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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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