The next few posts on my blog are going to be quite photo heavy. I’m about to bombard you with pictures from my trip back home to Newfoundland.

Let’s dive right on in b’ys! The first day that I was home I didn’t do too much besides hang out with family, especially my little nephews. That night I got a text from one of my climbing buddies asking me to go outdoor climbing with them by the Manuel’s River. I had never been there before, so I decided to go out for a climb!

I’m not one for outdoor climbing. I don’t have any certification to set up lead or anchors. But I’ll gladly top rope. So that’s exactly what I did.

Lori, me and Kerry getting ready to hike in.

We hiked in the trail about 30 minutes or so, along this muddy, overflown trail. I borrowed some shoes from Lori ;) since I didn’t bring any hikers home. Thanks buddy

This was Lori’s second climb of the day and I wanted to belay her on lead. Chalking up to top rope.

High fives throughout the day for the awesome climbing day!

I went up after Lori lead the climb and set the anchors. It was my first time ‘cleaning’ the route, which meant taking off all the quick draws so you’re only left with an anchor at the top for top roping.

Tyin’ in and making faces.

 Sweet moses. It’s been YEARS since I climbed outside. Over 8…

Here we go, cleaning the route:

Apparently it was only a 5.6 but I made it much more difficult, haha.

Scared here.

Almost to the top. 60 feet.

Hellooooo up there!  All the gear safe back on my harness.

I climbed twice more (or maybe just once?) after that climb. One was a 5.9 which I really liked because sections of it were difficult, and others were quite nice and ‘easy’.

Someone brought a dog. I’m obsessed with dogs.

So that’s that! An outdoor climbing adventure a few days before Canada Day. Such a fun (and scary) time. Tomorrow I’ll be back with more photos from my vacation.