My friend and I went back to the Castle today – the first time since our 1-day intro course. It was good to practice tying the double figure of 8 knot, tying in climbing, belaying. I successfully completed a few 3, 3+, 4, 4+ routes, tired a 5 and 5+, and by the end I was completely out of juice. My friend managed to complete a 5+ – whoa!!

By the end of the session, I felt much more confident of tying in, and with climbing as well. Need to keep it up to get muscle memory and not to forget how to do it. We were just saying how funny that her and I are back here, when we used to go climbing together as a group of friends so many years ago – AJ and I, her and her husband, and our friend LV – all of us from the same bank.