Hello Seddit, I just wanted to emphasize how important it is to pick a fun date which allows a lot of physicality to help escalate!

Went on a first date to a bar in my town with a girl last week. Really connected, I would occasionally touch her arm, play with her hair, etc as we sat up at the bar and talked. She didn't start reciprocating physical touching until the end of the date but we were really hitting it off conversation-wise so I didn't worry too much. Ended up K-closing by her car as I wished her a safe drive home.
I had recently purchased a slackline because I thought it would be a fun way to hang out with friends, improve my balance, w/e. After getting to know my date at the bar she seemed like the adventurous / outdoorsy type, so after a few txt exchanges the next day I setup a second date to teach her how to slackline in a park by my house. Little did I know what power I had unlocked. Slacklines turn out to be pretty ideal for building trust, escalating kino, and displaying yourself as a fun confident man.

Fast forward to yesterday:
She comes over and I already had my bag packed with all the equipment so we walked right away to the park. Setup the line between two trees I had used the other day which were about 30 feet apart and I demonstrated the basics. I'd only had this thing for a few days but after using it a couple times I could balance on the line, make it half way across most of the time,and on occasion make it all the way from one tree to the other. When it was her turn to try, kino was simply a no brainer. She needed a boost to get on the line the first few times, needed my hand to help her balance, and if she ever fell I was there to catch her in my arms. (Romantic, right?!). After she made it 3 steps on her own (a personal goal of hers) I rewarded her with a kiss, which ended up turning into more of a make-out. So the escalation was clearly working. We traded on and off on the line and a few people strolling in the park even stopped to comment on it and how seemingly good I was at balancing (social proof). For a break, we lied down on a picnic table and looked at the tree canopy above. Our legs were touching and her head fell to my shoulder. We made out one more time after I reached my goal of making it to the other tree.
Was getting dark so packed up our stuff and went back to my place. Not much else to report really. We made & ate some sandwiches, lied in my bed, talked a bit more and I made the move to lay on top of her and kiss her, which turned into an F-close.

Point of the story is women need to feel comfortable around you before being open in the bedroom. There's no better way to make a woman feel comfortable than literally catching her when she falls. Not that slack-lining is the only possibility for a physical and romantic date, but try to pick dates where you can build kino in a fun way!

[TLDR]: Let's get physical, physical; I wanna get physical; Let's get into physical.