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I watched as my 8-year-old girls slid into their climbing harnesses and started the short walk to Holiday Valley’s Climbing Forest—home to climbing challenges of varying difficulty.
As we entered the forest, the twins and their younger cousin were greeted by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable college-aged instructor who was tasked with not only showing folks how to climb safely, but also to encourage them to push beyond their fear and “get a little higher each time.”
He asked who wanted to go first. Isabel raised her hand. He hooked her harness to the safety cable and, with the other two yahoos watching, had her climb about 8 feet off the ground.