This day was extremely fun. Rock climbing is something I haven't done much of in my life but since I'm crazy and have no real fears it didn't phase me. We learned everything necessary to climbing so we would go to Pinnacle and climb. After we picked up all of our gear and learned how to correctly get ready to climb. We climbed on. I was the first climber and I was on the wall that leaned back so it was the most difficult. I made it halfway but didn't want to hurt my shoulder anymore then it already was, so I said, "Falling". As I fell I wrapped around another rope that was needed. They lowered me and the pulley at the very top of the wall had messed up. We unwrapped myself and got me all untied. Doc then came over and told us that one of us was going to have to climb to the very top and fix the pulley. As everyone went through and no one made it to the top everyone insisted I was the one that would have to go fix the pulley. Unfortunately, I got all ready to go up this rock wall. I set off climbing. I made it 3/4 the way and my hand started going numb. My forearms started cramping and I started getting worried I wouldn't make it. My group was relying on me though. I had to make it to the top. I waited for a second, gathered my composure and continued. I made it within reasonable distance of the pulley, but not quite there and I fell. Luckily they caught me and I didn't drop at all. I was dangling from the top of a 40 foot rock wall. I was able to grab a hold of a cleat and go back on the wall, I grabbed that darn pulley and fixed it all up. I was the savior. I had done it, something I thought wouldn't be possible to do. I left the class feeling like I had conquered the world, which I had!
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