Thread: Rock Climbing

Did a search and didnt find any threads about this subject and wanted to start one up.

I was just wondering who here likes to climb. It is one of my obsessions and i love being outdoors in general.
Any kind counts for this topic... bouldering, sport, trad, etc...

I mainly boulder but when i can find the time to go somewhere good like the New River Gorge in West Virginia i will take all my climbing sport and trad climbing gear. When i cant get to the outdoors I go to the climbing gym. Usually two - three times a week. I hope to get settled down somewhere close to amazing climbing but for now, the gym will do.

My favorite bouldering locations are Rock Town, Georgia and Boone, North Caroline (Grandmother Mountain)

Also feel free to post any pics of climbing.

I enjoy climbing as well, although it's pretty flat here and there's not a whole lot of fun natural stuff to climb on. fortunately, I grew up near the tallest indoor climbing gym in the world and had some pretty fun times there. (of the top of my head, I think their tallest indoor route was 118 feet and a brisk 5.6 or so) haven't been in several years, though.

I like doing the indoor stuff, but I'm not too much for outdoor climbing. I'll gladly jump it all on a dirtbike however. Go figure...

In my younger days I did a lot of cave exploring. Its not rock climbing but you use a lot of the same techniques and in some circumstances depending on how you look at it I guess it is rock climbing.

tbs-> hey, as far as i'm concerned, spelunking is exactly the same, only darker and wetter

I have been taking it easy this year because of an ankle sprain, but if you are ever in the Phoenix area give me a shout, I have extra shoes harnesses etc. sport/trad mostly and hardly indoors, I'm to cheap for that. I'm rockclimber057 @ rockclimbing.com

I never got to do any rock climbing but I climbed many a column in my younger days. I am in the three pix on the left hand side and I took the ones I am not in back when I used to work for a living.

Boy Jimmy it makes my balls tingle just looking at the pics

Don

Jeeze Jimmy! I suppose you'd get used to it after a little while, but I'd be a nervous mess those first few weeks!

Dude, lip areas are so tough. My forearms aren't to the point where I can do the lip and keep going. Once I get over it, my body goes "ok, we're done, screw you man".

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

Once I get over it, my body goes "ok, we're done, screw you man".

Yea that sounds like my body.

Jimmy, I love heights but that is a whole different ball game. Walking up an I beam would be fun, but with no fall protection i would have to think twice, or maybe thrice