Go bouldering

“The first time I went bouldering, no one told me how important it was to rest between attempts, and the dopamine I got from climbing was so much stronger than noticing how hard my grip muscles were working in the moment. The next day, my grip muscles were so sore that I literally couldn’t turn a doorknob. Thankfully I didn’t have anywhere to be that day because I couldn’t leave the house!”

“I went bouldering this past Saturday for the first time. It’s been on my bucket list for a while, and I thought it was time to cross it out. [...] However, I’m scared of heights. The higher I climbed, the less I wanted to go up. Even the 13-feet-tall wall feels like standing on an 11-floor patio looking down. It was exciting to be high up there, nevertheless. I picked the red route because it was the easier one, climbed for an hour, and I was sore like I just finished building an IKEA TV stand from scratch.”

“First time I drove home from a climbing gym, I almost had to pull over because my hands were burning so much from holding the steering wheel. Yes it goes away. Considering most people don't hang from their hands in day to day life, most of us will have the exact same experience with climbing at first.”