방선문 Bangseonmoon Bouldering

Christine is trying the highstep

Back to Musucheon (무수천)

I got back on the rocks this weekend! I didn't make it out bouldering on Saturday like I wanted to, but I got out with Darren, Christine, and the climbing gym members on Sunday. One of the folks at the gym, Ju Nam (이주남) was a little upset with me for not mentioning last fall that I was leaving until the last minute. He didn't get a chance to say good bye. He made it up by taking us climbing and then out to dinner. I'm really looking forward to training and climbing lots this year.

Darren showed me a new climb


I tried it


And fell


Darren and Christine just finished a worldwide climbing trip,
so they're rockstars now!

Climbing Gym

I've been spending a lot of my time at the climbing gym lately. Since I work at night, I usually go by myself during the daytime. There's usually no one there except for the owner and maybe one other lady, Hae Mi. She's a math hagwon teacher and can speak English relatively well. She asks me silly English questions and helps me with my Korean. She isn't a very good climber, but really likes it and is a really nice person.

This weekned was a rare treat and I was able to climb with Darren, Elliott, and Ou Jin. Its fun to be able to climb with these guys since they show me new problems and push me a lot. Climbing is a very social sport and this brings back the social aspect of it for me. It's also fun to climb with the good Korean climbers like Ou Jin. He's just a little above my level, so he can really push me. Darren is also improving fast and I think in many ways he's surpassed my bouldering abilities. He and Elliott are always fun to hang around and climb with.

Here's some crappy photos from our little session: