Climbing outside: a check off the bucket list

Carly texted me with the most glorious text last week. "Lorena invited us to go climbing at Smith Rock on Saturday, wanna come?" Ummmm DUH. I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time and stoked it finally came through. Smith is world renowned for not only climbing, but hiking and simply a beautifully placed rock canyon, complete with a river.

Climbing outside was everything I hoped and dreamed. No tape, no man made holds, just nature. I'm not afraid of heights at all, but a sense of "oh shit" settled with me a few times while 100's of feet above ground, only having the support of a rope. It was more of the idea that the rope was only there for safety and the idea is to actually climb the rock. 

This year is on a roll when it comes to checks off the bucket list. I love 24. Best age thus far. Not awkward, not young, not old, just right.