I wasn't sure about it at first because of a mild fear of heights

I also have that fear, never tried rock climbing before, but after reading your post i might try it.
Going on a nationwide adventure to explore is one of my dreams, actually no, not nationwide i would rather go on worldwide adventure :D

Welcome aboard, you might run into some bandwidth problems when posting, if you want some tips how to work around this problem watch my latest post, i talked about this problem
I'm waiting anxiously for your posts