Last Day Of Class

A while back I told you Ben has been in a climbing wall class for the past several weeks. Well, tonight was the last day of the class. As I mentioned before this was the 3rd time he's taken the class, and this latest session was his best. Not only did he routinely climb to the top of the "kid walls," but he also tackled some more difficult "adult walls" as well. I was especially proud of him today. For the past few weeks he has been trying to climb one of the "adult walls" (it's the first photo below.) Before today he could never get more than half way up before he would get stuck. In fact, last week he had his first "slip" trying to climb this wall. He slipped off a rock and came off the wall (don't worry...that's what the rope is for.) Anyway, bless his heart he kept working on it every day in class. Then finally today he got past the troublesome spot and climbed all the way to the top and rang the bell. Everybody in class cheered for him. He was pretty excited. Of course what the kids enjoy most in the class are "swinging." They like to climb about half way up the wall and then just jump off. Then they just swing around and pretend they're flying. Ben is starting to have a bit of a passion for the climbing wall. The teacher was pretty impressed with Ben's skills, and he invited Ben to drop in anytime for a quick climb. Maybe someday we should try rock climbing for real.
By the way, here is Ben's first climbing class, back in 2008. And here is his second in 2009.