Horizontal Bouldering

So this morning, after going for a two-mile run, I went bouldering with some of my friends. Bouldering, as mentioned in a previous post, is basically climbing boulders. It's like rock climbing, but not as high and without the protective equipment like helmets and harnesses.

We drove to a nearby park area, and the first place we decided to go bouldering was in a cave! This was so cool--I had no idea people could do something like this! We were horizontal, basically crawling across the cave's ceiling!! I wasn't very good and couldn't get very far (not too many in our group could), but one of the guys, Ro, who works at camp, could basically crawl across the whole roof of the cave like a spider; it was crazy amazing!

The entrance to the cave

James bouldering in the cave

my amazing roommate Alex beasting it up!

My attempt

Hardcore Nature-core!

After we had all attempted the cave bouldering multiple times, we decided to try a more vertical approach. 

Attempting to summit the boulder

pre-fall pic

So usually when we boulder we have spotters and only go over crash pads...but the crash pad that was below me had slid a few feet down the hill, and no one was spotting me. As I reached up with my right hand, I ended up falling--hard. I landed right on my side and shoulder. It really hurt lol. But tonight at dinner I got the sabertooth necklace of courage. This is given to people who endure a lot of pain. The last recipient was Kenny, who got the necklace for going on trek with a sprained ankle. Now it is my turn to watch for someone endure pain so I can hand off the necklace to them lol.

Ro flying right up the rock

Later on today, Alex and I were having fun with her camera--which can take pictures underwater!

We were out in the woods reading, and it was really warm and we were falling asleep, so we decided to take a "wake-up break" and head down to the creek and put our heads in the water. We tried to take pictures of our faces underwater, but they didn't turn out the greatest....

Whipping our hair back and forth!

Now that I'm at High Sierra, I no longer hate Mondays since they're not the start of the school week...