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jt512
Mar 26, 2012, 8:04 AM
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Linsanity wrote: tomthedancinghobo wrote: (In it for the view) + (looking for workout) = future 5.7 trad monster! You won't find shit on here but boasting, in its many forms. The views happen to be about 1/3 of what I like about climbing. And they are great. Even the middle of nowhere looks pretty damn cool with a hundred or so feet of air under you and adreniline in your veins. The best way to understand it is to try it, seriously. Go to a climbing club or a gym or whatever. Learn to belay, then - and this is the important part - find someone quiet to take you up a couple of easy routes somewhere nearby. An even more audacious approach would be to just show up at one of those 'middle of nowhere climbing rocks' and ask to follow somebody on a route. But whoever you go with, make sure its someone quiet. Nothing like having some spray-king blabbing in your ear about the differences between a yosemite finish and double bowline and how they just got promoted to 'prince' in the Mountaineers. Scrambling looks cool too, it seems more free. I think that is what Rocky did in Rocky 4 when he climbed up the mountain in Russia. Seemed like he scrambled it. Rock climbing does look fascinating. I don't want to be the type to just do one thing. I like to visit pretty stairways in san francisco, hike, take scenic walks, and i believe my next step is to scramble and then climb. I also saw something on YT called Tough Mudder. I don't know what you call that, but that also looks like something that could be fun. There is lots to explore. The avatar i have is the coit tower in san francisco. Now, it's not the tower i like. It's the 400 or so steps that go from the bottom of the street, that lead up to the street of the tower once you make it to the top. So that is called stairway climbing, not as common since most cities don't have massive stairways. But that is how I started to explore all this outdoor stuff and i think my next step is to scramble and then climb. I want to do lots of things, not just one thing.
Wow! This is some old-school Usenet rec.climbing trolling. Watch and learn, kiddies.
Jay
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marc801
Mar 26, 2012, 1:58 PM
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Linsanity wrote: Scrambling looks cool too, it seems more free. I think that is what Rocky did in Rocky 4 when he climbed up the mountain in Russia. Seemed like he scrambled it. Rock climbing does look fascinating. I don't want to be the type to just do one thing. I like to visit pretty stairways in san francisco, hike, take scenic walks, and i believe my next step is to scramble and then climb. I also saw something on YT called Tough Mudder. I don't know what you call that, but that also looks like something that could be fun. There is lots to explore. The avatar i have is the coit tower in san francisco. Now, it's not the tower i like. It's the 400 or so steps that go from the bottom of the street, that lead up to the street of the tower once you make it to the top. So that is called stairway climbing, not as common since most cities don't have massive stairways. But that is how I started to explore all this outdoor stuff and i think my next step is to scramble and then climb. I want to do lots of things, not just one thing.
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cracklover
Mar 26, 2012, 5:42 PM
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jt512 wrote: Linsanity wrote: tomthedancinghobo wrote: (In it for the view) + (looking for workout) = future 5.7 trad monster! You won't find shit on here but boasting, in its many forms. The views happen to be about 1/3 of what I like about climbing. And they are great. Even the middle of nowhere looks pretty damn cool with a hundred or so feet of air under you and adreniline in your veins. The best way to understand it is to try it, seriously. Go to a climbing club or a gym or whatever. Learn to belay, then - and this is the important part - find someone quiet to take you up a couple of easy routes somewhere nearby. An even more audacious approach would be to just show up at one of those 'middle of nowhere climbing rocks' and ask to follow somebody on a route. But whoever you go with, make sure its someone quiet. Nothing like having some spray-king blabbing in your ear about the differences between a yosemite finish and double bowline and how they just got promoted to 'prince' in the Mountaineers. Scrambling looks cool too, it seems more free. I think that is what Rocky did in Rocky 4 when he climbed up the mountain in Russia. Seemed like he scrambled it. Rock climbing does look fascinating. I don't want to be the type to just do one thing. I like to visit pretty stairways in san francisco, hike, take scenic walks, and i believe my next step is to scramble and then climb. I also saw something on YT called Tough Mudder. I don't know what you call that, but that also looks like something that could be fun. There is lots to explore. The avatar i have is the coit tower in san francisco. Now, it's not the tower i like. It's the 400 or so steps that go from the bottom of the street, that lead up to the street of the tower once you make it to the top. So that is called stairway climbing, not as common since most cities don't have massive stairways. But that is how I started to explore all this outdoor stuff and i think my next step is to scramble and then climb. I want to do lots of things, not just one thing. Wow! This is some old-school Usenet rec.climbing trolling. Watch and learn, kiddies. Jay
I honestly cannot believe how many people will gobble up the most rotten stinking bait.
Maybe it's kinda like the kids who don't realize that The Onion is satirical?
GO
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sungam
Mar 26, 2012, 8:01 PM
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cracklover wrote: Maybe it's kinda like the kids who don't realize that The Onion is satirical? GO
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Linsanity
Mar 26, 2012, 9:09 PM
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excuse me? If you dont want to respond, then don't. Just asking questions about climbing, why do you care?
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adelphos
Mar 30, 2012, 6:55 PM
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If you are truly interested in learning about climbing, start by going to a local climbing gym and taking a class. All the explanation in the world will do nothing to help you understand why people climb, until you do it a few times. Everyone climbs for their own reasons and it is an intensely personal sport.
The Mountaineers are a great resource for educating yourself on the variations of climbing in larger sense.
Adelphos
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saint_john
Mar 30, 2012, 7:32 PM
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j_ung wrote: Linsanity wrote: Also, why can't i find any books on the subject of mountain climbing? Because you didn't Google "mountain climbing books"?
It ain't rocket surgery, is it?
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gunkiemike
Mar 31, 2012, 5:18 PM
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saint_john wrote: It ain't rocket surgery, is it?
LOL
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rschap
Apr 1, 2012, 4:52 AM
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If you live in California you can pick up Peaks, Passes, and Trails http://www.amazon.com/...333255825&sr=8-1
It has both technical and non technical routes in the Sierra's listed.
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