I agreed to go on this adventure because it seem easy to look at on television and pictures so when i was invited by kha i immediately said YES and canceled on my other activities! how can i possibly say no to this?! i received this invitation 3 hours before the meet up and I was yet at my dayhike. in my rush to get to our meeting place i have had not have a chance to prepare my things. the plan was we have to spend the night at Toledo for the GK site's Siga Christmas Party. I only brought with me an extra shirt, and my phone! I was in such a hurry i forgot to bring with me my camera and even my girl stuff!
So we were at Toledo already and despite my current situation i've had a great time with the teenagers there and some of the kids of course. We played games till midnight and we had to stay on the site's guest room. good thing there were blankets that provided for us and a pillows too. i was able to sleep soundly and thus was ready to face the famous rocks of Contabaco!
the day that i have been waiting for has finally came and I was so shocked to see the walls that we were about to climb. It was looking down at me as if taunting me that I couldn't possibly make it to the top. My knees started to shake as i start to think of the height of that damn thing. It's not what i have actually pictured in my head. then those guys who must have been rock climbing since birth conquered those walls effortlessly! didn't even see them sweat! not even a drop! kha and Jared went first of course. kha have been climbing during her college days and jared well rock climbing is his hobby! they were like spiderman on that wall! and then it was my turn! i wanted to ran away but everyone was like it is so easy ching! this huge guy tied me to this rope connected at the top of the wall and then i knew that i couldn't back out now. The first few steps was fine. but as i look down my vision starts to blur out. my senses were of no use anymore! i panicked at the site of the ground below me. i tried to hang on the wall while everyone shouts at me to continue climbing. I got scared! i didnt trust the rope and i knew that i couldn't go anymore further. and so i begged plenty of times for them to just get down. and they were really persistent that i go on! our arguing went on for quite a while until they finally gave up on the thought that i can still finish till the top.
i wanted to make it to the top but i was not ready to conquer my fear of heights just yet. i didn't have much strength either to pull myself up. i have learned that i at least must experience the indoor wall climbing before i have even jumped into rock climbing! it was a suicide. what i learned from this experience is that pictures can be decieving! doesn't mean that just because those climbers were smiling on their pictures that it can be fun for foolish people like me. never again. to spare myself from further embrassment i must not just charge! ^__^
