Climbing McMahon - 2014 #

After thinking about it and testing out the movements going down and up a floor, I climbing from my unit’s balcony on the 7th floor in the McMahon dorms to the top floor (11?). Mostly this felt quite safe; there was just one section of three stacked balconies that required stepping out over some exposure (3 floors to the balcony that would catch me). This section required going to a balcony right above the current one, making me step onto the railing, doing a bit of an undercling on the bottom on the upper balcony, and reaching out to grab the steel railing above. Then pulling myself up was easy.

This experience made me feel powerful and capable, even though it was probably in the 5.8 range of difficulty - made a bit easier given my height. It was also cool to surprise some people hanging out on their own balconies : ).

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