Today I (Rick) took the kids hiking and rock climbing on Wheeler Mountain. This was Katie's first chance to wear her rock climbing harness. She had received it as a gift from her auntie Cahill 2 years ago, but had not quite grown into it until this year. She and her brother both did a great job scrambling up areas of open, sloping rock face as the sun shone down on us a a slight breeze kept us comfortably cool. Katie might have earned a new nickname today as she clawed her way up the rock face on all fours. Josh and I agreed that she looked like a little bear scampering up the rock with both her hands and feet on the rock and her butt way up in the air.We began affectionately calling Katie-bear and she took to it immediately.The hike is approximately one half mile from the parking area to the top of the 2371 foot tall mountain. Katie climbed it all by herself with only a little help here and there to get up to the next highest step in places where her legs were not quite long enough. On the way down, she trotted along in front of me, hopping from rock to rock with me holding a short sling attached to the back of her harness. When she jumped from a rock that was too high she would dangle for a bit from her harness with her feet still moving as I lowered her to the ground. Without a pause in her stride she would continue on her way.
We really had a lot of fun and I am very glad that we chose to hike and climb on this Labor Day holiday.
2 comments:
LOVE the pics!! Plz give the kids x&o's and tell them it's great to hear they are doing well in school!
Are you coming down Wed or Thurs? Eric has a game at school at 5p Wed fyi (oh that would be Capt. Eric :) !
Let me know. Ryan is in Vegas til Fri night this week ugh.
xo H
Isa wants to know if we can go rock climbing. All the things that you do are things that I imagine myself doing but never do!
Gorgeous countryside. Thanks for sharing.
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