climber_girl

It was an amazing trip! First off, EVERYONE in Quebec speaks French. No one in my group does. Language barrier made communication interesting. Sharing a 6 bedroom, 8 bed, 2 bathroom (1 shower) cabin with 10 other women surprisingly wasn't as bad as I would have thought. Of course it wasn't perfect though. There was one other lady who was as into adventure as I am so we went off on our own most of the time for climbing and such. I did 3 via Ferrata climbs: one in the mountains (absolutely amazing view!!!) and we went across a monkey bridge which is a wire and hung upside down, the second was in a canyon and crossing rapids and waterfalls on multiple monkey bridges, the third we zip lined to the rock and then climbed up next to a waterfall. Via Ferrata is, instead of actually being on a rope, there's two caribiners hooked to your harness and you use those to move along a cable and unclip and clip into different bolts to get across the wall. We also went kayaing which started out as a beautiful day then turned into a big storm but we kept going since the lightning looked far enough away. Went hiking, and spent some time in the city. Went in search of a waterfall and got lost in the woods for awhile but we found it! Just an amazing trip that I wish I could do again. Now I'm back and working on getting back on track with my goals here. I'll give myself a pass for last week since I was more active than normal (and on an adventure vacation) so far doing good but not much progress with the pull ups.

Ok gotcha. I can't wait to start working on getting mine. Yeah that's the one! Looks like so much fun! Wow, you so rock. That sucks leaving Hawaii, hopefully you'll end up somewhere that's just as awesome

Getting ready to leave soon for my trip to Quebec! As for the next week of the challenge I'll be hiking, kayaking, climbing, and more so I'll already be getting all my fitness/activity and more in. Can't wait!

Oh I didn't know that this jump could count towards that... I'll have to check that out! Thanks! Wow jumping during hurricanes, taking it to the next level lol good luck with all that! What's an A license? Is that the sky diving one that says your can jump anywhere? That would be so awesome being able to anywhere in the world. The circus school here it wasn't anchored into the ceiling, swung in large arcs, so... would that be the flying one? The more I talk about it the more I want to go already, so much to do! So many adventures to be had. That would be so awesome to buy your own! If/when you do, I'll be looking forward to pictures on here

Well, both. First I lived an hour north of San Francisco then went to my first college in Los Angeles. Moving to a small town here after that was quite the change too lol. I did go hiking down there, I don't remember where... something like Los Angeles national forest or something along those lines... Mountains are always a great place to be the ocean too, oh how I miss the ocean and mountains. I always pack my own lunch for work. Some people go out, some people just sit at their desk on their computer, I used to stay in the breakroom then my lunch group started to disappear one by one and then finally decided to eat my lunch while working and spend my lunch break walking around outside because I can't stand to be cooped up for too long. This was the first place where there wasn't much socializing going on during lunch lol, but I just find it interesting your coworkers going out. Good luck with trying out the different gyms, and have a great time doing Crossfit!

This challenge sounds so awesome! I've never heard of a Cyr wheel but after watching about a minute of one of your videos it looks so awesome! So you actually perform circus acts? That's so cool. There's a place around here in Cincinnati that has things that you can learn circus stunts or whatever, like the trapeze I think it's called, and stuff. A few people I know went and posted pics on FB and it looked so awesome, I can't wait to try it out sometime. Also...skydiving!!! I'm working on getting into sky diving. I went a few weeks ago (we started out as a group of about 10 and ended up with just 2... wimps) but waited 4 hours for the fog to clear then for the clouds to go away and the clouds weren't going to go away that day :-/ but I'm going to be in Canada for the next week and a half so when I get back, we're trying it again (and some of those people promised to try and be there this time... we'll see lol) How many jumps do you have so far? This is going to be my first time, tandem, and I want to start taking the classes sometime so I can go AFF. You have an exciting challenge, I like it!

It's tough to get back into your schedule/element/groove/etc after a huge change like that. When I moved from Colorado to California a few years it was a major change and at least a week before we found an apartment. This is bringing back so many memories lol I can relate. You'll get back on track soon enough Holy cow though on that $150/month gym membership! At least you're scouting the places first to make sure you make the right choice. The indoor track sounds awesome for the days that weather isn't so agreeable. Way to go for getting back to your daily set and having healthy meals again! Good luck this week! You got it

Way to go for week 1! I also have a goal this week to clean, and it's not easy with how busy life already is. At least I'm not the only one Keep up the work with everything and get to that clarinet this week!

I had a successful first week. I made all my goals and tried a couple harder routes on Lead at my climbing gym. I took a couple falls but eventually made it. One step at a time. Looking forward this next week! Thursday morning I start the 15 hours car ride (9hours Thursday and 6 ish hours Friday) to Quebec! I'll be back the following Saturday so that week will be a little different challenge-wise but I should be even more active than I normally am so I'll see how it goes. Can't wait to spend a week in the woods with about 10 other women going kayaking, hiking, possibly climbing and zip lining, and whatever else we can get into!

Awesome job on the pull ups! You're soaring through this challenge.

Those sound really great! I would love to try Kendo sometime too. As for paleo, I was also going to suggest the 80/20 rule, but Vengefulpear was right on it.

What a weekend you've had! Bummer you're now out of the area but how exciting for a new start in California. It's reasonable to have gotten off track the last few days with everything going on but I'm sure you'll get right back to it soon enough. Good luck with your first day at your job!

Hey, I'm also new to the Assassin's! Good job on your first week, hoping your next few weeks go just as well. I can't do a pull up either, not a single one, and that's actually my main goal for this challenge. They have hangboards at my climbing gym so I work on trying to do pull ups every time I'm there. Crow-stands would be pretty awesome to do, too. Good luck with the rest of your challenge! You've got this

The dancing sounds like so much fun! I'm uncoordinated and tried belly dancing (in the safety of my home without strangers' laughter, of course) but failed. Good luck with getting to the west coast. I used to live in California and loved it. Loved the beach/ocean/everything. Very different from the east (plus people here in the east-ish here say "pop" instead of soda...weird) If you come across any awesome home cooked meals that turn out delicious, feel free to share Good luck with your challenge!

Great goals! I recently got into eating some more fish and it all depends on how it's cooked. When I make it I back it and cover it in a butter/olive oil mixture and then throw a bunch of random seasonings on top. Also started getting those tuna/salmon packets at the store to take to work for lunch, of course not as tasty but still good enough. Are you looking to get into a certain type of martial arts, like karate, jutistu (I'm almost positive I did not spell that right) etc? How is your challenge coming along so far the first week? Good luck!