Blog Post #1 Part 2: My favourite hobbies outside of school

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Jan. 13th 2025

Skiing

A little bit about me! Outside of school I really enjoy skiing! I grew up skiing in Banff and Castle Mountain and have skied since I was in grade 2. When I moved to Vancouver Island I skied Mount Washington and once I finished high school I worked a ski season up there as a lifty! I love skiing so much that being close to a ski hill actually played a huge part in why I chose to attend College of The Rockies. I am so grateful that I am able to get an education and ski between or after class!! It doesn’t get much better than that!

Climbing

I have recently gotten into indoor climbing! I just started this in September and have LOVED every minute of it. I personally struggle to try new things and be challenged and push myself to keep getting better despite failing, but these past couple months getting into climbing, this has really pushed me to be okay with failing and pushing my limits and comfort zone. I HATE heights, so that is the biggest obstacle I have faced. Another obstacle is that I do not have much upper body strength; therefore, it has taken quite a lot of time to build up those muscles. However despite these challenges, I have felt like I have improved and overcome these struggles. I love the technique and strategy that climbing requires. Growing up I mostly participated in higher speed sports, like skiing and volleyball, so learning a new sport where it takes more strategy and slower more technical moves has been a whole new learning curve which I have really enjoyed!

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