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enigma
Mar 3, 2011, 11:57 PM
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Initially Climbing for me had been another recreational sport in lieu of crew, weights, and other sports
However it hasn't been for me just turning into a butterfly from a caterpillar, its had many twists and turns.
Noticing along the way others who climb still even after they have been injured, don't give it up.
There's some inner force driving us to climb, wanting to play the game dare.
Whos's more invincible? , who takes the greatest risks? who gets back up after shattered and hurt?
What has been your metamorphosis? Have you noticed its change in you?
Starting as a beginner climber and progressing along similar routes like snowboarding or not?
Share your thoughts on your climbing metamorphosis from when you started until now,.
How has climbing changed you internally aside from the obvious sport?
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caughtinside
Mar 4, 2011, 12:26 AM
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well, I pretty much don't have any friends who don't climb anymore.
Then I looked around at my friends who climbed, and realized they aren't my friends at all, but a bunch of guys who are trying to kill me.
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wonderwoman
Mar 4, 2011, 3:24 AM
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One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug.
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wonderwoman
Mar 4, 2011, 3:50 AM
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TheRucat wrote: wonderwoman wrote: One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug.Haha I was thinking the same thing.
In my world, it would be a giant, red, Gunks millipede.
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jacques
Mar 4, 2011, 3:55 AM
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A book change how I practice climbing, I never did it like a recreational sport, never risk my life voluntary and have been hurt once seriously. The book is premier de cordee, frison roche. It is wrote in french. The author described the cliff, but also the social relation between people and mountain. It is the story of an accident where the guide died and the other loose part of his feet. The second part is why they came back to climb, how important are friends and how they train to avoid accident and have fun. I didn't make a metamorphosis, but I fly a lot of time.
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milesenoell
Mar 4, 2011, 5:51 AM
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winner!
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enigma
Mar 4, 2011, 7:34 AM
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That was a wonderful post, thanks for sharing.
So is that story completely true?
Did you climb as a child?
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blueeyedclimber
Mar 4, 2011, 1:09 PM
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enigma wrote: That was a wonderful post, thanks for sharing. So is that story completely true? Did you climb as a child?
The climbing years are figurative, not literal. The first sentence sets the scene in 2002, when I was 30. I was merely relating a climber's behaviors to a person growing up. Try and keep up will you? 
Josh
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Mar 4, 2011, 3:14 PM
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enigma wrote: Initially Climbing for me had been another recreational sport in lieu of crew, weights, and other sports However it hasn't been for me just turning into a butterfly from a caterpillar, its had many twists and turns. Noticing along the way others who climb still even after they have been injured, don't give it up. There's some inner force driving us to climb, wanting to play the game dare. Whos's more invincible? , who takes the greatest risks? who gets back up after shattered and hurt? What has been your metamorphosis? Have you noticed its change in you? Starting as a beginner climber and progressing along similar routes like snowboarding or not? Share your thoughts on your climbing metamorphosis from when you started until now,. How has climbing changed you internally aside from the obvious sport?
I clicked on this thread expecting to see something about the wonderful Patrick Bérault.
I didn't, here's what your OP should have said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSevTRwmZpU
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granite_grrl
Mar 4, 2011, 3:35 PM
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Coming back from a bad accident.....for some it might be metamorphosis, but it could just be confirmation of a true love.
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potreroed
Mar 4, 2011, 5:40 PM
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Been hooked and climbing since day one--the only metamorphosis was going from hard-core trad to sport, which was mostly fueled by climbing on limestone. Now I clip bolts 7 or 8 months and place gear the rest of the year.
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enigma
Mar 4, 2011, 10:32 PM
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gmggg wrote: enigma wrote: Initially Climbing for me had been another recreational sport in lieu of crew, weights, and other sports However it hasn't been for me just turning into a butterfly from a caterpillar, its had many twists and turns. Noticing along the way others who climb still even after they have been injured, don't give it up. There's some inner force driving us to climb, wanting to play the game dare. Whos's more invincible? , who takes the greatest risks? who gets back up after shattered and hurt? What has been your metamorphosis? Have you noticed its change in you? Starting as a beginner climber and progressing along similar routes like snowboarding or not? Share your thoughts on your climbing metamorphosis from when you started until now,. How has climbing changed you internally aside from the obvious sport? I clicked on this thread expecting to see something about the wonderful Patrick Bérault. I didn't, here's what your OP should have said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSevTRwmZpU
Alain Robert is amazing. Thanks for sharing those you tubes video, I enjoyed them ! Truly a metamorphosis especially when he sleeps in the rock and then awakens.
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enigma
Mar 4, 2011, 10:39 PM
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jacques wrote: A book change how I practice climbing, I never did it like a recreational sport, never risk my life voluntary and have been hurt once seriously. The book is premier de cordee, frison roche. It is wrote in french. The author described the cliff, but also the social relation between people and mountain. It is the story of an accident where the guide died and the other loose part of his feet. The second part is why they came back to climb, how important are friends and how they train to avoid accident and have fun. I didn't make a metamorphosis, but I fly a lot of time.
I would enjoy reading the book sounds like a great story. Need to learn french, I'm half canadian and my family in still in Quebec.
How's the climbing there btw? When does the season begin.
It sounds like you have found the middle ground to avoid an accident and have fun.
So now its flying ? Where you can soar in the sky and try to be a free bird, seems like a option for a climber.
Somehow I like the closeness with the rock, almost like we become one. 
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enigma
Mar 4, 2011, 10:47 PM
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granite_grrl wrote: Coming back from a bad accident.....for some it might be metamorphosis, but it could just be confirmation of a true love.
That is great!! It must be difficult to do, both mentally and physically.
Only the best to you in your ongoing pursuit of climbing.
Are you fully recovered?
It would be wonderful to hear your story to give other climbers in a similar circumstance the impetus to continue with their passion.
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enigma
Mar 4, 2011, 11:02 PM
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blueeyedclimber wrote: enigma wrote: That was a wonderful post, thanks for sharing. So is that story completely true? Did you climb as a child? The climbing years are figurative, not literal. The first sentence sets the scene in 2002, when I was 30. I was merely relating a climber's behaviors to a person growing up. Try and keep up will you? Josh
Yes, Guess around 2:00 am after climbing and being exhausted, but not wanting to go to sleep my attention span gets weary.
It is a good story and your analogies are lucid.
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Rmsyll2
Mar 5, 2011, 5:44 AM
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OP said "Noticing along the way others who climb still even after they have been injured, don't give it up."
There are two cases of that where I climb. One is sad, one is embarrassing. A young man who, as a reply said, had defined himself as a climber making impressive progress, was in a horrible car wreck. His "metamorphosis" left half his skin as scar, some bones are missing and some are grafts, half of one foot is gone. He still comes out, now and then, besides going to an indoor facility, sometimes with his girlfriend whom he coaches and encourages and belays; sometimes alone hoping to connect with someone. One time, that was me, who climbed for the first time in over two years with an extra harness he carries for that. Recently, I belayed him. He suffers every foot of the way, sweating and oathing and keeping going. Just the walk back uphill to his car is rasping torture. But he refuses to admit that he can no longer do what he had loved to do. He is saving his money to do Everest.
The other fellow had a fall which ripped open a forearm. After three operations, he has three fingers and a thumb that can hook and hold with amazing strength, but not do much else. He said today that he has become a master at matching hands on a grip, with one so narrow now. He said he was climbing the day after the last stitches came out. Photo was last weekend on a 5.10b roof. Today he went up a 5.11 route that is all tiny finger pockets along a vertical crack, and then pulled a 5.11d face with an overhang that takes a lunge to a one-hand slanting crack for a pull-up to a jug above. In between, he was belaying and coaching a fellow who followed on his routes, advancing a whole grade too.
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potreroed
Mar 7, 2011, 6:03 PM
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enigma wrote: potreroed wrote: Been hooked and climbing since day one--the only metamorphosis was going from hard-core trad to sport, which was mostly fueled by climbing on limestone. Now I clip bolts 7 or 8 months and place gear the rest of the year. I've heard the climbing is great in Chico. Sounds like you have a great time, as well. So do you think your trad skills have lessened, since you are mainly doing sport climbs now? Limestone is unique around here, but I have climbed in an area nearby that has some, however its a secret crag. Probably drinking margaritas and eating nachos right now?
My trad skills are still good but after a serious accident 4 years ago and a year without climbing my overall strength and endurance have never fully recovered--prolly due to my age, 61.
Don't do the margaritas--I drink my tequila straight.
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