I'm afraid of heights. Mostly I'm unsettled by the freakishly tall escalators we get in Washington, DC, but I'm also a little prone to vertigo on ladders, ultralight airplanes, and just generally being higher off the ground than God intended. However, I can't let that stop me if I want to be like James Bond (he scales a cliff face in "For Your Eyes Only"), so Nick and I decided to hit up the local (using that term loosely) climbing center in Alexandra. It was a great time! It was a little worrying--how much can you really trust a rope--but once I forgot the height it was fantastic! While Nick scuttled about like Spiderman I feel I did a decent job getting to the top of a few climbs. There will be more climbing in the future for sure!
