Have any of you taken up the sport of climbing? I always
figured it would be challenging, but I never really understood the logistics
behind how people can safely train to climb cliffs and mountains until my visit
to a local climbing facility, and guess what ? It was an incredibly enjoyable
experience. The day began with us arriving at the facility and being introduced
to the instructor who would teach us how to climb the wall effectively and
without risk of injury. The instructor's name was Giorgos, and he is the one
who put on our climbing harnesses, showed us the proper climbing techniques to
use, how to abseil after reaching the top of the wall and gave us a brief
tutorial on what the different colour coding of the panels jutting out from the
wall meant. The wall was roughly 13 meters high and consisted of various
different colours of panels, each signifying a different degree of difficulty.
We were informed that green was the easiest to climb and they suggested we try
to stick to yellow panels while climbing, but if we needed to use others to
climb the wall then do so. If you have a slight fear of heights and you arrive
to the top, it will take you some real motivation to have you voluntarily jump
back and fall to belay down, so it is a great way to overcome your fears. I am
really looking forward to the challenges ahead !
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