Squash

Played my first game of squash today, it's a pretty fun game, you hit, then you dodge the ball and you repeat. Oh and one more thing that's interesting about the game is the aspect of angles (or bouncing the ball off the wall). Fun stuff. Got to get a raquet soon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squash_(sport)

First indoor climbing experience

So I went here http://www.verticalreality.ca/courses.htm as part of a school group. It was pretty good overall, $12 for 2 hrs + $2 for shoes. Didn't get to climb that much, at least I finished climbing the first few easy ones, overall, climbed about 4-5 walls, not too bad I think. Got some sore fingers and a knee scratched in the end but it was cool. It's reeeeaaalllly hard to get a grip on those things.

I just decided to look for some climbing tips and found these:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqFXB3wmZlA
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqFXB3wmZlA
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqgeBpWE-8k
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQPCJTh51A
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuqIJWGA0hA
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bbz8Ne_RoY
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUJKOZ8bA9M
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVarAU2tWqQ
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAWBbrOhZeQ
• http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Tips+for+Indoor+Rock&search_type
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGigb4PPd-k
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wk9rUEw6Qk&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7hrePm3OUs
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vz51stE8R4

TODO:

• stretch the fingers and arms prior to climbing
• Need more finger/forearm power
• rely on my legs more
• stick my stomach to the wall
• do traversing (side-ways) climb

Hopefully I'll improve the next time!

Terry Fox Run 2008

Going here today http://www.sfu.ca/terryfox/, under the pouring rain :D

The run was great, didn't stop a single bit and took me about 35-40 min give and take a few min. awesome!