Sorry you haven't heard from me in the past few days, but it's because I had a great weekend. I finally did some outdoor rock climbing on Saturday at the Salisbury Crags.
The scouting I did last week paid off, because I was able to find a place to meet my friend, Tom, for a hike. Tom is also visiting the University from the states. At the end of the hike, we ended up at a rock that was perfect for bouldering.
This was the first time I ever climbed outdoors. It's remarkably similar to climbing at the gym - maybe a little easier since your not restricted to only grabbing holds with a certain color. All I know is... it felt GREAT!
...it felt so great, in fact, that I went back again on Sunday and climbed the entire south-face of one rock.
After having climbed outdoors, I now can more fully understand some of the moves at the gym - and why people need to practice them. In the picture above, I got to employ one of my favorite techniques - and I made an *awesome* face too.
I plan on going climbing again very soon - but I'm spending next weekend in Prague with Chris and Cody (some buddies from work). I'm really looking forward to it, and my advisor, Dr. Regli, is coming to Edinburgh for a few days when I get back next week. So, rest assured, there will be some great blog posts after next week.
I gave a talk to some of the people doing similar research at University of Edinburgh today. I'll have a post later this week with some photos from the building, and possibly even a video of a parade that went down the royal mile this weekend past.
Miss you all!
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