Rock climbing

Another great idea my dad has was to take the kids rock climbing.

Here is Jake all harnessed up ready to go.

And Kate.

Kate was the most brave her first time up the wall. She made it pretty far before she wanted to come down.

Jake was a bit of a spider monkey. He made it pretty far the first time or two, but after that he climbed all the way to the top. That is over 30 feet! For a boy who used to claim to be afraid of everything, he sure seems to have no fear of this. He ended up climbing all the way up four times.

The first time he made it to the top.

And here he is repelling down. I have to admit even that was a little scary for me but he loved coming down the wall "like Spiderman". He did so great we might skip the little league and soccer stuff and stick to rock climbing.