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extrasports
Mar 28, 2004, 5:17 PM
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:( What is the longest time you have gone without climbing?
I just experienced 4 long months without..oh the sadness of it all.
Climbed yesterday feel much better. How long has it been for you?
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pullingpleasure
Mar 28, 2004, 5:25 PM
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one time i took a week off to let my fingers regroup...
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mhh35
Mar 28, 2004, 5:31 PM
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It's about 6 months
In and out of the hospital
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extrasports
Mar 28, 2004, 5:36 PM
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wow 6 months in and out of the hospital...was it from a climbing?
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oudinardin
Mar 28, 2004, 5:46 PM
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Are we talkin rock? About a month this year but still on the ice and in the mountains. Plus the 9 hour drive to Moab is not too far. I may be the only person on this site who wishes it was Jan. Ski freaked man. Oud.
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cragmaster
Mar 28, 2004, 5:53 PM
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I once didnt climb for three months. Wouldnt reccommend taking a break for that long unless you have to. It sucked, and Im not going to do that again.
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oafy
Mar 28, 2004, 7:25 PM
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Dude I took almost 9 months off, Went to Yosmite took a bad couple falls, cut my leg open and got infected almost lost it. Anyways these past 9 months have been brutal, cant wait to get back on the rock !
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oudinardin
Mar 28, 2004, 7:34 PM
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In reply to: Dude I took almost 9 months off, Went to Yosmite took a bad couple falls, cut my leg open and got infected almost lost it. Anyways these past 9 months have been brutal, cant wait to get back on the rock !
Damn. Sorry to hear that. It won't be too long. You're sig says it all. Oud
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pawilkes
Mar 28, 2004, 11:10 PM
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i just started climbing after being on crutches with a broken leg for 2 1/2 months. it felt so good to get back climbing even if was just at the gym b/c i don't know if i could do the approach to get to any real rock yet. i climbed pretty well though, just a few grades below where i was
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captianstatic
Mar 28, 2004, 11:17 PM
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climbed indoor for two years in high school, then stopped for my first two years of college. My college opened a gym so I had no excuse to be a couch potato. Getting back everything I lost took at least 8 months. It sucked, wouldn't recommend it.
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petro
Mar 28, 2004, 11:21 PM
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Two weeks of hell watching my buddies climb, and doing some belaying at crags. Felt like a lost puppy watching them do longer routes.
I broke my thumb, but had a brace that would make the best "cast jams", but it took me two weeks to find out that I could still climb, just not as hard.
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mhh35
Mar 28, 2004, 11:36 PM
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It's about 6 months
In and out of the hospital
Not from rock climbing
two operation stomach area
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charley
Mar 29, 2004, 12:31 AM
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:wink:
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chupa
Mar 29, 2004, 12:35 AM
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Climbed for about 6 years full time then took about 3 years off. Climbed another 6 months then took another couple years off. climbed another year then took the last year off. Started climbing again. It'll last a little while then I'll probably take a few more years off. So in the 15 years I've been climbing I've had about 6 of those years off at least. I don't really miss it or anything as I usually have a lot to do and other interests, but I always end up back.
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wonder1978
Mar 29, 2004, 12:40 AM
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I had stopped for almost two years, started again two months ago. I'm struggling to get back in the shape I was, and beyond. But I think I've started again for good this time. I have a much better attittude and approach to the sport than I use to have. It's the most important thing, a positive attitude.
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wallwombat
Mar 29, 2004, 12:52 AM
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I took a few months off once when I impaled my left leg on a metal fence.
I took a few months off once when I broke my right leg and ankle, bouldering.
Im currently taking a few months off due to fracturing my right shoulder, playing (of all things) cricket. Not happy.
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angry
Mar 29, 2004, 3:39 AM
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I usually race bikes full time in the summer. At my level (spray) I can't take time off or I'll get whipped (by my team director and people I'm racing). I usually don't climb May-August.
I figure I can race now, I can climb my whole life.
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reprieve
Mar 29, 2004, 3:48 AM
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hmmm, i think i took like 4 days off once, so i could catch up with school work
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chupa
Mar 29, 2004, 3:52 PM
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Remind me to stay away from you Wombat. You sound a bit too injury prone
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robmcc
Mar 29, 2004, 3:57 PM
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9 years.
Rob
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jammer
Mar 29, 2004, 4:20 PM
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In the Fall of 2002, I had to take a full year off for medical reasons. Last Fall, I was able to climb and decided to do so, only to break my ankle and have a pin put in. I've been a few times in the gym this Spring, but still a little sore.
This year should be a lot of fun!
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bigga
Mar 29, 2004, 4:57 PM
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almost a year, shoulder injuring (climbing), just broke the no-climb fast last friday. Can't beleave how much I suck on the rock now...
Guess its not like riding a bike
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robmcc
Mar 29, 2004, 5:41 PM
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In reply to: Guess its not like riding a bike
But it is. Starting back after 9 years I was soooo frustrated by knowing how to do a certain move and just lacking the physical strength to do it. I used to say that climbing was mostly technique and not strength, but the truth is, it requires both.
Rob
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killclimbz
Mar 29, 2004, 6:10 PM
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I haven't touched rock since November. I did get one day of ice in this season. 56 days of snowboarding so far. If all goes well, I'll be back on the rock in the next two weeks.
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chossmonkey
Mar 29, 2004, 6:13 PM
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Three months, but I think I made up for it by taking a three month road trip the next year.
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oldsalt
Mar 29, 2004, 6:51 PM
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Winter is not a problem in Florida. The problem is that there are no rocks to climb here. I was able to get to crags in Georgia and Tennessee in November, December, February, and March. Welcome, Spring!
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brutusofwyde
Mar 29, 2004, 6:56 PM
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I haven't climbed outdoors since October, and have climbed in the gym only once since then.
Haven't missed it.
Brutus
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jgrierson
Mar 29, 2004, 7:02 PM
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10 very boring and frustrating months due to injury and stupid bloody work commitments!!! Aaaargh!
But was out a couple of weeks ago, which was nice. God I've missed it 8)
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jax
Nov 21, 2005, 5:30 PM
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Five months, after opperation on my wrist. It sucked, a lot.
Worst thing was, having nothing better to do, I still ended up at the local climbing wall watching other people and feeling miserable!
All better now, climbing again after so long was great. I get grumpy if I climb less than twice a week now!
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clmbr121
Nov 21, 2005, 6:05 PM
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About 6 months. I really scared myself on High Exposure and couldn't bring myself to go more than a couple of steps above the ground for a while.
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nola_angie
Nov 22, 2005, 3:41 PM
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I stopped climbing for the last 6 weeks. I've been unemployed, and can't spare the cash for the gas money, or the monthly at the gym. Paycheck is heading my way in another 12 days....
lemmie tell ya, it has been horrible. I hate being unemployed, but I hate not being able to climb even more.
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be_yoda
Nov 22, 2005, 4:48 PM
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6 months.
Decided to move back to the city and start a career- something about hitting thirty and getting a bit anxious. Didn't get a single day climbing in six months-- and realized I'd either have to forget about climbing altogether, or quit my job, and move back to the mountains.
So, I quit my job and moved back to the mountains. Not a tough choice.
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shock
Nov 22, 2005, 5:25 PM
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19 years :)
seriously though about 2 weeks(damn exams)
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greengoblin
Nov 22, 2005, 5:46 PM
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I once took 5 months off due to a broken leg.
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logixsr79
Nov 22, 2005, 11:36 PM
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Well I left Washington State in July of 2001, so about 4 1/2 years :( and definately not by choice, by location and distance to good spots, and lack of enough time to go climb of any frequency, I've probably made it out on the crags about 5 times in this period :( BUT in a week i'll be living in Mesa, Arizona :) good climbing a quick walk away WOOHOO!
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hilltopgoddess
Nov 24, 2005, 3:45 AM
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2 Months.......was in jail........ :lol: j/k
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kachoong
Nov 24, 2005, 4:21 AM
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....a bit more than two years, after my first six years of climbing. I was at a climbing peak just before the break and, since I scuba dived constantly for the first six months, became streamlined like a fish.... lost a lot of strength.... It's taken another four years to get back to where I was.... but life changes.... priorities change.... Can't just climb like I used to be able to do.... the important thing is, no matter what happens, climbing is always there and the enjoyment remains whether it's been six months or six hours....
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blouderk2
Nov 24, 2005, 5:11 AM
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A week at most for me. Then I start going nuts and having crazy climbing withdrawls. The rock consumes me. :lol:
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