in that rocky terrain. I expected him to get a bloody lip at least once on the trip! After climbing we hiked to our campsite in Bear Run where we were totally secluded (except for the distant sound of the freeway. Ugh) and we ate yummy food, roasted marshmallows, and told funny stories in the freezing night air. Henry had a tough time without taking his usual two hour nap, so we had to live with the crankster for a while, but after a pretty good night's sleep (for him) he was refreshed in the morning. We hiked out in the morning, took a nice easy walking tour up the river to look at the waterfalls and the natural water-slide and then went home.

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