My cousin, Morgan, and her new hubby, Nate arrived and we agreed that we couldn’t come to this rock climbing mecca without actually doing some climbing ourselves, so we decided to do a ½ day session. It was great! The instructor took us on three different routes up just one of the many, many areas to climb in the whole Rai Lei area. The first route wasn’t too tough, while the second and third were a bit tougher. It was perfect for me- just the right level where it challenged and pushed me just enough to where I had to do some positive self talk in order to not give up. It also helped to have your ‘cuz and friends down below shouting encouragement up to you. “You got it! Way to go! Right hand higher, there’s a ledge to you left! Yeah wooo hooo!” We all got to belay each other, too. In the end, it was a perfect amount of climbing. If you plan on going to Rai Lei, for sure bring at least some shoes to boulder around a bit.