Rock Climbing

I'm a person who has an acrophobia; however, I have liked to ride a roller coaster since I was an elementary student. I wonder why I'm not afraid of riding a roller caster. I suggest that putting on a safety seat belt on the roller coaster might make my mind calm and confident. A person who is an acrophobia probably hates to stay any high places. I also feel so scary when I look down from the rooftop of an apartment building or a suspension bridge over a river. There are nothing ways to hold my body. That's why I feel so scary. 

When I went to the Smith Rock State Park, I looked at a group of people whom are climbing a very high rock mountain. They had great skills or techniques to up and down the rocks like a Ninjya and were challenging to climb higher rocks. It looked so scary for me. I suppose that I will have never had a such terrible experience. However, I had an experience to do rock climbing by my friend's recommend five moths ago. It was indoor rock climbing and seemed to interesting for me. It was climbing high walls like a spider-man. There were several stages for climbers, and they were classified some levels depending on climbing skills or techniques. 


My first challenge was, of course, to climb the wall for beginners. Before I climb, I had to put on a harness and tied it into the rope which my friend helps and saves my body: it was exactly a my lifeline during climbing. Then I started to climb the wall. At the first time, I couldn't only think about climbing by the top of the wall. I could climb smoothly on the top, but I became afraid of my high position when I looked down to tell my friend that I was ready to go down. My hands and legs were getting shaken by a little panic, but I could go down the ground because I could make sure the rope tighten. 


As I was climbing walls several times, I could stay on the pieces of rocks for a few seconds without a panic and think about the efficient way to climb up to the top. Staying and thinking on the high points is something new and a refreshing surprise for me. I find a new experience in my life, and the experience opens new feelings or new categories which I haven't ever had. And that's my pleasure.