I don't think that's possible so it couldn't be murder what do you think?
nah not really. I don't think it is actually murder if it doesnt have a spirit to be honest.
yeah I agree
how are you doing this morning Megan?
I am doing great, despite having a test to study for. How are you?
yuck tests! I am just chilling today. I woke up 20 minutes ago ate break fast and I was like do I want to shower? nahhhhhh
lol same. what are your hobbies?
I love to sit out in the sun at the moment it is really nice and warm in Utah and I missed the sun so much and the warm weather!
Yeah, it is rainy where I am right now, but it's been super nice recently
thats goood does it uasually rain a lot where yo are from?
It rains every once in a while, but it can get really humid
ooh humidity. I like some humidity. Its good for my skin and I dont have to dump lotion on my body every time I take a shower
Yeah but then every time you go outside everything is super sticky and I'd rather be dry
well you are going to Utah pretty soon right? for BYU
Yep, i'm so excited. I got into rock climbing  a few years ago so now I want to go climbing outside because i've only done it a few times
hey did we talk about rock climbing yesterday? I think we did
I don't remember lol
oh what the my last chat didn't send or showing up. Did we talk about how you started to rock climb yesterday or something? well im a very avid rock climber myself and I am so happy to meet another climber on here
nice!! whats the hardest thing you've climbed?
outside or indoor and sport lead climbing or bouldering?
idk anything really
oh hahaha so lead climbing is not top rope. you place all the gear thats like the most popular way
oh I know what it is I just didn't have a specific type of climbing in mind when I was asking
oh hahaha sorry outside I have climbed 5.12a indoor 5.12c-d
thats awesome
lead climbs I love bouldering though thats my thing outside i have climbed V8-9
I've only been outside twice because there's not much climbing where I'm from I'm also not too good at bouldering I've only done V4 and that was indoors
hey v4 thats pretty good
have you been climbing for a while?
2 years off and on. I was out of commission multiple times in that year from injury. like breaking a wrist, breaking and ankle becasuse I fell and a hand hold broke off outsid and my lung collapsed on a nother time but yeah 2 years off and on hahah
wow you got really good pretty fast! did you do other sports before that?
well before that is was just the mission but in high school I played soccer do you know why I think I got good really fast? I am really good at doing pull ups ( not trying to brag) but when I was in high school I used to play A LOT OF call of duty on the xbox and my mom bought a pull up bar around that time
hahahaha
so for some reason I decided to maximum amount of pull ups after every round of Call of Duty at that time I could do 25 ish pull ups
lol that was a good idea
the most I've done now was 42
wow yeah that's more than I can do can you do a muscle-up?
yeah they are super fun
thats like my life goal besides becoming more flexible
MEGAN sorry about all caps i just got way excited. ok so on of the biggest hinderences to my progression right now is flexibility but I hate stretching so much it hurtsssss
me too. I used to do gymnastics but i could never to the splits and then when i started climbing I didn't think I'd have to be flexible sadly I'm super short so sometimes the only way to do things is to be flexible
I know right? my girlfriend can do some climbs that I cant do because she is so flexible hey you should look up a pro female climber named Margo Hayes shes like 5.2 and she is the first climber ever to climb a 5.15 grade she uses her flexibility because she is not long enough
Yeah I've seen her, she's amazing!
yeah she is! I watched Reel Rock last year and she was on it and her journey to climbing that route was so inspiring
and she is super driven which probably helps a lot. also she doesn't really seem to get scared and that is one of my drawbacks sometimes
yeah totally. the mental game is like 80 percent of climbing in my opinion you can psych yourself out and then your body will not listen to you do you remember how I told you I broke my ankle?
yeah
that gave me PTSD because a rock hold broke off and I feel 25 ish feet to my death or so I thought my belayer could not take fast enough and I landed on my ankle I could have died
oh no!! that would've been terrible. I want to climb more outside but then I think of all the things that could happen and it seems scary idk if I would still climb if that happened to me...
well after that during that summer I could not climb outside for the life of me. after I would get past the second bolt my handles and legs would shake because my brain was telling my body "you are going to die" but I kept climbing and now I still have PTSD but not as bad
at least it is getting better
yeah I know right?
it's kind of annoying how our brains can control us so much but I guess they are just trying to protect us because if you think about it climbing can be a stupid sport I just sometimes wish my brain wouldn't know that i'm risking my life
mind over matter is a real thing do you know why I love to rock climb?
no, why?
ok so I love to rock climb because its a solo sport. its just you and the rock wall and if you can't climb to the top you have no one else but you to blame (unless your belyer sucks haha) but I love that part of it. You dont have to depend on anyone to score points or anything like that and if you cant climb that route you just have to get better and stronger and tackle it agian its such a great feeling when you conquer a wall.
that's true I never really thought about it that way. I've never really played any other sports, but that does make sense. it is probably both more and less frustrating knowing that it is only yourself to blame for not sending the route there is nobody else to put the blame onto so once you accept it, all you need to do is try harder
yes exactly! I love that part of climbing. I also love it because I feel hyper focused when I am climbing and its simple but so technical at the same time that its sort of meditating
I know what you mean
who got you in to Climbing Megan? or how did you get in to int?