Today was an epic day. It started off with waking up at 7AM to head to Rumbling Bald for the day with some friends. On our way we realized two things: We don’t have a crash pad (used for bouldering) and we have no idea how to get there. We frantically searched for numbers in our phones and called numerous people to get these desperately needed items. Once we got the treasure (crash pad and directions) we drove down the dangerous road of I-40 and other random streets and finally arrived at the top of the mountain an hour and a half later. We parked the car, got our stuff and started to walk.... We walked about 100 steps and realized we don’t know where the bouldering field is exactly, so we picked a random trail and explored. After going off trail and fighting off bushes, spiders and trees we came across the beautiful rock face. We got all our stuff on and then realized we left the crash pad in the car. After the two seconds of freaking out we got over it and climbed. After climbing up the rock and almost dying my dear friend Crista thought she saw a bear. We hear the noises and saw a four legged animal which appeared to be a small cub. While all this crazy stuff was going on I called down to my poor friend squirt and told her that she should probably climb up the rock a little faster...but because Squirt isn’t an experienced climber she started freaking out at the fact that a bear was nearby and also at the possibility that her legs were going to get mauled. Finally, after hyperventilating we realized that the large animal was just a HUGE dog, so we calmed down a bit. Long story short, we climbed for a while and then got rained out. So we hiked back to the car dropped off all the expensive stuff and hiked some more. We got dirty. We got messy. We smelled bad. And we were one with nature. Today was an epic day!
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