climbing :)

This afternoon I went climbing with two friends and their little daughter. Everbody had a good time. You should see the 5 year old kid on the big rope. Making more headway than most of the grownups. :) Now it's almost midnight and I'm facing the fact that work just isn't gonna happen tonight. Instead I'll embrace the post-climbing buzz and watch my favorite episode of Leverage. (I think I really want to try and write that fancomic that's hovering in the back of my mind.)

Okay, but before that, here are two buildering vids: fun with architecture... buildering in Germany. (no German language skills necessary)
Buildering Challenge Bornheim (the sound is pretty bad but the spots are interesting)
Buildering Session Bonn

And here is something, it's so awesome... this should really go first. Okay, watch this one first. The suspense is through the roof in this vid. This is Chris Sharma, one of the world best climbers, climbing a ledge/crack: Dreamcatcher
I gotta put together a fave vid list for disobey_gravity sometime.

Yesterday I tried out my new climbing shoes at the old owl tower and learned that I'm not the only climber who's discovered that lovely sand stone structure. Five climbers a day, that's the average, according to the janitor of the nearby music school. No wonder, that little fake ruin is so perfect, like it was created for climbing. I just hope the city won't start to crack down on it. The legality of buildering is a bit of a grey area.

I get a little envious when I watch the Youtube vids - other cities seem to have a lot more good climbing spots.