How about death of said climber well participating in climbing? I think that one would take the cake.

Well, I can think of at least two more obvious ones.

IMO,the three most powerful causes to stop climbers from climbing would be;

1-Wife/Husband
2-GF/BF
3-Physical/medical issues


there are no 4th or 5th

1-Wife/Husband
2-GF/BF

Such as a new climber reading majid's posts and getting a massively inflated sense of how dangerous the sport actually is.

IMO,the three most powerful causes to stop climbers from climbing would be;

1-Wife/Husband
2-GF/BF
3-Physical/medical issues


there are no 4th or 5th

I would say:

1 - Ran outta beer.
2 - Ran outta Ham Sammies
3 - Ran into Majid at the climbing area.

Just kidding Majid...or am I?!?

JB

Turning 30.

I call bullshit, 30 watch your tongue. Just look at angry hes like 50 pulling down hard. Go angry you old mudder trucker.

2. (for sport climbers) More than 5-7 feet between bolts

Also, while we're on the subject, I have a pet peeve. When you're bolting along a crack, don't skimp on the cost of hardware by just bolting along one side. Some of us are left handed, and having bolts running along both sides makes clipping much easier. I hate having to reach across my body to clip. You would think experienced climbers would have thought of things like this before going out and buying a bolt gun or whatever they use...

As inconceivable as it might be; loss of interest happens also.

Oh, and getting stuck in flatland.

I call bullshit, 30 watch your tongue. Just look at angry hes like 50 pulling down hard. Go angry you old mudder trucker.

Well, let's have a little speculative quiz - what percentage of climbers who start climbing before the age of 20 are still climbing post-30?

I'm guessing way, way south of 50% myself...

IMO,the three most powerful causes to stop climbers from climbing would be;

1-Wife/Husband
2-GF/BF
3-Physical/medical issues


there are no 4th or 5th

Well, let's have a little speculative quiz - what percentage of climbers who start climbing before the age of 20 are still climbing post-30?

I'm guessing way, way south of 50% myself...

On third thought, do you actually climb?

Jay

If angry is 50, that makes me around 100.

Curt

1) The ground.
2) The rope.
3) The summit.

...sobs quietly to himself in the corner...

Its easy to blame husband, boyfriend, physical handicap.... believe me.

But those are just excuses and excuses are like assholes and erveryone has one and they all stink.

If you want to climb? YOU WILL CLIMB.

Blame it on the significant other. But at the end of the day climbers don't stop climbing. That is a simple fact.

I agree, if you want to be lonely. I love to climb but I like my lady friend too. Plus the rock doesn't make pancakes for me and it doesn't bang me (maybe poor word choice).

If I wanted a climbing girlfriend I would've cut my odds by at least 75%. I mean I'm a good looking guy but I don't want to work THAT hard. Plus, I like my barbie.

You are definitely right though. If you want to climb, you will. Dealing with the consequences when you return is another issue.

I had to go to a wedding instead of Rendezvous '09. But I held it over her head until I got three more trips out of it. Crafty, I know.

If you're good to them, they'll let you go..unless you don't see each other very often and then that might make things worse and they will want to be with you more. So you should just go anyways.

You know what, nevermind. After rereading my post I'm dropping her off by the curb. What was I talking about? CAN I SAYZ FAIL? I'm going climbing now.

This strikes to the heart of the matter, not just for majid but for you, me and everyone else.

You're only a climber when you're climbing.

If your climbing (the figurative 'you') is 97% done in the gym, then you're a gym climber. No amount of wanking on the internet will put the wild in 97% gym time. I can't imagine a pure gym climber lasting a decade wanking on plastic.

DMT

Depends on what you mean by 'climbers.'

I'd say the #1 cause for drop out is the realization that the person just doesn't like it.

"Climbing would be great if it weren't for all that climbing."

I think, for any given crop of wouldbe noob climbers? The 10-year drop out rate is WAY above 90%. Now some of that 90% will insist for years afterward, that they are climbers.

But they climb little if nothing at all. Because BEING a climber is more important than 'all that climbing.'

Its easy to blame husband, boyfriend, physical handicap.... believe me.

But those are just excuses and excuses are like assholes and erveryone has one and they all stink.

If you want to climb? YOU WILL CLIMB.

Blame it on the significant other. But at the end of the day climbers don't stop climbing. That is a simple fact.

DMT

...sobs quietly to himself in the corner...

...again sobs quietly in the corner...

..looks with sad puppy eyes...

..mutters pleadingly "wanking won't help?"...

Getting busted for growing marijuana and going to jail, then being on house arrest with nothing else to do but surf the web? Thats #1 reason in my world right now.

Getting busted for growing marijuana and going to jail, then being on house arrest with nothing else to do but surf the web? Thats #1 reason in my world right now.

tell me about it dude.. My "crime" didn't even hurt anyone anyones' FEELINGS ...

Dude, you committed a crime, not a "crime".

Getting busted for growing marijuana and going to jail, then being on house arrest with nothing else to do but surf the web? Thats #1 reason in my world right now.

Damn. One of my friends drove through a store window with a BAC of 0.22, and he only spent one night in jail. Talk about a messed up system.

Getting busted for growing marijuana and going to jail, then being on house arrest with nothing else to do but surf the web? Thats #1 reason in my world right now.

and if you think otherwise i really dont wanna hear what you have to say cause it will just piss me off.

See my reason is having to be at work supervising all the people who got caught growing marijuana, killed somebody, and other unspeakables. Having the badge hinders climbing sometimes.

Austin

Depends on what you mean by 'climbers.'

I'd say the #1 cause for drop out is the realization that the person just doesn't like it.

"Climbing would be great if it weren't for all that climbing."

I think, for any given crop of wouldbe noob climbers? The 10-year drop out rate is WAY above 90%. Now some of that 90% will insist for years afterward, that they are climbers.

But they climb little if nothing at all. Because BEING a climber is more important than 'all that climbing.'

Its easy to blame husband, boyfriend, physical handicap.... believe me.

But those are just excuses and excuses are like assholes and erveryone has one and they all stink.

If you want to climb? YOU WILL CLIMB.

Blame it on the significant other. But at the end of the day climbers don't stop climbing. That is a simple fact.

DMT

Sometimes a prison guard is just a prison guard.

DMT

Thats debatable. A crime, in my opinion, is something that is illegal and immoral all over the world. You couldn't say, "hey i'm going to goto Amsterdam to murder some people. I hear its legal there." Growing a plant is hardly a crime. and if you think otherwise i really dont wanna hear what you have to say cause it will just piss me off.

haha they dont care. If your in orange your evil in their book.

I bet that badge really gets in the way of their rappelling and rescue practice...