A Climber's Folly

            Lisa Wilson Strick, writer of So What’s So Bad About Being So-So?, was giving her son and readers advice on how not to stress over perfection. Doing something that gives you pleasure, which does not require you to be the best at it. Eventually if people continue on the path of perfection they may forget about the imperfections in life. I believe this theory might have many points of interest. When I think about rock climbing and/or bouldering; I want to be faster and more technical than anyone else at it.

            I started climbing in my junior year of high school. My friend worked at the climbing gym in my town; He was an amazing climber. He would free-climb the belay ropes up to the ceiling, which is close to 40 feet high. It always got me extremely excited thinking of doing that one day. I spent all of my free time honing my skills, so that I could become better. After a while training was not enough without buying my own climbing shoes. Of course, I could not afford to buy my own shoes, but that did not stop me from going to the sporting goods store to look at them. My mentality was that I would be better if I had my own pair of climbing shoes. After a few years climbing I bought a pair of shoes and always try to get out and climb. I would love to climb all the time, but I would never let it get in the way of life.