Acadia National Park

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Anna emailed and told me that the Challenge Course cert went well. Kristi had sent a text saying People's Pint at 7 but I didn't see it until 8 and knew that they could be gone by the time I drove up there.

Today I have to finish packing for this week's trip to Acadia National Park for the Rock Climbing cert--not taking it. I need much more practice with the technical stuff. I'm going for all the aesthetic reasons that feed my soul. Hopefully I can find a way to be useful to the group and maybe have an opportunity to rappel once. Not participating in the same way is a challenge in that I'm outside and feel "other." The height is still a challenge but doesn't hold the threat that it once did. Success. Moving forward. My understanding is that we're climbing where you need to rappel off the cliffs with only the sea below and then climb back up. Not sure if the tide makes a difference or if it's always water below in these locations. We'll be camping at Blackwoods Campground and climbing locations will be at "Practice Wall," Otter Cliff, and Precipice Cliff.

I'm planning on camping with a tarp and a duffle with my bivy set up with bag and pads inside like they did for the winter trip. Austin says the vehicles will be at the campground so no schlepping stuff around. Yay! And, we'll be at a campground with restrooms (still haven't used my IPood trowel) and showers so we can let up a bit. Yeah, that's the spirit you outdoor leader.