Climbing rocks
Zombiemambo
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SE++, I am horribly addicted to climbing rocks. Real ones, fake ones, anything that looks vaguely like I could climb on it. It's the most fun I've ever had in my life. It's like a religion to me. Climbing is my therapy. I can't overstate just how much it means to me. I doubt many people share my enthusiasm here, but I'm sure somebody goes every once in awhile?
There's sport climbing:
Trad climbing:
And my favorite, bouldering:
I've been hanging around climbers for about 6 or 7 years now, but only started taking it seriously about 2 years ago. It's fun stuff SE++, you should go try it.
There's sport climbing:
Trad climbing:
And my favorite, bouldering:
I've been hanging around climbers for about 6 or 7 years now, but only started taking it seriously about 2 years ago. It's fun stuff SE++, you should go try it.
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Also you appear to have forgotten aid climbing, free soloing, and the outdoor thread Viv made the other week
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aw dammit
also yeah, I figured I covered the 3 major styles though
That ain't climbin' rocks, son
But it's fuckin' manly as all get out
I live in Colorado
I have no less than 10 climbing places within 2 hours of me
I spend most of my time inside at the gym though, it's way too cold to be out right now
If your climbing buildings made of metal or glass then I guess its not.
Damn, first reply.
You are quick, old man.
well that's not true but it's a huge reason I'm somewhat happy
Haven't been climbing in so long though. =/
I free soloed Mt. Mitchell, which is higher
Step 2: Climb 5.8 or boulder V0, assuming you live in the US
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what on earth does that mean? my gym has a wall that can turn on and those fake rock things will slowly scroll down as you climb up. is that 5.8? I live in MD
Mt. Florida
That's just for exercise
Sport/Trad/Aid/Soloing has a 5. rating system. 5.4 is usually the lowest it gets while still being somewhat vertical, while 5.15 is about as high as it gets, and a handful of people have sent 5.15s. Bouldering uses a V-grade system that starts at 0 and ends at 16.
It's a scale
not only is the quickest way to get in shape as it excercises every muscle in your body and gets your heart rate up but it is also pretty much the most fufilling physical activity there is. hows that sound?
That is a thing you should not try until you are reasonably good at climbing
5.8 is a measurement of the Yosemite Decimal System, which ranks free climbs. 5.8 is easy and any reasonably healthy adult should be able to climb at that level. The hardest free climbs ever done are in the 5.15 range.
V0 is the easiest rank of the Hueco grade scale, used to grade bouldering routes. The Hueco scale goes up to V15
If you head to your local gym and ask someone working there, they should be able to get you started. If you find some friends, you can all get certified to belay and then climb with eachother.
And I don't care that I was beaten like five times
pretty sure Wheel of Life is a V16, but I don't know for sure.
Vermi won't really have to worry about that, though
Eventually would like to work up to doing actual routes instead of just all the holds on the wall; but that would require using the little tiny handholds that I can't even grab hold of, which is terrifying. I keep thinking things like "What if my belayer is absent-minded? Oh God I don't want to die!"
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My friend took a 50 foot fall a few weeks back
He thought he had anchored in at the top, so he hopped off the ledge
nope, not anchored
Sport climbing requires a minimum of 2 people: one to belay and one to climb. You usually just switch off.
What kind of belay device were you using? If it was one of these
you were pretty much 100% safe. If not, you could ask someone to backup belay you