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Day 22 - 200 friggin feet off the ground

For our second day in Vienna, we took it pretty easy. We just climbed 200 figgin feet off the ground  at a gym called Kletterhalle Wien. That's pretty much it.


Both of us have been climbing for a while now, but we're used to climbing like 12 feet in the air. We walked in, completely intimidated by the size of the walls. Aaron guessed it was around 200 feet. Pretty close. 60 meters. We only climbed easy stuff, but we were totally pumped. After 3 routes, Aaron couldn't really close his hands anymore. Also, most people were lead climbing. It's a different kind of rope climbing than we're used to. Kaylea's certified, but Aaron's only done it once or twice. We stuck to the little top rope we could find. It was a little disappointing that the climbs were so difficult, but that doesn't cross your mind when you're 200 feet in the air. All you can think when you're that high is "I'd really like to finish this route so I can come down."  

On top of that, the gym seemed to be pumping out prodigy climbers. There were kids everywhere, and these kids were amazing climbers. Some of them were wearing blindfolds while climbing. Did we mention that they were 200 feet in the air? These kids were ridiculous. It was unnerving to watch a 12 year old girl dangle from a rope 90 feet above a concrete floor, completely relaxed. These kids put us to shame.

We left feeling a little defeated. Aaron had to remind Kaylea that while it's true that we didn't lead climb, and the easiest stuff was incredibly difficult, we successfully climbed 200 friggin feet off the friggin ground! 

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