Rock Climbing Cheile Rasnoavei |
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A couple of days ago when I was still in Greece I received an invitation I knew from the first moment I could not refuse.
Ionut (the man with the initiative, the plan, the know-how, the invitation and the enclosed photo), Alina, Elena and myself took for the mountains at noon today with all the necessary equipment, desire and determination to go rock climbing. We arrived at Cheile Rasnoavei (EN: gorges) around 1:00pm.
After the inevitable and very necessary bit of theory we actually started rock climbing. I'm not one to be scared of heights but there's definitely a natural human instinct directing people to stay away from narrow ledges that are so high up people below seem to be the size of ants. Add that to my extreme sleep deprivation from the past few days and you'll probably still be very far from guessing what that first 8m climb felt like.
Rappels, more theory, lots of fun and about 5 climbs later I was feeling surprisingly confortable hanging 30 meters into the air, relying only on a rope and the person holding it below.
You can see some extracts of my final climb for the day in this video:
A big thank you once again to Ionut for taking us, teaching us and taking care of us. Also, a big thank you to Elena for belaying me so well despite my droping her a few meters on the last run.
As far as pushing your own limits goes climbing ranks higher than most things I've tried so far. That's probably also why I enjoyed it so much. It's a hard sport compared to others so it's not something everyone should try but the satisfaction is worth it.
I've already found a few interesting resources on the Internet so, for starters, to stay ahead of the slang (in English) I recommend you have a look at the Climbing Dictionary.
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