climbing

i've always enjoyed climbing things. 

as a toddler, my parents said i could climb over the baby gate faster than they could; 

maybe that's an exaggeration, maybe not. 

when i was in gymnastics, i loved climbing up a rope similar to this one. 

so when i found out about a exercising/training rope by our house, 

i had to see if i still had my rope-climbing skills in me. 

my mom & i went on an evening walk as she led me to it. 

to my surprise, i scaled up it in no time 

(maybe it was from all the rock climbing in grand forks). ha

but then my mom wanted to take a picture or twenty. ;) 

without a flash, with a flash, from this angle and that angle. 

i was up there for what seemed like five minutes, and my arms were burning.

i still love you though, mom! :) and i'm glad you got the pictures.