This is how we hang in my 'hood

We got the old Cornell Ave gang reunited for an impromptu climbing afternoon up the hill at Remillard Park just to mix it up a little. Slides and swings for me--Slab and hand jams for them.

(Though I tried to chalk up myself a couple of times too!)


After mom warmed up on the slab wall:


she rocked this route while I cheered her on: "Up!!! Up!!! Up!!!"


Mama and Dada think that the routes are easy enough that I can climb soon (now all I need to do is grow big enough for climbing shoes and a harness)! And lest you think Dada was stuck setting ropes and belaying all afternoon, he got on some rock too (though some longer shorts would have been more appropriate):