Hey there, wandering demigods! I hope you enjoyed the strawberry treats from our last blog. More to come in the future! ^-^ Today, let me show you around every first year's nightmare:  The Climbing Wall!  Yes, that is lava coming out on top and pouring down the wall. Yes, the trainers make you climb it. The sneaky part is when the wall clashes or the earthquakes unexpectedly. So you really have to be careful, prepared, and. . . lucky.

How would you survive? You just try and do. The infirmary is a very long way from the wall too, so try not to get too injured as much as possible. Lots of demigods have burn scars on some part of their body to uh...commemorate the experience.

Still finding the Climbing Wall scary? That's natural, but let me tell you why training here is crucial and how mastering the ascent will benefit you:

1.  Enhanced speed and endurance - no slowpokes here. You have no choice but to move, move, move despite any pain, burns, scrapes, etc. for your dear life.
2.  Hand-foot-eye-basically-everything coordination - your demigod reflexes will be thoroughly honed here. No armor, no weapon.
   Pure survival! ✧・ﾟ: *


3.  Stronger vocal cords - you'll be screaming a lot. If you ever hear faint echoes of screaming carried in the breeze around camp, it's likely campers crying out in victory or in panic...mostly panic.
4.  Survive this, and you'll survive any foe(?) Okay, this is probably not true, but conditioning your body by doing this exercise does help you have very quick reflexes and superb presence of mind. You'd find it easy dodging and escaping monsters...hopefully!

Try not to worry! With practice (and luck!), you'll eventually reach the top unscathed. You're not regular humans after all. You are half-gods! But in this case, the satyrs truthfully are better at climbing this than you. Maybe take tips from them?You will be so overjoyed once you defeat the infamous climbing wall! Think it's a piece of cake? Yes? No? Take the challenge here!
 
Is there someplace in camp you'd like to know more about? Let me know below and let's explore camp together!

Love,
Daphne✿