Today was the first day of rain during my stay in Auckland. There was supposed to be an acro yoga jam at Greylynn park, but they had to cancel it due to bad weather. Now I'm stranded at my crib trying to pass the time watching netflix and reading books.
Yesterday I took an hour of riding buses and trains to get to the biggest indoor climbing gym in New Zealand, Extreme Edge Panmure. Man I just love climbing gyms! Once you get into doing something that's a very important part of your life, you instantly feel energized and confident. Did some cool top roping with beginners just building my endurance and gave some tips to a local guy which led to him climbing his first local grade 20 route. Felt good about helping someone. Even got to do some acro yoga with a couple that had just started with it!
A tough looking guy listening to music with his red earphones was doing some casual technique training on the lead climbing wall. He had black hair till his wide shoulders and a rather dark skin tone. Went to have a chat with the hero.
Me: "Hey man, you busy training or you wanna do some lead climbing with me?"
Reggie: "Yeä dude, this stäff's gettin' borin' anyway, so mäightaswell do it... (mumbling something about training)"
Me: " Cool man, what's your name?"
Reggie: "I'm Reggie." (Grasps my hand in his huge palm)
Me: "So you've been climbing a long time?"
Reggie: "Yeä, like twenny years dude, and you?"
I tell him about my climbing experience and we chat about climbing for a while. Half of the stuff porridges down to inaudible newzealandish, but I get the part that he's a real tough guy and done a lot of hard core New Zealand rock climbing. I kinda admire the man for his individualistic chilled style and cool cllimbing. We climb together for a couple of hours. He's laughing at my feather like weight and me getting pumped on steep climbs with big jugs. At the end he casually onsights a route on the biggest roof I've seen. Cool guy. Got to admire that skill. I thank him for his company and run to catch the last train to Britomart.
Tomorrow's weather isn't looking any better for paragliding. Think I'll head to Panmure again...
Yesterday I took an hour of riding buses and trains to get to the biggest indoor climbing gym in New Zealand, Extreme Edge Panmure. Man I just love climbing gyms! Once you get into doing something that's a very important part of your life, you instantly feel energized and confident. Did some cool top roping with beginners just building my endurance and gave some tips to a local guy which led to him climbing his first local grade 20 route. Felt good about helping someone. Even got to do some acro yoga with a couple that had just started with it!
A tough looking guy listening to music with his red earphones was doing some casual technique training on the lead climbing wall. He had black hair till his wide shoulders and a rather dark skin tone. Went to have a chat with the hero.
Me: "Hey man, you busy training or you wanna do some lead climbing with me?"
Reggie: "Yeä dude, this stäff's gettin' borin' anyway, so mäightaswell do it... (mumbling something about training)"
Me: " Cool man, what's your name?"
Reggie: "I'm Reggie." (Grasps my hand in his huge palm)
Me: "So you've been climbing a long time?"
Reggie: "Yeä, like twenny years dude, and you?"
I tell him about my climbing experience and we chat about climbing for a while. Half of the stuff porridges down to inaudible newzealandish, but I get the part that he's a real tough guy and done a lot of hard core New Zealand rock climbing. I kinda admire the man for his individualistic chilled style and cool cllimbing. We climb together for a couple of hours. He's laughing at my feather like weight and me getting pumped on steep climbs with big jugs. At the end he casually onsights a route on the biggest roof I've seen. Cool guy. Got to admire that skill. I thank him for his company and run to catch the last train to Britomart.
Tomorrow's weather isn't looking any better for paragliding. Think I'll head to Panmure again...
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