it's rappel, not self-rappel, mm k?

i made it out to clear creek canyon today with a new climbing friend, andy. andy is very systematic in his approach to climbing and (patiently) spent half the time correcting my sloppy technique and misused verbal commands. i needed his scolding, er advice. it felt a bit boot camp-ish at times but all very much well worth it. here's an example:

david: "ya got me? im coming down." andy: "it's take! that's the command. by yelling take the belayer should know you are relying on him to bring you down."

we also got into a bit of confusion on off-belay commands. we worked on that too. at the end of the day, we managed five total 5.9s and 5.10+s. i rappeled (not "self-rappeled" since you can technically only rappel solo) four of the routes. i didn't lead anything, but that's what I'm working on next. i now feel fairly confident in my ability to clean and rappel down 5.9s and 5.10-s. slow, steady, onward.