Ouch! I'm Old!

David and I took Peter, Grace and Geoff (David's youngest) rock climbing this weekend (indoor, of course) at Triangle Rock Club.

It was tons of fun. None of us were certified belayers, so we could only free climb (up to about 12 or 15 feet), or use the automatic belayers.

Peter and Geoff had been before with their respetive Scout groups, Grace had never been, though she's wanted to for quite some time. All three of the kids had a really good time, but I have to say that Grace absolutely rocked. There were times when we'd hook her up to the auto-belayer, look away for a moment, then turn back and she'd be all the way at the top of the wall! She was even decent on the harder of the two auto-belayers (where the holds are further apart, and the wall angles out a bit); and by decent, of course, I mean got further up the wall than her mother did!

The only bad part came this morning, when I got out of bed, and OMG I'm sore! Mainly my triceps and quads, though I feel it a bit in my ankles (and, to be honest, my butt) too.

And, yes, it is a little depressing to realize that never, ever, in my wildest dreams, will I be as buff (or as limber) as the 20-something women who were scaling the walls yesterday!