So It's 4,500.

Well the rocks are over. Praise the Lord. On the third day of rocks training, I was repelling for my friend, Drew, as he practiced belaying. And before I walked off the edge of the 60 ft cliff, I said to him and to Will, our instructor, "Hey, guys, the rope is sort of stuck on a ledge a few feet down the cliff.." and they said "Oh, don't worry about it. It'll work itself out as you go down." So I walked closer towards the edge. Then I looked again at the rope. "Guys, it really is caught on that ledge." "Don't worry about it. Go ahead and start repelling." Trusting them, I walk off the edge. When I'm about 20 ft down the mountain I just stop. My rope is stuck. On what? That ledge. So I sat there, suspended 50 ft off of the ground. After about 5 minutes, someone on the ground had to get the end of the rope out of a bush, and I had to manually pull the rope off of the ledge, so I could go down.

Funny story: the very next day, I was repelling for Drew, again, with Will instructing, again. I'm about 20 ft down the cliff, again, and I come to a swift halt, again. But this time, it was because my hair got stuck in the figure 8 that we use to repel. After about 5 minutes, again, I was able to lower myself down the rope. But this time, I had a handful of hair. And not like an infant sized handful - a large handful of hair all about 8 inches long. I now have a bald spot. But thankfully, the hair on the side of my head covers it up.

But either way. We went back on the river yesterday and the day before. 3 trips a day. Triple dipping. The water was at 4,500 cfs. That is 10 times higher than the first time I went on the river. It is huge. HUGE.

Today was our first day off in almost 2 weeks. It was so nice. My cell group spent the night at the Poremba's cabin, and it was fantastic. I slept until 9 o'clock. It was wonderful. And the bed I slept in was the most comfortable bed I've slept in in years. Later in the day, I went with 6 other girls to Leadville, CO (trivia: Leadville is the highest city in the United States, at an elevation of 10,152 ft). We walked around and went to several different consignment/thrift stores and then to the Melanzana store. I found a pair of almost brand new Salomon's for $15, to use on the river. No big deal.

Annnd that's about all I have to say. No major words. Nothing interesting happens around here. I don't even have any pictures for today. Boring.