This was sorta brought up ot in the purchases thread.


Who does rock climbing? I've really gotten into it. Is a blast.

Ill post more about it tomorrow when I bring my computer to a wifi spot. Typing on cells sucks.

Talk to me in a few months, maybe I'll have found a place and done it by then.

I used to do it a lot in uni. I need to get back into it. Since I started working I've done less and less exercise and my upper body strength has completely wasted away

I like to go camping (primitive) at a popular rock-climbing destination (Red River Gorge Geological Area in Daniel Boone Nation Forest in Kentucky) but I've yet to do any climbing (other than a few spots that are necessary to get to our destination). I love to watch people climb though & am often envious when doing so. You'd never know it by watching me climb & hike but I'm a bit fearful of heights. My father fell off of a rock there when I was a teenager & almost died (this was very traumatic for me). My driver's education instructor fell there while climbing & is paralyzed (he now teaches from a wheelchair). I think rock-climbing is awesome & I hope that one day my irrational fear turns in to something more manageable so that I can give it a shot but for now that's not the case.

Exactly this. It was cheap at school ($20 for 10 weeks), but the place next to me is way more expensive. It's $62 a month, or $700 for a year.

I'd love to climb outside but it seems that most of the good places are out of my range. Maybe one day I'll take a road trip.

Oh also, I absolutely love bouldering. Less hassle of dealing with ropes

I've only done it a few times, but I really enjoyed it when I did.

Do it happydud style. Just find a wall and run at it.

Sadly, QFBTWIWGTS.

Ya..mb, bouldering is so much fun. Just find a route...state it for a while...try it...fall a dozen times before figuring out out then realizing how stupid you climbed it. Right now I can do most v1, v2s, and some v3s

From what I remember I was pretty comfortable with V3 and could do some V4. V5 were fun to try... if I could get past the starting holds.

I do it occasionally. I've also gone ice climbing a few times.

I'm really much more into mountaineering, backpacking, and hiking. As many of you know, I worked as a backcountry ranger for two seasons (08 and 09).

I've always really wanted to get into it, but it seems.

I don't know, have no good reason not to do it. I just have trouble seeing the, uh, improvisational side? I don't see the appeal of climbing other people's routes, I want to climb things to get places. I probably just don't understand the sport.

I like rappelling off of things though.

I've only done indoor climbing but, here goes.

Just because a route is already laid out for you, it doesn't mean every climber does it in the same way. Some people are tall and can skip challenging holds altogether, others are short and have to do everything, some climbers use their strength to get past an obstacle, others rely more on technique. It's rarely enough to have a preview of the route from the ground, or to see somebody else do it, once you're on the wall itself you can no longer see much beyond your immediate surroundings, you often depend on your belay partner to remind you of a hold that you're completely unable to see. Think of a route as a puzzle in a game that has multiple solutions, you end up thinking quite hard to find the solution that matches your style.

Hey dud, have you seen the Seattle Bouldering Project? I plan to check it out when I move out in a few weeks

And yeah, Detty's right. There's a lot of ways to do single routes, and some people will combine them or restrict themselves to make it more difficult. The sense of self improvement from climbing is also much better than most other forms of fitness in my opinion, because you can very quickly and obviously see your progress. Getting farther on a hard course is much more satisfying than lifting another 5 lbs.

Yea..one of the guys I climb with just climbs so stupid and awkward but hes strong enough to do it that way. I try to climb smarter and save my strength.

It's a different story outdoors too. I've done some climbs and scrambles where we've wondered why the climb was so easy/hard compared to what we expected and afterwards realised we'd deviated from the established route at some point to use a better hold or feature for protection. On top of that, on near vertical rock, you can't get your head that far from the surface to see very far ahead so it can sometimes be very easy to end up pioneering your own way up something

Sports climbing is a bit more prescriptive though.

Haven't been yet, but EVERYONE has been talking about this place.

Lack of pictures is slightly annoying, but that looks awesome.

It only opened on Friday.

How dare you logic me