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ronnin
Jan 30, 2002, 10:27 PM
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What's inside your mind?
You're thinking in your next hold?
Or you don't think and your just enjoying it?
By the way, have you been in the zone?
What was for you?
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Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't Fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't Fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't Fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't Fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall, Don't fall,
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jono13
Jan 31, 2002, 12:33 AM
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when im climbing, i do kinda go into a zone. unless im pulling a really hard move, im not thinking about the next hold, or move at all. i can barely hear anything, all i can really see is the rock, and i just focus on my current move. its great.
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paintinhaler
Jan 31, 2002, 1:09 AM
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Keepin the flow going I don't hear anything. Keep the flow and pain and clip nice move and I stay in the zone. Yea
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beyond_gravity
Jan 31, 2002, 1:11 AM
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starts with an S, ends with a X, has an E in the middle.
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badawg2002
Jan 31, 2002, 2:59 AM
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To be honest; When i climb i try to clear my head of every other thought. I focas on keeping an inner calm and i try to enjoy every move i make. When i pull i good more, it just gives me the rush to pull another. So i guess i try to keep a clear head.
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elcapbuzz
Jan 31, 2002, 3:17 AM
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I think the word you guys are looking for is Satori.
I hope I spelled it right.
Anyway, satori is a state of mind you are in when focusing to the extreme. Like Nirvana.
NO, not the band.
It is a state of being in the exact moment of your actions.....Those of you who meditates knows what I'm talking about.
I use it when free soloing or walking a slackline.
Cheers, Ammon.
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maculated
Jan 31, 2002, 3:25 AM
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I think:
Hold, hold here, okay, okay, "Stop talking to me for a second, WILL YOU?!!!", reach, get the foot here, reach, foot . . . hold, where's a hold . . .
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rigel
Jan 31, 2002, 3:38 AM
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some thoughts i've had while climbing:
1. sheesh that hold is small.
2. what's for dinner tonight? mmmm, steak.
3. this is awesome.
4. my belayer is really cute.
5. we (climbers) are definitely some of the priviledged few...
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amethyst
Jan 31, 2002, 3:50 AM
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THINK - when I'm climbing? Are you kidding?!!!!
Oh, maybe: I hope my butt looks good in spandex!!!
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rigel
Jan 31, 2002, 3:53 AM
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amethyst,
i have it on good authority that it does.
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amethyst
Jan 31, 2002, 3:55 AM
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Rigel
Nice boys aren't supposed to look!!!!
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rigel
Jan 31, 2002, 4:01 AM
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who says i'm nice, amethyst?
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amethyst
Jan 31, 2002, 4:11 AM
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I'm going to have to find someone else to belay me!
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addiroids
Jan 31, 2002, 4:14 AM
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One of the big reasons I go climbing (on the weekends for now) is because I don't have to think. Not about school, girlfriend hassels, money, anything. Just slottin' gear and climbin' cracks and enjoying the weather.
The hardest part of the day is walking down the beer isle and deciding on which beer to drink after the first couple of Guinness's.
That's what I love about climbing!!
TRADitionally yours,
Addiroids
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daisuke
Jan 31, 2002, 4:21 AM
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when a climb is hard I'm usually not thinking about anything except how to pull the moves, when it's an easy climb or something I've climbed lots to times I usually just get lost in thought about anything, sex ain't usually one of them tho... I don't think it would be comfortable to get "excited" with a harness on and I don't want to find out either!!!!
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amethyst
Jan 31, 2002, 4:39 AM
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Addiroids
I could not have said it better... except I usually go straight for the tequila.
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rigel
Jan 31, 2002, 6:02 AM
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tequila....mmmmm....cuervo 1800... mmmhmmm.
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cireyelneh
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As a beginner I find myself thinking..."where's my next hold....where is it!...Dang that's small...There's gotta be another one around here somewhere...Shoot!...Ok...How am I going to get to that one...How can I reach it and still stick to this wall...Dang my arms are tired...I'm so pumped...I love this feeling....getting weaker....losing strength...just one more lunge and I'll get there...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"...Gotta love climbing and the fall from when you gave it every last ounce of strength with-in you...Gear up and go at it again until you beat the probelm...
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uhighfreak
Feb 12, 2002, 1:58 AM
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I agree that the best part of climbing is not thinking much other than "Where is the next hold?", "How am I going to get there?", and "Man, it's windy up here". There is not much more you have to think about other than how awesome it is outside and how beautiful the sport of climbing is.
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scotia
Feb 12, 2002, 2:03 AM
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I should have gone to the potty before i started this route! Arghhhh!
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daggerx
Feb 12, 2002, 2:04 AM
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If I fall will the rope/gear hold? will I Die if I fall from here.
OR
your a stud you can do this, this ant sh--!!!
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clymber
Feb 12, 2002, 2:04 AM
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For me thinking is a bad thing when i climb it seems to put stress on me. Usually by the end of a pitch or route i am singing free falling by tom petty. Sort of ironic isnt it
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crackaddict
Feb 12, 2002, 3:11 AM
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I can tell you what I'm not thinking about. Work, bills, and, society. No really I usually get a song in my head and just floww up the rock.
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rockhippie
Feb 12, 2002, 3:25 AM
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One world at a time, an ancient zen saying that basically means concentrate on the present and forget about the rest of your other worlds, (work, bills, friends, and all that) just live for the moment.......
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iclimbtoo
Feb 12, 2002, 6:08 AM
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I hit that zone every once in a while. When I hit it, I can climb really well for weeks. Then it's bad to the grindstone. If I'm not in the zone though, I am usually just thinking about random things like snowboarding, or sex, or girls, or sex, or class, or sex. You get the idea.
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rocmonkey
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I "zone" out totally and hear and see nothing except my hand on my next hold and the sound of my fingers smearing onto rock...
Wild ride when I climb...
breathe stone
R C
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xen_monkey
Feb 12, 2002, 2:58 PM
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Climbing for me is an intense medetative focus. Mind and body are one. When you fall in "the zone" everything is great. There's nothing but you and wall. Every movement become a becomes a perfect economy of motion. No move, or energy is wasted, you do as little work as you need to. You have no belayer, and there is no hight. You just go up or across or over. One you come off teh wall time is normal again. But for a moment you had peace.
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zlipper
Feb 12, 2002, 3:06 PM
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me i dont think i think. my brain does one of these numbers. "uh......heheh....ehhh...PHHPTHHH....hehe......huh.HAHAHAH....(silence)"
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iclimbtoo
Feb 12, 2002, 4:10 PM
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Anyone ever fall into the zone immediately if you're taking a big trip somewhere? That helps me! Went out to CO and was in the zone the whole week! Climbed a full grade in a half tougher consistently! Then I came back and once again became pu--- boy!! Hehehe...
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jjfloyd
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If I've been climbing regulary I find it pretty easy to find that zone. It's kind of a cumulative process, especially leading. Every climb I do well builds me up for the next one. Once my confidence is high I only think about the spatial relationships right in front of me that help me move up the next few feet. When I'm really on this isn't even a process, just more of a feel.
If I haven't been climbing regulary I just feel puny and don't let myself take risks.
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rockandbold
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How do I look in these Oakley glasses???
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kaptk
Feb 12, 2002, 7:06 PM
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I think about getting to the top.
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camhead
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On the few aid routes that I have done, the only thing going through my mind is
this:
"ohshitohshitohshitohshit...I swear I'll never do this again, ohshit.."
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leadingedge
Feb 15, 2002, 12:21 PM
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A gorgeous girl at the top of the wall.
What else!!??
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missedyno
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you have to admit, every so often you get the thought of
"hey, just what exactly am i doing up here again, anyway?"
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stigonrock
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Pumpy section coming up.
"OK girl come on, you're doing ok.
Relax, you're doing good"
"Ok bolt up ahead"
(Tricky pumpy clip on a steep face from a left side pull, feet on smears, lots of body tension to stop barn-dooring, small right hand crimper.)
(I let go with right hand get the quickdraw in the bolt. Try to pull the rope through to clip but my fingers pumping out on the side pull)
(I let go of the rope still unclipped, right hand back on crimper, swap feet and give my left hand a quick shake out.
I breathe slowly, try and slow myself down and relax)
I mumble to myself quietly, "come on woman, don't wimp it, you can do this. Come on..RELAX!, don't rush it girl. BREATHE..slow it down..you're doing ok"
"Damm having trouble letting go here...
ok relax, breathe...RELAX WOMAN!..you know you can do this..don't mess it up..COME ON"
(Feet in position again, lay away on left hand, get the balance, get the body tension through my left arm and shoulder, feel my guts tightening to stop barn-dooring)
"OK girl..lets try again".
(I pull the rope through slowly, get the clip and only then I momentarily relax in my mind for a few seconds, but then Im already scanning the rock ahead becuase I want this red-point bad...real bad!)
"Damm I love this ...."
"STIGS THOUGHTS" (on tricky clips)
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[ This Message was edited by: seynes on 2002-02-15 09:30 ]
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seynes
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Just think of the next hold and nothing else.
My mind is clear. It's almost like meditation.
Climbing when there's just the moves in your head is wonderfull.
[ This Message was edited by: seynes on 2002-02-15 09:29 ]
[ This Message was edited by: seynes on 2002-02-15 09:31 ]
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case22
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Here's something for all of you to think about, I learned it in my Psychology class and instantly thought; "That's exactly how I feel when I climb."
In peak experience, there are certain charactersitics:
1. You feel at one with your environment.
2. It feels like you're doing the activity for yourself.
3. You have no ego in the peak moment, you're not absorbed in yourself.
4. Concentration feels effortless.
5. Time seems to slow down.
6. You feel like you're being "challenged."
I was sitting in class thinking to myself, man I need to get outside and do some serious climbing!!
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Before I became a climber I ran competitvely. When I was running (especially in a race) I would only become "conscious" 2 or 3 times. These were times that I had to make important race decisions. Should I kick? Should I conserve? First mile 5:20, I am 5 seconds off the pace, need to pick it up. etc.
The rest of the time I was not thinking about anything. My mind was completely clear, I was one with myself and the race.
When I climb well I feel the same thing. I will only be "conscious" right before the crux, and the rest of the time I am one with the rock.
Until I blew out my knee the feeling of nirvana is the reason that I ran, and it is the reason that I love to climb.
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its_me_drew
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la la la la la, dum de dum dum dum. well thats about the only thought while I'm climbing.
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