Chinese New Year celebrations have become an annual tradition at Post Oak and this year I once again worked with Mr. Zhou and Emily to plan this anticipated event. Some of the favorite activities are the catered lunch, advisory chopstick relay races, lion dance, and Kahoot. In order to make this event a success, a lot of planning and preparation was involved. I had regular meetings with the Chinese New Year team and we had to coordinate the timing of each event, contact the professional lion dancers, create the Kahoot, etc. One of the most challenging parts and the one that required the most planning was ordering the food, making sure there was enough, and that everyone got what they needed. The extreme planning involved was worth it in the end as everyone enjoyed the event.
Today is the last day of my CAS project. I went to the climbing gym as usual and started with several easier warm-up climbs. I then went to a new V5 climb that I had started yesterday with my sister. This route was newly set last week so there were many people crowding around it. I watched a few people try it from afar and even tried it myself once but there were so many people then that I didn't get a real shot at it. I came alone and really early in the morning so I was very happy to find that the wall was open for me to climb. Because the start of this climb is so high up, I have to prop my right feet on the hold almost at my shoulder height and slowly push upwards and into the wall to straighten my leg without accidentally pushing off the wall. This climb requires a lot of slow and controlled movements and also a lot of trust in your feet for the finish. The sticking point on this climb for me was the big reach from the hold on the far left to the hold on the far right. To get ...

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