This week was a slow one for climbing. I wasn’t able to get somebody to go top roping with me but instead I accomplished one of my goals I had previously outlined in my older blog post which you can find here. The goal I finished was doing five pull ups with 45 pounds strapped to my waist. It wasn’t as hard as I originally thought and it didn’t take much time for me to do it. This is fairly common in schooling where learners often are unsure of their own abilities. This leads to them procrastinating and performing under their capabilities. I’ve tried weighted pull ups before but I never integrated it into my training regiment so I had no idea what I was capable of but in the end what I thought would be a difficult task to achieve was quite easy. This is just another example of one of the many great reflections I’ve had thanks to rock climbing and I am forever grateful to the sport for all it’s taught me.