Rock Day!

On Saturday, Bronco, YD Volunteer Greg, and I accompanied four Arlington youth to Mt. Erie in Anacortes, WA where we spent the day climbing up rock faces and rappeling down them. I'd never tried it before, and it turns out that I LOVE ROCK CLIMBING! and apparently, because 11 years of ballet gave me lots of flexibility and dexterity, I'm not too shabby at it either! Hoorah!

One of my students was really discouraged about her ability to make it all of the way to the top, and we kept encouraging her to stick with it. She didn't give up, and a half-hour later, she made it all the way to the top! Watching her overcome fear and uncertainly was definitely my highlight of the day.