well now im wondering why is there a climbing form?
you dont like watching climbing. so you must hate reading about climbing. you dont want any more pablicity so why do you have a form talking about it. and what do you even talk about. seriously. every form ive ever seen is there to help people out. what do you need help on here. how to cllimb the rock the right way. and you seem like you dont like showing people what you can do, because you make it seen stupid if i show off, which i dont, so you wouldnt talk about what you did. right?

if you dont want poblicity stop talking about it online.
stop climbing with people or watching videos because its boaring to you
if you dont want to show off then dont talk or climb with anyone.
go out by yourself and climb your rocks

Signature 378. on the petition to make rock climbing an Olympic sport:


Now that's support you can count on.

ha wow this form is stupid

Who sits down to make an internet petition thinking it will ever accomplish anything? Were you planning to e-mail the link to the IOC and then laugh as they had no choice but to acquiesce?

ha wow this form is stupid

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means....

He spelled it correctly one out of two times in the post above yours. Progress.

He also attached a picture of an ugly car. That negates any progress as he is probably at home in diapers playing with his hot wheels.

Does pablicity have anything to do with getting more Pabst? If it does, I fully support climbing getting more pablicity.

Who sits down to write on an internet forum to talk about rock climbing? Were you planning to come and talk about climbing all day

and help other people who climb?

i really dont get this form.

I think there can be some correlations between climbing and snowboarding. Of course, I'd like to see a link to those numbers, and wonder how many of those snowboarders switched from skiing to boarding. Snowboarding was also already growing HUGELY before it became an Olympic sport (1998). I'd like to know the growth of snowboarders in 1997 and see how it compares to 1998.

i really dont get this form.

He also attached a picture of an ugly car. That negates any progress as he is probably at home in diapers playing with his hot wheels.

I'm not sure what I think about climbing becoming an olympic sport, but I do know that it would increase the popularity of climbing right after the Olympics. I did gymnastics all growing up and through college and every 4 years the gyms would always get a huge surge in people coming in to want to learn gymnastics right after the summer olympics. However it would usually go back to the somewhat normal levels after about 6 months to a year.

So my guess would be that if climbing became an olympic sport it would make your local gym a lot more crowded more than your local crag. Of course there would be those that would take to climbing outside too, but all in all I don't think it would be a very noticeable difference.

I do think that it would increase the various climbing gear companies revenue though, which in turn may be a benefit to all of us. Who knows really knows though?

then you would start to see better shoes, chalk, mats, etc.

you would see a increase in people climbing then die down. then you would start to see better shoes, chalk, mats, etc

exactly! its not even the point of watching the olimpics but what will happen over time. you would see a increase in people climbing then die down. then you would start to see better shoes, chalk, mats, etc.