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psecody
May 7, 2011, 6:45 PM
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I don't wear a helmet, mainly because I don't have one and I have a lot of other stuff I have to spend my money on but since I'm only TRing, bouldering, and sport climbing here in Texas the routes aren't long or all that sketchy (that I've climbed) so right now I think I'm ok with not having a helmet and having some other new gear instead.
The other part of the question why do I climb is harder to answer. I think the climbing community is really awesome, the dynamic between climbers is different from what I see in other sports. Like at CCS and ABS comps for example, my friend regularly places in the top 3 at CCS and usually the others in the top three are the same as well. Instead of being competitive about it what I've noticed is they all hang out with each other and climb together at the comps, what other sport is that cool where you make really good friends from all over the place.
The other thing I like is that everyone is so supportive on climbs even if they're way better than you. This past weekend we went to Reimer's and I started climbing Liposuction which I felt like I could probably do if I'd been regularly climbing all year but it was late in the evening and I was burned out and scared to death of the start but I started it anyway. about two moves in I wasn't feeling like I could finish it because of my forearms but I just hear people I didn't even know watching and yelling encouragement from the ground and it kept me going farther and even though I didn't make it to the top when I got down I got a lot of congratulations by people who had made that route look like a cake walk for them, it was just a really good feeling to me.
The sport also just seems more friendly to new people as well, I remember me and my friends first time outside at mineral wells, we went to set up the top rope anchor only to find that we didn't bring enough webbing but there was a guy climbing that loaned us some webbing and made sure we set it up right (though we'd read a ton of info and talked to people before we even headed out there about proper anchor setup) but it was really eye opening that other climbers cared about the safety of some newbies like us (though now in retrospect he probably just didn't want us to get hurt then the park close down the climbing but I like to look at it the other way haha.)
I love being outside and pushing myself to do things I never would do normally, thats why I even attempted liposuction knowing it was a little above my level. The camaraderie and being outdoors is just a irreplaceable feeling to me, plus who could forget any of the awesome after climb camping nights that go with all that just sitting by the campfire and enjoying life.
(This post was edited by psecody on May 7, 2011, 6:49 PM)
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