Day 1 CWI Training Course
Location - Boulder UK
Time: 0930
Snack Time 1000
Anyways this was my time to shine with my CWI (climbing wall award) training weekend, a bouldering day and a climbing day, oh what fun we have in the outdoors.
5am start as usual and a little bit of yoga and meditation before the day started and that 1hr journey to Preston to meet the guys up for a fun and interesting and also inspiring weekend.
We meet up with Ian the course leader for our weekend, my goodness, he talks far too much before a 0930 start I processed more information in that half hour than in my life.
Back to reality and some of us being new to building, paperwork is always a downfall to fill in but its needed especially in this industry of outdoor adventure land. After all was filled out it was time for a little tour.
Information was given and taken from us all as one big group, which is always a good thing as advice turned into more advice comes well with the job role.
After being eiger to get on the wall, we warmed up with a few games and little stretches
Yes this is the outdoors and how we stretch, we play games and try weird stuff
# remember to always stretch
Dan showing us how to move every part of our body in the shape of a firgue of 8 which was hilarious to watch 😄
After a hour on the wall, strength was taking its toll on certain routes and my mind was in a world of it's own, focusing on which move to take, then it hit me, a shot of electricity ran from my brain to the front of my head, I knew was this meant .....
The brain works with the waves and when the electricity is interrupted then the consequences will follow ..... it was a difficult environment with kids running round and multiple people floating up and above, it was the most scariest moment of my life but with the support and help from Dan and Ian, we rolled through the routine and after 20 mins back to normal, well define normal nobody is normal but I was back to my usual self.
With the noice canceling headphones on to help with noise I carried on with little strength I had because having seizures makes me little tired but I learnt more about different routes and different holds which was a good way to end the day.
# watching dan with this narley route
Day 2 CWI Training Course
Location - Westview Climbing & Leisure
Time: 0930
Snack Time 1000
With 1 day down it was time for the real stuff a bit of rope work and lead climbing stuff
It was a smashing day to start off with learning new ways on how to belay someone using #bunnyearmethod as I like to call it but it's basically up to a 4 way system of walking back when the climber is going up and walking forward when there coming down, it was narley
Anyways carrying on with the day and revisiting the top rope climbs along with lead was a great opportunity to work in different ways and show our course lead on how the system works within us all
This chimney was a beast to smash especially on a ghost lead rope connection system .......
A bit of ghost leading again as full leads was a little tricky with grades a little out of reach for our liking
Grades of the wall became real too but smashing our way through it and just when things began to become real, my brain became one with the electricity and formed it's way into my second seizure of the month
Dont get me wrong I dont mind them being close together as that would be it for the month but it still scares me as I wish not to scare people ...... Anyways all dealt with and cogs back turning, I observed the last little session with George pumping a grade 6a lead with Keaton belaying and then vis versa
I could not thank Ian (course lead) enough for putting us through the most amazing experience ever and Dan smashing his way through with the support
Another adventure over and as we creep up to christmas and new year I take a step back possibly take a new side of myself to 2020 as personal is now affecting reality and I need to see through of the path I am willing to take for the new year ahead,
The adventures with University will continue and a few personal days thrown in, it's just nice every year to step back and think about the future especially with the conditions I suffer from its alot to process so thinking in advance is always a good opportunity to look at the future ahead
As I say every time keep following your desire to be who you want and dont let anyone stop you being that positive person but take the opportunity to find the right path within your limits and also remember (your perfect, your amazing, your beautiful and you were born to be who you are today as a person)
