Awaken by a Black Hole

I'm writing because I woke up with this gut wrenching pain of an empty stomach. I thought I'd try to be productive since I can't sleep. I figured I'd brag about Tim since he completely impressed me today while rock climbing.

There's a route on the wall that looks like a three steps upside down  and then about 9 feet of straight climbing to the ceiling. As a climber, you have to crawl up them. It's quite a challenging route. When I did it, when I got to the straight climb, my entire body was shaking. Tim and Scott were cheering me on and I couldn't move. "You can do it. You're almost there" They shouted. "I'll do it as soon as I can get my legs to stop shaking!" I shouted back. My knee was shaking so hard that I had bruises where it hit the wall repeatedly. When Scott let me down, they were afraid that I wasn't able to stand on my own. To be honest, I wasn't sure either.

Okay, I said I was going to brag about Tim so here goes. Today, he tried that same route and fell a few times. He decided that he's try it again later after climbing a few other routes. I wasn't sure if he was going to, but I hoped he would. He was getting so close! After climbing a few more routes, he decided to go again. This time I was belaying him. Our new climbing buddy, Justin, was earlier. As Tim started the climb, he was hitting every hold nicely. I was quite pleased that he actually listened to my advice about one of the trickier holds on the second step. (A guy who's not afraid to listen to a woman's advice, got to love it!!!) As he was getting over the last step, he started to hesitate. I thought he was going to let go. I yelled "OH NO, YOU CAN DO IT!" He says that's what gave him the final push. I don't know about it, but my heart leaped when I saw his arms pull and legs push and he made it to the straight climb. It was AWESOME to see. I was so excited that he finished it. He wanted to do something he hasn't done yet today, and he did. I couldn't get the clips undone fast enough. I wanted to give a huge hug that he deserved. It was amazing. I understand how he feels when I beat a route that I'm struggling with.


Alright, I could brag more about more he's done, but I'll save it for another blog. I just had to get this one out. I couldn't have been happier to see him finish that route!!!