I woke up this morning sore. The reason being that yesterday
I climbed my first tower. For those of you who do not know, this past Christmas
I got into rock climbing. It was something I always wanted to do but never had
the opportunity. I finally found some people who climb and convinced them to
teach me. Slowly, I have been getting better, thus the tower.
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| This is Church Rock, Red Rock State Park, Gallup, NM. The tallest tower (aka to the left) is the one I climbed. |
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| Photo of the base/back view. |
You can see the route we took up the back. See where the
crack is, that is what I climbed up. It took us about an hour and a half to
hike from the parking lot to the base of the tower. The climb took about 2
hours. At the top, my climbing buddy and I signed and dropped off a summit book
(basically a ledger) before propelling down.
I have been doing a lot of hiking and climbing lately. Some
places I’ve been are: Chaco Canyon, El Morro, El Malpais, Canyon De Chelly, and
the Grand Canyon. Yes, my family is into National Parks.
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| There are about 18 Humming birds living by my house. Here are a few. |
