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rickrock77
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What is your climbing motivation made up of?
as a percentage describe below..
% I climb to push the grades and the grades keep me pushing harder
% I love the view I love being high I love mountains...
% I climb because I just feel I am not free inside unless I challenge myself and do it....
Chose your own descriptions of percentateges and describe it your way thats just a guide.
I will start off..
20% of me loves to be up high, above things..
30% climbs to keep me fit, and strong, especially in upper body which is important to me
20% of me climbs with the focus of the grade in mind, and wanting to push to the next level and the next the grade. I enjoy when I can discuss being able to have stepped up a level with other climbers.
10% of me hopes I will meet a climbing single girl some time at the gym or through social interactions
20% wants to climb with others and be part of a group to which I share similar and passionate feelings about soething which is important to me.
Like I said, you work out how you describe yourself.
Importantly, be honest. I dont usually discuss all the reasons which contribute at different times to me climbing, but now I have.
Hopefully this honesty will be shown by others here.
Peace.. :)
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Jun 23, 2005, 1:00 PM
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I climb because golf sucks. (Warning! Personal whine-fest coming) Golf wastes land resources, destroys animal habitat and no one complains about it. But if a climber puts a little chalk on a boulder people cry over the loss of lichen. :cry:
What other sports are there other than rock climbing, hockey and mountain biking?
GT
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marcel
Jun 23, 2005, 1:05 PM
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I climb becasue it's there! :D
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marcel
Jun 23, 2005, 1:06 PM
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I climb because it's there! :D
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azrockclimber
Jun 23, 2005, 1:07 PM
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it's an outlet...a passion. I need it.
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bigjonnyc
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I climb because my girlfriend makes me do it. :lol:
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Jun 23, 2005, 1:23 PM
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110% of me climbs to impress girls. I mean what girl wouldn't be turned on by bloody hands and not showering for weeks at a time???
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rickrock77
Jun 23, 2005, 1:44 PM
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Thankyou for your comments so far.
However the purpose of this post is not to get a one sentence response.
The purpose is to find out what makes a climber tick.
Please when you reply, follow the example of the first post. If I wanted to get ten thousand , "I climb because its great" type responses, I would of asked just for that.
It is good once in a while to see what is at the heart of the matter, and usually there is more than one reason, or emotion the motivate a climber, at leaste with me anyway..
Thanks all, and I appreaciate your posts as they are too.
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40% to be outside
10% keeping in shape
50% adreniline
can I go over 100%? cuz the rest would be about chicks, meeting them..looking good for them...impressing them....having something in common with the ones I meet....watching them...
ok, wait maybe I should have used the first 100% for chicks and then say there are misc other reasons besides just the girls. Man, I love living in a "college town"
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rickrock77
Jun 23, 2005, 2:08 PM
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Classic response mate.
Yes you can go over 100% if you have to its just good to see what makes you a climber...
And as for the last comment.... uni girls are just as good.. :)
Still looking for some climbers amongst them though...
They just assume it is a man only thing, so I am trying to convince them otherwise..:)
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40% Enjoy the physical aspect of climbing to keep in shape.
40% For the fun of it.
10% Being able to do something different.
10% I don't care much for "team" sports.
I haven't given it much thought as to why I climb. I got started for the simple fact it looked like fun. Isn't enjoyment the main reason we do stuff? I could probably use the same percentages listed above and apply them to mountain biking and backpacking.
-fallingup
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Jun 23, 2005, 2:21 PM
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I climb 25 % out of male inferiority complex
I climb 25% to hang out with my druggie broughs
I climb 50% out of rut-born habit
And I climb 10% because it makes me feel sexy in those tight leather shoes
DMT
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It tickles my special purpose, like 100%.
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nuts_r_us
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In reply to: Thankyou for your comments so far. However the purpose of this post is not to get a one sentence response. If I wanted to get ten thousand , "I climb because its great" type responses, I would of asked just for that.
Ask a dumb question, get a dumb answer.
For the record, I climb because it is great. Thanks! :wink:
Edited for spelling because I am dumb.
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mcfoley
Jun 23, 2005, 4:17 PM
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Because the gear is so expensive....lol
Too many reasons to sum up in one post...
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40% The people. The friends I've made and the session vibes.
30% The mental challenge of unlocking a sequence.
20% The physical challenge.
5% I was somewhat naturally good at it (Better than throwing a baseball, that's for sure).
5% It just feels right.
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30% The feeling of moving on rock
20% pushing yourself to your limits
45% the feeling of satisfaction you get after completing a route
5% because I don't really like team sports
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bear829
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100% because its an addiction and there is no patch for it.
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androids
Jun 23, 2005, 8:04 PM
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i climb because i cant imagine life without climbing.
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Jun 23, 2005, 8:08 PM
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I started because I wondered if I could do it...now, like a crackhead, I don't know how I'll stop.
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I climb to look at, and meet, all the hot chick climbers out there. Of course, I'm too intimidated to speak to them.
Oops, wrong thread.
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oldrnotboldr
Jun 23, 2005, 9:44 PM
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yep, I climb to impress the women too! What female is not stricken with horniness at the sight of bloodied fingers, sunburn, and that natural musk scent developed over the time spent out there.
Seriously, I climb 80% to be out there, 15% for the concentrated movements, and 5% for the fitness.
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19.37569%- When and where-else can I down a six-pack and not have to tip?
27.8923%- So I can nurse my hang-over.
35.0000000001528992%- Chain smoking at belays always feels great!
11.9634726422%- My shrink thinks it's great therapy.
5.9990172323%- To file my nails down.
Hope this helps. :lol:
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Jun 23, 2005, 10:35 PM
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Excuse me while I get philosophical for a moment, but Earnest Hemingway once said, "Motor Racing, Mountain Climbing and Bull Fighting are the only true sports. All the rest are children's games played by adults."
So...... my breakdown would be:
50% Being outdoors and up high
25% Sense of accomplishment
15% The strategy of climbing
10% The thrill!
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I have a very personal reason as to why I climb. My wife (soon to be ex) of 9 years (been together 15) managed to hook up with an old high school boyfriend through Classmates.com and cheated on me. They have had a semi secret relationship since 2000! And she decided she wanted to spend Christmas with him and his family in 2004. I found climbing as an outlet to keep my mind off of her and to keep my mind occupied.
I have been climbing since February this year and it is by far the best thing that could have ever happened to me. It is safe to say climbing has saved my life and kept me from going down a self destructive route of dealing with my pain. I have met some of the most amazing people from the climbing community. Everyone I have met has been more then willing to teach a newbie and I have progressed due to the climbers I associate with now. Now I have the same desire, and have recruited friends that did not climb and shown them how to be safe. I started a group get together at stoney point every Tuesday after work and we climb till dark and then all go out as a group for food and drinks. I go out on the weekends as much as possible when work does not get in the way. Climbing is all I think about now. I am hooked big time. I started to lead a few weeks ago and lead up to 5.8 and top-rope mid 5.10's. I did my first trad climb at Tahquitz and now I need to start building a rack.
Oh on a side note, she realizes she screwed up big time and wants to come home now, but I refuse. In the time we have been apart, I have realized I really want this new life I have made for myself and not willing to give up my new friends and passion for climbing for her!
Thanks again climbing community!
You rock,
Marc Webster
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Jun 23, 2005, 10:49 PM
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100% because it's fun and I like it.
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rickrock77
Jun 23, 2005, 11:16 PM
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Mark that was a top post mate.
I started out because my flatmates at the time were climbers, and they taught me all the things I had to know about styles, techniques and knots. It is cool having a climbing crew.
Hey and way to go with sorting out the ex wife. That would have screwed most people up, but you survived it and came out kicking ass.
--raises his drink to Mark Webster----"Salute".
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20% to learn about myself
20% to improve myself (body and mind)
20% to hang out and meet cool people (have you found that the asshole ratio is a little lower in climbing? maybe it's the trusting you're life thing)
20% to be in beautiful places
10% because i'm a masochist
and 10% so I can feel macho doing one of the three truly manly sports (sorry ladys)
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Jun 24, 2005, 12:50 AM
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i climb because since i was able to walk i was trying to climb up everything in sight. then i started climbing rock on my own and one day i learned that a lot of people do it and it is called rock climbing. so in a way i have been climbing even before i knew it was a sport.
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andrewbanandrew
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It's the only activity I've found in a while that clears my head of all the worry, the negativity, stress, self-doubt, and sorrow I accumulate in other parts of my life. It's so beautifully simple that it's brilliant fun.
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40% - Because climbing is fun. Nuff said.
40% - The mental challenge to execute the moves, its a turn on. Vertical ballet of sorts.
10% - The thrill/fear of being up high.
10% - Keep in shape. I'm a couch potato kinda guy. Climbing is the only thing that gets me out of bed early in the morning every weekend, and makes me push my body to its limits, without anyone asking me to. Its a godsend. :wink:
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My brother-in-law and I *just* started so my reply probably doesn't count for much, but...
40% We both have always loved to play on rocks and climb things. Any thing really. (trees, signs, stripper poles..)
30% We aren't afraid of heights and are sometimes oddly seduced by them. Not much better than sitting at the top of a mountain!
20% We LOVE to be outdoors.
10% rock-hard forearms are the bomb!
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In reply to: Thankyou for your comments so far. However the purpose of this post is not to get a one sentence response.
STFU n00b.
Curt
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brokenarmboy19
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I hate people so i like the solitude
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60% Push to limit, and see how far can I go, and push it more and more…
30% to clear my mind. It is hard to think about anything else when I’m up there.
10% it is excellent workout
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6.022x10^23 % for the sheer bad ass attitude climbing instills in its followers
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i don't know why....that cannot be explained...i just am...no thing more to it...a simple concept but not to non-climbers
theres many things about climbing, but no way in hell would i called them "reasons"......i think multi-pitch alpine in shitty weather is cool...there's some about smashing a piton.....the noise an ice axe gives off....the testicular feelings after stonking a #10 hex in the most bomber way....sandbagging your partner after giving him wrong beta leading him into a crux.....doing a walk off at night.....a stout after a hard day of cranking....cleaning a route from the 70's and climbing it....flirting with some french-canadian rock hotties...showing a first timer how to tie in....teaching someone our/my art.....doing a FA.......standing on a summit
with all this, i still dont know why....all i know is; i just am...i'm content with that..
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In reply to: theres many things about climbing, but no way in hell would i called them "reasons"......i think multi-pitch alpine in s--- weather is cool...there's some about smashing a piton.....the noise an ice axe gives off....the testicular feelings after stonking a #10 hex in the most bomber way....sandbagging your partner after giving him wrong beta leading him into a crux.....doing a walk off at night.....a stout after a hard day of cranking....cleaning a route from the 70's and climbing it....flirting with some french-canadian rock hotties...showing a first timer how to tie in....teaching someone our/my art.....doing a FA.......standing on a summit |
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I can't really break this down into percentages. My love for climbing is not about statistics....but I will name a few reasons.
* I love climbing because it gives me an adrenaline rush
* the mental challenges I need to over come on difficult trad terrain
* The way I move my body with the rock
* the complete focus I have on nothing else but what is in front of me
* the feeling you get when you get to the top of a climb and the amazing as your reward.
*sorry to say but in a predominantly male sport, I love it when I can get up something a guy can't!
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i climb because i can;t think of a reason not to climb. I climb because i enjoy being outside. i like to teach my friends something bad ass, if it looks cool to look up at it's three times as cool to look off of and 2 times as cool to look off the top of it, and it scares me.
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climbinginchico
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I climb because I can drink beer afterwards.
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40% because it's fun (and I'm a masochist)
40% to be outside
10% a great workout
10% it's another great excuse to flirt with other guys :D
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I climb because,
10% Because it keeps me in shape. There is no beter work out than rock climbing. For the body it tones almost every muscle in your body. Stretching them and building them beyond what anything else can do. But not only that, it is also a great work out for your mind. To climb you need a certain level of mental copasity. As you get better and climb in different ways your mental abilties increase with the increasing chalange. To climb rock is a great thing, it pushes ones mental and phyisicle abilities to the limit and beyond if one pushes ones self to acheive.
90% for my soul! I am a total soul climber. I climb becuase I love to climb! It frees me of worries. When I am on the rock, any hiegth, any type of climb, roped in or not its just me and the rock. It gives me time to think and I learn a lot about myself therefore I can find things that I would like to improve and become a better person.
In other words I climb for the climb and nothing more.
Climb on
Chris
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50 % My wife looks hot in a prahna tank
10% I get to use shiny gear that clanks together when I walk (I love that sound)
10% Pizza and Beer afterwards
10% rockclimbing.com
10% seeing curt and jt512 say STFU nooB! (oh wait, I shouldn't have said that, I hear a STFU noob comin' on.)
10% I agree with flipnfall, GOLF sucks!
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I climb to get a BREAK from life.
The sunburns, the callus, sweat, blood, and fear are a great part of relaxing from boring, everyday life.
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I climb because it is me and the rock. Not me and bills, the cellphone, 5 traffic tickets I've yet to take care of, and the clean white lab with no windows that I work in 8hrs each day. It's me and nothin' but my nice cool Texas limestone friend that has never had an expectation...
Climbing is an exit where I can get away from "normal" life. I climb almost 100% for the physical and mental challenge that is responsible for taking me oh so far away from everything else.....
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I climb to conquer!!!!
Tony
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I climb because...
5% I love the sound aluminum gear makes clinking around on my harness
3% I love the feel of a new rope
4% I love tying the clove hitch
The other 87% is made up of the standard exercise/view/adrenaline/gear/adventure/etc. that I'm sure other people have mentioned already (didn't read the thread).
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I climb for vanity
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What? You mean I don't have too.
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50% to have something to do outside without being bored
25% chatting and BS
25% cool gear
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Hey to all that have posted, and to all that are yet to post, it is great to get all these insights to climbing. And ofcourse we all share similar reasons so I see some comments that I can directly relate, and others less so than others, but thats cool cause we all have our own personal reasons for climbing.
Its cool to see our others feel about climbing..Sharing that general interest must also be another reason we all climb, because climbing is frequently done with others, and what better gift to give then simple enjoyment of socially climbing with people.
you are all 'true blue' sorta people. Drop by australia anytime soon.
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rickrock77
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Hey to all that have posted, and to all that are yet to post, it is great to get all these insights to climbing. And ofcourse we all share similar reasons so I see some comments that I can directly relate, and others less so than others, but thats cool cause we all have our own personal reasons for climbing.
Its cool to see our others feel about climbing..Sharing that general interest must also be another reason we all climb, because climbing is frequently done with others, and what better gift to give then simple enjoyment of socially climbing with people.
you are all 'true blue' sorta people. Drop by australia anytime soon.
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i climb so my titty squeezing grip improves
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I don't climb. i just sit around all day and answer questions like this on the internet. Then I read up on climbing a lot so when an actual climbing discussion shows up on this site, I can sound informed and give dangerously bad advice to other novices.
hosh.
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I recently heard a joke that hits a little close to home when I think about why I climb so much....
What is the difference between a climber and treasury bond....
the bond will mature one day and generate cash flow...
Jeff
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sick_climba
Jul 2, 2005, 5:47 PM
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In reply to: I recently heard a joke that hits a little close to home when I think about why I climb so much.... What is the difference between a climber and treasury bond.... the bond will mature one day and generate cash flow... Jeff
lmao
Climb on
Chris
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cliffhanger3786
Jul 4, 2005, 2:47 PM
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10% of me climbs to get better as far as strength and grades
20% of me climbs for the breath taking view
30% of me climbs for spiritual improvement
20% climbs to meet people
20% climbs because climbing is the only real sport
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tradclimbr
Jul 4, 2005, 4:21 PM
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I climb 'cause
-it's the hardest way to get nowhere. 50%
-it's free once the gear's aquired. 50%
-it's a killer rush. Nuthin like clippin the anchors after scaring sh!t out of yourself. 50%
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korrigan
Jul 4, 2005, 5:02 PM
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In reply to: Oh on a side note, she realizes she screwed up big time and wants to come home now, but I refuse. In the time we have been apart, I have realized I really want this new life I have made for myself and not willing to give up my new friends and passion for climbing for her!
Good one!
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moonshine505
Jul 4, 2005, 5:10 PM
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Apparently I climb because I'm a total masochist and I enjoy spending my free time in a never-ending spiral of failure and self loathing. Sheesh, I should lighten up a little.
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dangle
Jul 4, 2005, 7:57 PM
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Like any serious drug addict I have a reliable supply of adrenaline and the ability to administer a reliable dose intravenously. That I'm a T-type might be genetic or environmental, but is likely both.
Unlike most stimulants adrenaline also makes you smarter and has less side effects.
(Not that I would actually know first-hand or anything...)
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granitehabit
Jul 4, 2005, 9:26 PM
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I climb because no other activity challenges me to such a level that all other thoughts, doubts, and hassles fade completely out of my mind while climbing.
I climb because it scares the heck out of me, and pushing through that fear and being successful at it is the biggest rush, and biggest sense of immediate accomplishment I can get.
I climb because my wife and I share a passion for the outdoors, and climbing together is our favorite way to spend time.
Simply put, I climb because no other activity challenges me, rewards me, or takes me to such amazing places in the same way that climbing can.
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trimix
Jul 4, 2005, 11:51 PM
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adrenaline and to be outside.
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mcgivney_nh
Jul 5, 2005, 12:25 AM
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25% of me climbs to chill with my friends.
25% of me climbs to better myself physically.
25% of me climbs to better myself mentaly(improved focus, etc.)
~~and~~
25% of me climbs purely because I love doing it.
peace.
-Sean
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spider_girl
Jul 8, 2005, 10:49 AM
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80% because i just love been on the rocks
10% because i can beat the guys
5% i love hights
5% keeps me in shape
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sakura
Jul 8, 2005, 11:21 AM
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10% Because i dont feel i need to compete with others
15% The solitude as you focus looking down at what you have accomplished.
20% For fun
40% Can make a day of it with friends.
15& Keeping fit.
Im a newbie but i'm hooked none the less!
My girlfriend split up with me and found a new guy straight away so i just sat about!
Started jogging and exercising a load and this is a good way to do things with friends, keep fit and have fun (also build up a load of strenght to punch her new boy friends face in (only kiddin)) lol!
Chris
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zylah
Jul 8, 2005, 12:23 PM
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50% to get away from my work
30% to keep fit
20% for the adrenaline of finally sending a climb for the first time
10% for the company
20 % to impress the boys that a girl can climb better than them
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jammer
Jul 8, 2005, 1:58 PM
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50% for being one with nature
45% for the feeling I get when exposed
5% the excitement when route finding
so I'm a little weird ...
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krisp
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In reply to: I climb because no other activity challenges me to such a level that all other thoughts, doubts, and hassles fade completely out of my mind while climbing. I climb because it scares the heck out of me, and pushing through that fear and being successful at it is the biggest rush, and biggest sense of immediate accomplishment I can get. I climb because my wife and I share a passion for the outdoors, and climbing together is our favorite way to spend time. Simply put, I climb because no other activity challenges me, rewards me, or takes me to such amazing places in the same way that climbing can. |
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elvislegs
Jul 8, 2005, 3:28 PM
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100% women dig it.
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