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stevematthys
Oct 28, 2002, 10:00 PM
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petsfed, if you like crack climbing get into trad.
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petsfed
Oct 28, 2002, 10:17 PM
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Oh sorry, did I not mention, I only lead trad. None of that sport stuff for me. Since I don't have a car, I'm just left with walking to the gym and pulling plastic, so I don't get better at what I enjoy the most.
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Oct 28, 2002, 10:45 PM
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I totally find it harder indoors than outdoors. I think that the reason is because when your outside there could be a couple of 5.11 moves in a 5.10 climb, so therefor it gets rated a 5.11. Whereas in the gyms every single move on the route is a 5.11 move. Whatever, outdoors is where it's at!
Keep Crankin' and Extendin' JH
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meataxe
Oct 29, 2002, 12:03 AM
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Would you consider bouldering (on real rock) a good transition to outdoors?
You get to feel how real rock feels and what it's like to look for holds (ones that aren't already plastered with chalk). I've found local limestone shreds the hands a lot quicker than plastic holds.
Also, you don't need all the equipment that you need to buy when starting sport climbing.
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jonlatner
Oct 29, 2002, 9:31 PM
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It is true that you don't need all that extra equipment (a pair of shoes, chalk bag, and some cojones is all you really need to boulder), but bouldering and climbing are almost as different as indoor v. outdoor.
The fact is that if you want to boulder go out and boulder (its fun and scary as hell) but if you want to climb you might want to tag along with a friend who has the equipment. Its not as if bouldering will hinder your ability to climb higher grades or to even get a taste of climbing routes (in fact the opposite is probably true), rather bouldering will allow you to become a better boulderer quicker than a better climber. Is that a bad thing? Each individual has to make their own decision.
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shortstuff
Oct 30, 2002, 12:25 AM
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I just started outdoors a couple months ago, and I found that it was way more fun than inside. I never liked bouldering at the gym, but I can't get enough of it outside. I also found that I got better indoors after I started outdoors - maybe it's just because climbing suddenly got more exciting.
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djmicro
Oct 30, 2002, 6:10 AM
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The big thing is that outdoor you have more variety in grips wheras in indoor there are only a certain set of grips wich you learn to know and trust.
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high_times
Oct 31, 2002, 3:20 AM
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Dude...indoors are great for training and crap weather...but if the weather is right and the muscles aren't tight...outdoor is the only way to go.
Come on...climb on plastic or climb on rock...
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