Climbing, restrictions and joy

Yesterday I was for the first time in my life in a climbing hall - with a small group of people and a very good instructor. After the experience of Bollywood dancing (coordination beyond my abilities), I had success when climbing and Jan, the coach said I had talent and a good feeling for this. That is really me. At the end I´ve even climbed - totally sweaty - a Route 5 (quite challenging for absolute beginners). My hands are still red and rough, but it probably hast to be like that ....
A few times I thought about a scene from The Shack in which Jesus wants to catch a trout and can not catch it. The main character asks him why he does not simply snap his fingers and uses his divine force power to let the trout bounce into his hands. Jesus replied: "Sure, I could do that, but then where would be the fun. It is precisely the restrictions that makes life rich." I found that this is a tremendously exciting idea ...

Originally written by Kerstin Hack on Friday, November 28 2008 @ 09:18

Model

Today a group of tourists Berlin asked me whether they could take a picture of me driving on my Phantom recumbent bicycle. Sure they could. Now I am a model for the photo - nice, although they were much more interested in my vehicle rather than in my person!

Originally written by Kerstin Hack on Saturday, 9th August 2008 @ 20:21