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Demo Finnigan-Thomas (curiosidemo) wrote in 20somethings,

"Oh, it'll be fine, just a new thing to try out," he said and shrugged. It wasn't the height that was really bothering him and he was getting used to the harness as time passed.

All kitted up with a harness, helmet and safety line Demo nodded to the instructor that he was ready to go and tossed a wink over at Cassandra on a whim, took a breath that he puffed back out and started to climb the route that had been pointed out to him. It wasn't easy per se but because he'd done the bouldering first he had a better idea of how to hold his weight and how the different types of holds worked. There was a bit of an outcropping to negotiate and it felt weird to hold his weight like that so it took him several extra seconds to work out his next move. Every now and then the instructor would call out encouragement or advice, helping him spot smaller holds or find foot placements that got a bit lost in the sea of multicoloured bits of plastic screwed to the wall.

And all of a sudden he hit the top and the difficulty in getting there, and it had been a challenge to his newly minted climbing muscles in places, the difficulty faded away with the euphoria of reaching a new goal. He whooped in delight. In the rush it took him several long seconds to process the instructions for coming back down the wall and he was definitely a little unsure of his bounce strength as he did so. But once he was unhooked he bounded over to Cass and grinned widely at her and giving her a brief hug, and a spontaneous smacking kiss to her cheek. "Such a rush," he enthused.