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.
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