Even while at the 2019 Austin City Limits Music Festival, in between listening to fantastic artists, I was able to contribute to Austin Parks Foundation’s efforts to keep Zilker Park clean. With Austin Parks Foundation’s help, the Austin City Limits Music Festival was able to organize the Rock & Recycle program which incentivized festival-goers to fill large garbage bags with plastic bottles and cans. At the festival, it was hard not to notice the excessive amount of trash and plastic waste that covered the park’s grounds. I have always been extremely conscious about the global issue of single-use plastics and their effects on the environment and thought this was a great way to help out. I was able to fill one whole bag with hundreds of plastic bottles.
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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