 You just got to get started it can be like really daunting just the thought of I'm gonna climb this 80-foot rock cliff but once you do it you're like this this is this is riveting there's something unique about being on Okinawa the culture of the units they are very tight in it someone said hey master guns you we do rock climbing here would you want to try rock climbing this absolutely sure I kind of wrote it off for a while as not being an option because I have kids and they'll probably get underneath me or it would be unsafe but it hasn't been so I learned rock climbing indoor setting it was introduced to me by my brother but I just I learned about it from a group of Marines that's how I really got good at climbing like the technique wise I learned from other Marines just kind of showed me the ropes for say some of the best times that I've had in Okinawa are always being outside whether it's cycling swimming seeing waterfalls or rock climbing it's absolutely gorgeous here here is probably like one of the few places where you can actually get good rock climbing in right next to the coastline I couldn't help but come back to rock climbing when I got here you know like I found a group and just immediately I was just like I'm back home you know that's what it felt like and when you're on the wall it just forces you to kind of focus you know on the wall it's beautiful the view is beautiful even when you're almost to the top or even at the halfway point you're like there's no there's no turning back now so you just keep going you don't have to buy a ton of gear right off the bat to get started you can start off with bouldering see if you enjoy the sport you will meet a lot of people by doing that and then if you want to learn more you can you can go from there there's a lot of experienced climbers that are really excited to grow the community it's definitely not hard to get started it's a pretty COVID friendly thing to do out here in Okinawa so I'm super grateful that I found myself here at 3Meg and that's what that's what we do at 3Meg