Rock climbers and their alpine adventures have always
fascinated me. Doug Robinson made a great video called Moving Over Stone.
He presented rock climbing as poetry; orchestrated movement. The video is now available
on YouTube and well worth the watch.
In the video, he
filmed and interviewed climbing masters of the day such as Lynn Hill and Peter
Croft.
My wife and I took our grandsons to their first 'rock climbing' experience yesterday. We were instructed in how to belay our grandsons as they
climbed the wall at “MetalMark Climbing and Fitness” in Fresno. Our
five-year-old grandson did give the 48’ walls a couple of tries but liked the
“bouldering” more.
The seven year old
really loved the big wall and worked his way up to a 5.10b climb.
Michelle, our instructor was patient with all of us and very
encouraging. As we were leaving after three hours of climbing the older boy
said, “Can we come back tomorrow?” Their muscles were not sore the next day! I
find it amazing how resilient young muscles are. The boys have a good power to
weight ratio.
I can't think of any better exercise for young boys in an
era where so many boys are sitting playing video games. Children are natural
climbers and perhaps someday they will be on the granite walls of Yosemite like
Alex Honnold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leCAy1v1fnI
We also watched some young men practicing free running and
parkour. Here is some video shot in Fresno. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPgPboQpUO4
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