the first sport climbing series competition in florida for 2009 was this past weekend. the whole family went on the 4 hour drive down - left at 5 am. ugh!
the gym - x-treme rock climbing miami - was extremely cool. high walls, roof climbing, even a stalagtite.
cassidy was awesome. she climbed in the youth female b category and she WON! this picture is actually from the bouldering competition she won last month, but it's a cool picture of her hanging off a climbing wall.
you can actually watch her climb at the miami gym here. she makes a scary move at the end that looks like she's going to fall - but she just goes for it and holds on, hanging by one hand.
jackson couldn't compete with his arm still in the cast. we go to the orthopedic doc tomorrow to find out if he (a) keeps the current cast, (b) gets a new cast or (c) gets the cast off and starts rehab. obviously, we're hopin' and prayin' for option c.
the team aiguille kids - our gym team from aiguille rock climbing center in longwood, fl - entered 8 of the 10 divisions and won 5 of them, taking 1-2-3 in 2 of them. our kids really, really climbed well, especially for the first competition of the season. we're proud of them all.
coaching rock climbing is way different than coaching soccer. that's for sure!
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It appears that getting up at 5 am was definitely worth it!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Cassidy, all the kids on Team Aiguille and the coaches. The hard work that all of you commit yourselves to is reflected in the standings of the competition. You should all be proud of your accomplishments.
Brett Lawicki