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detka
Nov 19, 2009, 7:30 PM
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i love to boulder and sometimes do routes. lately i've wanted to get my belly button pierced, but i'm wondering if it will interfere with climbing. i've talked to one girl who took her belly button piercing out after she started climbing because it got caught on her harness and popped out when she was bouldering. does it really interfere that much?
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gmggg
Nov 19, 2009, 7:39 PM
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detka wrote: i love to boulder and sometimes do routes. lately i've wanted to get my belly button pierced, but i'm wondering if it will interfere with climbing. i've talked to one girl who took her belly button piercing out after she started climbing because it got caught on her harness and popped out when she was bouldering. does it really interfere that much?
Sounds like she was fat.
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rhyswynn
Nov 19, 2009, 7:41 PM
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Why was she wearing a harness while bouldering? 
I take off rings while I climb - I would think anything that is hooked through your body would be a potential injury waiting to happen while climbing. Maybe a belly button ring wouldn't be likely to catch on a rock, but do you really want to find out?
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sp00ki
Nov 19, 2009, 10:27 PM
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detka wrote: because it got caught on her harness and popped out when she was bouldering
lols
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detka
Nov 20, 2009, 7:37 PM
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haha i guess i didn't explain very well
one time it popped out when she was bouldering
another time it got caught on her harness when she was doing routes |
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highmountain
Nov 20, 2009, 8:27 PM
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I had my navel pierced long before I started climbing and continued to wear a bar-bell shaped ring in it for my first year of climbing.
I took leader falls with my piercing in and nothing ever got caught on my harness or on rocks.
I eventually took it out because I started thinking how bad it would be if it did get pulled out by my harness...shudder.
Matter of personal opinion, but I would take it out if I was doing anything other than bouldering.
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dan2see
Nov 20, 2009, 8:30 PM
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It doesn't matter much what activity you're doing, or what you're wearing. Any jewelry can get caught some way or another. Anything might get ripped off, or hurt you, or get damaged.
It's always wise to remove all your jewelry, even if it's hidden, and stuff it in a safe pocket in your backpack, or leave it in the car. At home, even!
Then, when you're off the rocks, you put it back on.
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johnwesely
Nov 20, 2009, 8:43 PM
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Leave it on. That way you can use it as a hitch when you are not climbing, so you don't get lost.
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MS1
Nov 20, 2009, 8:47 PM
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It's a shame that this question is only "for girls," because I had a traumatic experience involving a TCU and a Prince Albert ring that is relevant to this discussion.
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jeepnphreak
Nov 20, 2009, 9:20 PM
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Any jewlery can get cought at any time.
If I was you I would take the pericing out or at least put a slab of athletic tape over it to keep it from snagging.
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scotchie
Nov 20, 2009, 9:37 PM
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rhyswynn wrote: Maybe a belly button ring wouldn't be likely to catch on a rock ...
Unless you fall leading slab...
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dbogardus
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i also have some relevant info regarding a tounge ring and a one finger pocket.
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irregularpanda
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MS1 wrote: It's a shame that this question is only "for girls," because I had a traumatic experience involving a TCU and a Prince Albert ring that is relevant to this discussion.
Is the TCU ok?
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MS1
Nov 20, 2009, 11:01 PM
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irregularpanda wrote: MS1 wrote: It's a shame that this question is only "for girls," because I had a traumatic experience involving a TCU and a Prince Albert ring that is relevant to this discussion. Is the TCU ok?
Well, let's just say that the experience gave me a new perspective on the forces a person should subject their gear to.
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rhythm164
Nov 20, 2009, 11:44 PM
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5 points of contact at all times.
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minibiter
Nov 21, 2009, 1:52 AM
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Wonder how clit rings fare in climbing...
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petsfed
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minibiter wrote: Wonder how clit rings fare in climbing...
The women I've known who both climbed and had rings really reported no issues. I suppose if catching on clothing was a consistent issue on a day to day basis, a clit ring could be quite problematic.
I should think that the healing period would be more of an issue than anything else.
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altelis
Nov 21, 2009, 10:05 PM
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petsfed wrote: minibiter wrote: Wonder how clit rings fare in climbing... The women I've known who both climbed and had rings really reported no issues. I suppose if catching on clothing was a consistent issue on a day to day basis, a clit ring could be quite problematic. I should think that the healing period would be more of an issue than anything else.
Yea....I actually had my nipple pierced in high school. Climbing was fine most of the time, but every once and a while on a lead fall the rope would go tight right near the healing piercing. WOW did that hurt!
Between that and the fact that I played keeper in lacrosse and constantly took shots in the chest over the healing piercing, well, lets just say the piercing didn't last as long as I would've liked given the pain I put in to get it...
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coastal_climber
Nov 22, 2009, 4:22 AM
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I have a friend who had one and she stopped wearing it when she started climbing...
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ClimbClimb
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MS1 wrote: It's a shame that this question is only "for girls," because I had a traumatic experience involving a TCU and a Prince Albert ring that is relevant to this discussion.
Please, please, do NOT share. Really. Setup a PayPal account and we will pay you hush money as long as you DON'T SHARE. :-)
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seatbeltpants
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altelis wrote: petsfed wrote: minibiter wrote: Wonder how clit rings fare in climbing... The women I've known who both climbed and had rings really reported no issues. I suppose if catching on clothing was a consistent issue on a day to day basis, a clit ring could be quite problematic. I should think that the healing period would be more of an issue than anything else. Yea....I actually had my nipple pierced in high school. Climbing was fine most of the time, but every once and a while on a lead fall the rope would go tight right near the healing piercing. WOW did that hurt! Between that and the fact that I played keeper in lacrosse and constantly took shots in the chest over the healing piercing, well, lets just say the piercing didn't last as long as I would've liked given the pain I put in to get it...
yargh, i had a pierced nipple 10 years back and almost had it tear out once when i was snowboarding with a backpack on - fell face first and a shoulder strap was dragged across my chest with my body weight on it, caught the ring on the way past. there was blood. there were tears. unpretty.
steve
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Skidemon27
Nov 23, 2009, 7:36 PM
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my girl has got her clit pierced, she always takes it out climbing, says she gets it snagged sometimes on the leg loops of the harness.
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petsfed
Nov 23, 2009, 7:49 PM
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Skidemon27 wrote: my girl has got her clit pierced, she always takes it out climbing, says she gets it snagged sometimes on the leg loops of the harness.
This seems like the sort of problem that could easily be solved by pre-adjustment and tighter leg loops. Kind of like a lot of guys complaining about crushing their nuts with their harness.
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minibiter
Nov 24, 2009, 2:27 AM
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Skidemon27 wrote: my girl has got her clit pierced, she always takes it out climbing, says she gets it snagged sometimes on the leg loops of the harness.
Is she climbing naked?
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Where do you guys climb?
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altelis
Nov 24, 2009, 3:14 AM
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petsfed wrote: Skidemon27 wrote: my girl has got her clit pierced, she always takes it out climbing, says she gets it snagged sometimes on the leg loops of the harness. This seems like the sort of problem that could easily be solved by pre-adjustment and tighter leg loops. Kind of like a lot of guys complaining about crushing their nuts with their harness.
i'm not saying, i'm just saying- you seem to know an AWFUL lot about clit piercings!
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