Copper Head Snake at Great Falls, VA

On Saturday, I took the family to Great Falls, VA and climbed 3 routes on Romeo's Ladder. At the entrance to the hiking trail, I logged in the "Climber Log."

The kids and Boulder (dog) did a great job hiking through the rock clearing to get to the rock climbing spot.

My husband, Sam did an awesome job anchoring the rope and we spend the afternoon taking turns climbing on Romeo's Ladder!

Here is a view where we were climbing.

As of this week, 8 climbs were accomplished. Eight represents the 8.4 million children trapped in slavery (International Labor Organization).

Last year DC Stop Modern Slavery walk attracted more than 700 participants, spread the word to make this year event much bigger than last year.

We saw a copper head snake off the hiking trail when we were heading back to our car. I love being out in nature!

22 MORE Rock Climbing Routes to go!

Last Friday, I rock climbed 2 routes at New River Gorge, West Virginia. I went out there for a rock climbing festival. I was really hoping to rock climb at least 8 routes during the entire weekend, but due to hiking the wrong routes, areas not safe enough for my kids to hike through (aka cliffs), and making it to a family member's birthday party- I was only able to rock climb on Friday.

The last climb on Friday was tough. Half way up the mountain, I found the only way up was to climb a WET crack. I have to make a fist in the crack to hold myself or pull myself up the mountain. I fell a few times due to lack of foot holds and slipping in the cracks. The injuries were extremely minor- a small skin section of my thumb got scrapped off.

Now, I have a total of 5 climbs accomplished. 5 represents children as young as five-years-old are trafficked and forced into the commercial sex trade. If you live in the DC area, please come out to the DC Stop Modern Slavery walk on September 18, 2010. It will be the largest human trafficking awareness event in DC. For more information go to www.stopmodernslavery.org

Although, I was not able to climb 8 routes during the weekend, I had a great time camping, hiking, and rock climbing with my family. My kids had a great time "fishing" every time we passed by a stream.

Rock climbing 27 Routes for 27 Million SLAVES around the world

For Mother's Day this year, I had the opportunity to sleep in until 8:30am, not have to cook and to go rock climbing at Carderock, Maryland. It was the best Mother's Day for me! I climbed three routes and it was a great warm up for the rest of my summer rock climbing goals and adventures. This summer I will rock climb on Saturdays until I reach my goal of 27 climbs to bring awareness of the 27 million slaves around the world and the DC Stop Modern Slavery walk on Sept 18, 2010.

Each climb represents different facts about modern slavery. My first 2 climbs on Sunday represents 2 million children in the commercial sex trade worldwide (according to UNICEF).

Stay tune for more adventures and human trafficking facts.