Well, I finally got use of my climbing gear and it was worth it. Melanie, Nick and I headed off to Hospital Flats to climb. It was such a beautiful day. Bright blue sky and sun...fabulous. It was Melanie's first time climbing outside. We stuck to pretty easy stuff. Our first climb was a 5.7 approximately called Wasted on the Wing. It was a nice first climb...up a crack line. I went up a face instead, I think a 5.9. Then we climbed another 5.7 face climb and finished off with an amazing corner climb (5.8). As some of you know, corners are always my favourite. Melanie had quite a time. I taught her how to belay, which will be good on the rest of the trip. She also is having trouble overcoming the fear at the top of the climb. She doesn't really want to let go of the rock. I know that feeling. I remember my first outdoor climb (Slow Poke) and down climbing the entire thing, much to the annoyance of Mike, Evan and Kyle. Anyways, at the crag we met a very nice couple from the UK who gave us a ride back into Wanaka. Nicki was super nice. We were talking about food and the subject of Tim Tams came up (a type of cookie). Nicki told us about this way to eat them with Milo (kinda like
hot chocolate). It's excellent, the cookie turns momentarily into a straw before it melts from the inside out, so you have to shove it into your mouth really fast. It is amazing. As Nick says 'it's like having a little heater inside your cookie'. Oh, I also forgot, two nights ago Mel and I started teaching people to play spoons. We had quite a game going. I won the first game, Nick won the second. At one point one spoon got bent right in half because of a fight. Mel also ended up on the floor chasing after a spoon. We are trying to spread the game around the world, one hostel at a time. Anyways, today is really rainy in Wanaka, so we are doing a lot of catching up on things and head to Queenstown tomorrow which should be good. Take care everybody!
Well, I finally got use of my climbing gear and it was worth it. Melanie, Nick and I headed off to Hospital Flats to climb. It was such a beautiful day. Bright blue sky and sun...fabulous. It was Melanie's first time climbing outside. We stuck to pretty easy stuff. Our first climb was a 5.7 approximately called Wasted on the Wing. It was a nice first climb...up a crack line. I went up a face instead, I think a 5.9. Then we climbed another 5.7 face climb and finished off with an amazing corner climb (5.8). As some of you know, corners are always my favourite. Melanie had quite a time. I taught her how to belay, which will be good on the rest of the trip. She also is having trouble overcoming the fear at the top of the climb. She doesn't really want to let go of the rock. I know that feeling. I remember my first outdoor climb (Slow Poke) and down climbing the entire thing, much to the annoyance of Mike, Evan and Kyle. Anyways, at the crag we met a very nice couple from the UK who gave us a ride back into Wanaka. Nicki was super nice. We were talking about food and the subject of Tim Tams came up (a type of cookie). Nicki told us about this way to eat them with Milo (kinda like 
hot chocolate). It's excellent, the cookie turns momentarily into a straw before it melts from the inside out, so you have to shove it into your mouth really fast. It is amazing. As Nick says 'it's like having a little heater inside your cookie'. Oh, I also forgot, two nights ago Mel and I started teaching people to play spoons. We had quite a game going. I won the first game, Nick won the second. At one point one spoon got bent right in half because of a fight. Mel also ended up on the floor chasing after a spoon. We are trying to spread the game around the world, one hostel at a time. Anyways, today is really rainy in Wanaka, so we are doing a lot of catching up on things and head to Queenstown tomorrow which should be good. Take care everybody!
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