Only 2 weeks till I leave for Australia and suddenly there seems to be so much that needs done. I've started sorting through my things and the most worrying prize so far goes to the sock that appears to have belonged to a toddler at some stage!
Strange day at work too. 3 out of 4 instructional sessions turned out to be quite interesting which is certainly a first. First was the instructional session with 2 very nice young ladies, always a pleasure ;). Second got a bit more interesting with a mother who had a favourite-child syndrome the like of which I've basically never seen, very strange to see, wonder how that will play out in later life. Finally I had the adult who was sloshed by 4pm in the afternoon, accompanied by the child who had developed a rock solid ability to entertain herself and seemed to function in every aspect at least 3 or 4 years older than her 8yrs. Instructional sessions normally pass with nothing more interesting than the odd pushy parent going a bit beyond "encouragement" with their child. As I'm in control it usually ends well, except when the child in question grabs the wall and refuses to let go amidst floods of tears, never a good turn of events but children recover from that kind of fright surprisingly quickly.
Got loads of shiny new climbing kit today as well, so my rack is pretty much whole again. Happy days!
Managed to get away climbing for 4 days this week as well, was rather a case of trying to dodge the bad weather and nowhere looks that great. Managed to on sight a few routes from E1 to E3 though and found a really sweet looking line that may not have been climbed yet at Floors Craig near Aberdeen. With any luck I might be able to go back and try it before I leave for Australia, only thing is, it does look like a short section of snappy strenuous brit tech 6b, not really my forte. Maybe I will look at it on abseil... OMG, call the ethics police!
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