Climbing & Caving, Monday Period 3

[firstofitskind]

Liam had handwavily informed the students to meet at the causeway today, and to dress in gear appropriate for hiking.

There was a portal waiting for them, and once everyone had stepped through to the other side, they'd find themselves at the base of a granite mountain.

"Welcome to Squamish, British Columbia," Liam said. "This mountain here is the Stawamus Chief, or just The Chief. We're not climbing the mountain today, although depending on how this goes, we may come back to do that. Instead, we're going to continue on from last week and tackle some of the boulders here at the base of the mountain."

"In bouldering, climbs are rated on a scaled starting from V0 and currently going all the way to V17. Here in Squamish, there's a little bit of everything, from V0s and 1s all the way up to 14."

He gestured to the pile of chalk bags and crash mats that he'd assembled and brought through ahead of time. "Grab some chalk, and lay some mats out if you think you'll need them, and get to climbing."

[ooc: content of video links are worksafe, but some lyrics to the music in the second one aren't so much.]

All Things Beach- Monday- 1st period

[throughaphase]

It was definitely a Danger Shop day today, and today it looked a lot like Hawaii, complete with a surfer boy type standing there, smiling and waving at the class when they came in.

"Today we're going to learn surfing," Kitty told them. "If you know nothing about it, you get a board, you paddle out, and then you stand up and ride the waves and don't fall down."

"There's more to it than that-" the surfer boy started.

"It's a sport that started with the ancient Polynesians, and modern surfing sprang off from that, getting really popular in places like Hawaii and California and Australia in the 50's and 60's," she went on. "I could go onto a whole thing about the history, but it's summer and I don't have my brain turned on so you're just going to listen to this nice guy over here and then try it on your own."

Library, Monday

[intotheout]

As Tip reshelved books today, she noticed that several of them had new, translucent dust jackets on them. Most of them were rainbow patterned, but several had pink stripes or were blue, pink, and white. There were probably a dozen or more other patterns scattered throughout, some only showing up once or twice.

She grabbed a few of the newly covered books that caught her eye, bringing them back to the circulation desk to read when she was done cleaning up the shelves. She picked up one with both the rainbow and a grey-scale-with-purple pattern first, and soon found herself thoroughly engrossed.

Romance that mostly amounted to cuddling. She could totally get behind that. . . .

[open!]

Doing As You Like For Fun and Entertainment (And Sailing), Monday

[doesnotkneel]

The Edward that came wandering out of the Jackdaw's main cabin, some five minutes after class was meant to start, did not look like he was terribly awake.

"I need you to raise the sails," he said, "And, er, tell me a method by which you wish to pursue your goals."

Beat.

"But also the sails. Grim'll help."