One Month One World One Year Challenge 2022

Hi all! Trying to catch up on my posts, but will do comments tomorrow. Have a great day/night everyone!

Jan 17 - Rock This Town

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It's the weekend and I was going to spend time working on my rock climbing skills. First place I went was the medium rock wall in the Senbamachi neighborhood. I still hadn't purchased any rock climbing equipment, but the weather was good, and I was feeling well-rested, so I thought I would try it out.

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As I went down the path towards the rock wall, I spied some forest spirits and bowed respectfully to them. And they rewarded me with $100 simoleons, and disappeared. I was feeling good about the climb.

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Before I started, I surveyed the rock wall, plotting my best route up, and then did some stretches.

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This was quite different from climbing on the snow packed medium wall on the mountain. But this was still very good practice.

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Scrambling up to the top, I saw some items I could collect.

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There was also a garden, and I picked up the watering can and watered the plants. Suddenly, more forest spirits greeted me, but this time no gifts were given. Perhaps they somehow knew I already had received a gift from the forest spirits down below. Well, it was nice seeing them there anyway.

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It was quite hot, and I changed into some shorts, and actually climbed down with just my sandals on. Probably not the best thing to do, but I was feeling rather confident from my climb.

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Afterwards, I was ready to head to the rock climbing gym to meet Kado, Kaori and Kiyoshi. And it had started to rain. In fact, it turned into quite a thunderstorm.

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Kado went over some of the hand holds, and actually gave us a demonstration. Kado was really awesome.

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He suggested we start with some warm up exercises. I headed to the weights...

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...and Kiyoshi and Kaori did some push ups.

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And then we programmed in our climbs and began the ascent. Kiyoshi got some more tips from Kado, while Kaori and I started our climb.

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I was trying hard to concentrate on my own rock climbing, but couldn't help but notice how well Kaori was doing on her wall. Kado had been right. She was in excellent physical shape...and I have to say...I was really liking the shape of her, too.

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Kiyoshi was doing an amazing job on the wall, too. He was certainly very fit...probably from snowboarding every day.

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I finished my climb, and then Kado suggested I try an endurance climb.

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We continued to do some practice climbs after that, and then all of a sudden, I heard a "Zap". I felt a jolt from the wall, and the rock wall buckled and I almost flew off!

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Okay, well, maybe I did fall off. That was wild! Of course, everyone came over right away to see if I was okay, and I told them I was. Apparently, the rock wall had short circuited somehow. Kado suggested we all take a break.

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After that bit of excitement, Kiyoshi and I did a hip bump together. Kiyoshi said he was having a great time and thanked me for asking him to join them.

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Kaori had to head out to her Scout meeting, and I kissed her sweetly on the cheek and told her that I would see her tomorrow.

Dylan: "You looked really good up on that wall, Kaori. We're going to make a great team going on that excursion together..."

Kaori looked at me shyly, "I nearly lost my handhold a few times...because...well...I kept glancing over at you...and...wow...your muscles are so...huge!"

I laughed at that. And as she waved good-bye I thought of the sim I had been before I came to Mt. Komorebi. A geek, really, with red hair and glasses, with an aversion to fitness activity. How much had changed.

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One of the great things about this rock climbing gym, was the food prep area, where you could go and fix yourself something to eat. I thought I would make a salad for everyone.

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While I was chopping lettuce, an acquaintance I knew, Don Lothario, come in from outside. Poor guy, it looked like he had been struck by lightning.

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Kiyoshi's father came running over to me then, kind of freaking out about the thunderstorm. Geez! I wasn't quite sure what to do, but then he ran off and started ranting to someone else.

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I sat down beside Kado and ate a ham and cheese sandwich...um...yeah...I ate that after I had eaten two bowls of salad...rock climbing works up an appetite, you know. Anyway, Kado was really pleased with my progress, and thought that with a bit more practice, I would be ready for the excursion. I was feeling pumped!

I went to the restroom and had a nice muscle relaxing soak in the tub. And I noticed that the gym had replaced those candles that I had "borrowed". I was glad they had because they really did add some ambiance to the place.

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After the bath, I dressed and decided to head home. I really felt good about myself and took a selfie. I checked the photo and Dang! Kaori was right! I really did have muscles!

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Rock This Town, is a song by The Stray Cats, 1981.

And Dylan now has the Adrenaline-Seeker Lifestyle.

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