{"id":1507,"date":"2011-10-04T22:34:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T05:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2011-10-04T22:34:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T05:34:54","slug":"our-new-hobby-rock-climbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=1507","title":{"rendered":"Our new hobby: Rock climbing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin and I decided to check out a local rock climbing gym to see what all the fuss was about and soon found ourselves in love with a new sport!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re now members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touchstoneclimbing.com\/\">Touchstone Climbing<\/a> association and so far we&#8217;ve only climbed\/used the gym facilities at the <a href=\"http:\/\/touchstoneclimbing.com\/gw.html\">Great Western Power Company <\/a>site in Oakland (it&#8217;s less than a mile from our house just on the other side of the lake&#8230;we even ran to\/from the gym one day for a workout.\u00a0 Yeah, we&#8217;re hardcore).<\/p>\n<p>About a month ago we took Jessie on a guest pass and had a good time climbing with her&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4245.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1515\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4245-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4245-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4245-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>View from inside the gym, the large gray tower to the left is an old smokestack that measures 150 feet tall<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We decided to start out with some bouldering (climbing a short wall without being attached to any ropes and with a drop mat at the bottom)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1509\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4218-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4218-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4218-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kevin doing some interesting moves<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1508\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4217-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4217-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4217-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jess taking a break to smile for the camera<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1510\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4219-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4219-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4219-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Wouldn&#8217;t you know, me and Jess bought the same rock climbing shoes! Hahah.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4222-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Getting  strapped in! Until we&#8217;re &#8220;pros&#8221; we have to show the staff that we know  how to rope up as both a climber and as the one who is belaying the  climber<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1516\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4248-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4248-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4248-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jessie making her way up the wall (she got a little over half way!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4244.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1514\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4244-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4244-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4244-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Me making my way up. I had a little harder time this day so only made it up about half way (maybe a little less). I think there are good days and bad days when it comes to climbing, just like with every physical activity!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4228.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4228-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1513\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4237-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4237-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4237-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kevin on his way to the top!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4240.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1518\" title=\"Our new hobby\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4240-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4240-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4240-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>He did it! He&#8217;s a total natural.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin and I decided to check out a local rock climbing gym to see what all the fuss was about and soon found ourselves in love with a new sport! We&#8217;re now members of the Touchstone Climbing association and so far we&#8217;ve only climbed\/used the gym facilities at the Great Western Power Company site in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jessie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1519,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}