Learn to climb

A couple of weeks ago we went to the Cornell climbing wall for an intro to rock climbing event sponsored by the family of Tim Starr, a kid I grew up with who died in a car accident a few years ago. Tim's sister Allison was a good friend of mine and we looked enough alike when we were small that we were often mistaken for one another. This is the first year I've been able to make the event to remember Tim and encourage a love of adventure and climbing in kids. Both the big boys enjoyed getting hooked up to the harness and trying out the wall. Theo especially took to it and was up for at least 10 minutes, and got a lot higher than these photos indicate. Reed enjoyed the wide open space of the fieldhouse and everyone enjoyed the bounce house. It was especially neat to see other friends from our high school class--Sara E, Sarah M, Hiroko, Gabe, and Elaine--and their kids.