Dreamed I was on a climb with my friend doug. Suddenly he started climbimg a more difficult route and I followed not understanding why. You know, dream stuff. My friend maureen said the dream was telling me I was not being challenged enough. What do you think?
Your mind does not fully sleep. Dreams are things that come out of that realm, usually because of something on your mind in random fashion. Dreams are in effect unfinished business but not fully real. If they were real then maybe we all could fly.
It all meant nothing, or maybe you see Doug as climbing higher than you in life some way. This might be why you wanted to follow him. A "life goal" meaning like this might explain why you and Doug are friends in the first place.
In my dreams I can fly