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richardvg03
Oct 13, 2008, 10:09 PM
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so... my climbing partner moved away and I had surgery and now it's had finding motivation to climb. I went out yesterday and I didn't even enjoy being on the rock... got any ideas on how to stay motivated? Does this happen to "all men"?? haha
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donald949
Oct 13, 2008, 10:21 PM
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Well, I don't know about that...
Hope the surgery went well though.
I'm trying to get out someplace Friday or Thursday. Big Rock, Woodson, where ever.
What you doing???
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dingus
Oct 13, 2008, 10:21 PM
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Change your game. Perhaps explore some other aspect of climbing. Take whatever it was that 'didn't do it for you' last weekend and just set it aside. Go do something else for a time.
How about 'easy-ball' wilderness bouldering? Solo.
Or maybe some good old fashioned peak bagging? Got any lists to work on? Good to have an 'ever-present gargantuan' project in the hip pocket, so when all else fails you can go knock off one on your list, nawmean?
Mix it up. If the old don't work, do something new.
If you're a planner, head out impulsively. If you're impulsive by nature, try planning something for once. Tried of sport climbing? Go climb a wall. Or hike a peak.
Or go surfing. Maybe boulder on the beach sand, drink some mexican brews and watch the bettys.
Head out on a solo recon-trip somewhere.
Go climb some wild assed desert peak out in the Mojave.
Do a slot canyon. Do Buckskin Gulch, there ya go.
Or head on up to Alaska and go core. Work a crab boat for a bit and then head on up to the Big Mac by god.
There's a whole world-a shit out there just waitin for you... whaddaya waiting for???
DMT
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richardvg03
Oct 13, 2008, 10:27 PM
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dingus wrote: Or head on up to Alaska and go core. Work a crab boat for a bit.. There's a whole world-a shit out there just waitin for you... whaddaya waiting for???
HAHAHA!!!!! Thanks!
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clee03m
Oct 13, 2008, 11:07 PM
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This sort of thing happened to me (and I am a woman!) last year. I had moved to a new area and after finishing a climbing road trip, I suddenly lost motivation to climb. I posted a similar post in the Ladie's Room, and I got a lot of encourgement. Apparantly this happens to a lot of climbers. And the passion comes back (as it did with a vengence for me). So have faith and have fun waiting it out doing things you otherwise didn't have time to do from climbing too much.
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flipnfall
Oct 13, 2008, 11:24 PM
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Sorry about the loss of friend support and the surgery. I've had a few surgeries on my spine to correct damage to disks and it does take its toll on you mentally. Not to over simplify things, but just get out there and do it. It's amazing how being back in shape has a direct impact on your motivation. As I'm getting stronger, I'm longing to go climbing and burn up this excess energy I'm feeling. 6 months ago, I wasn't even close to feeling this way. I just make myself go every opportunity. I'm well on my way to staying a strong climber for my 40s (which are coming in just the next couple years) and hope to be climbing well into my 70s.
Good luck and let us know how it goes!
GT
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angry
Oct 13, 2008, 11:40 PM
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I've lost motivation once in 12 years. It was due to a particularly nasty relationship with a climber. The climbing was fine but it was so much easier to blame than all the real bullshit.
I do know what you mean though. I used to race bikes and one day 3 years ago I up and quit. Haven't raced since. Every once in a while I feel a twinge to get back in the peloton or do another tri, but the feeling fades fast. It's a part of me that isn't me anymore.
We're all different and we don't need to be the same. If climbing for you doesn't do it, don't force it. We've got this life and really don't know what happens afterwards, there's no reason to let spend your free time in anything but a wholly fulfilling activity.
Look deep and make a decision. In this game, decisions are never final either. You can quit as many times as you like (I'll probably race again).
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stonefox
Oct 15, 2008, 5:46 PM
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That sucks, I feel like I am in that boat all of the time. I feel I lose motivation too. if I can't totally commit and spend all of my time climbing or if I don't have a consistent partner it's really hard to stay motivated. My advice is to push through it, get to the gym and make yourself train, find a partner there or scope RC. I have climbed all over the US with some really great people from this site.
Good Luck!
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shockabuku
Oct 15, 2008, 5:55 PM
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Is it the partner thing? I find it hard to find new partners that I'm satisfied with because for me it's a very close relationship and not just a casual thing (no wonder my wife is jealous). When I don't have a good partner, I don't climb much.
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richardvg03
Oct 15, 2008, 7:56 PM
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I think it's def. the partner thing. My partner and I were very close and I loved climbing with him! Now I need to find a new one and I'm not brand new to climbing and I don't climb much above 5.8 because of my injuries so nobody really cares to climb with me. I don't want a noob as partners either...
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knieveltech
Oct 15, 2008, 7:59 PM
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richardvg03 wrote: I think it's def. the partner thing. My partner and I were very close and I loved climbing with him! Now I need to find a new one and I'm not brand new to climbing and I don't climb much above 5.8 because of my injuries so nobody really cares to climb with me. I don't want a noob as partners either...
Sounds pretty familiar.
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Maddhatter
Oct 15, 2008, 8:38 PM
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If you are at or close to 29 Palms camp up in J-tree at the hidden vally camp ground. Walk around to different camp fires until you find a group you feel you fit in with. The noob climbing Marines we climbed with did 5.8 trad in there boots. I don't see how it would be hard to find a good partner out of the guys / girls at 29 Palms.
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themattreid
Oct 16, 2008, 3:01 AM
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Short story: my climbing partner died when I was 18. I took a long time off from climbing. I did other stuff: mountain bike racing, telemark skiing, motocross. Now, it's back to climbing.
It's not bad to have a lack of motivation from the walls, just have fun outdoors. That's the most important thing.
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dingus
Oct 16, 2008, 12:03 PM
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richardvg03 wrote: I don't want a noob as partners either...
Why not? Shape the clay, make the partner.
DMT
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Oct 16, 2008, 4:21 PM
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dingus wrote: Change your game. Perhaps explore some other aspect of climbing. Take whatever it was that 'didn't do it for you' last weekend and just set it aside. Go do something else for a time. How about 'easy-ball' wilderness bouldering? Solo. Or maybe some good old fashioned peak bagging? Got any lists to work on? Good to have an 'ever-present gargantuan' project in the hip pocket, so when all else fails you can go knock off one on your list, nawmean? Mix it up. If the old don't work, do something new. If you're a planner, head out impulsively. If you're impulsive by nature, try planning something for once. Tried of sport climbing? Go climb a wall. Or hike a peak. Or go surfing. Maybe boulder on the beach sand, drink some mexican brews and watch the bettys. Head out on a solo recon-trip somewhere. Go climb some wild assed desert peak out in the Mojave. Do a slot canyon. Do Buckskin Gulch, there ya go. Or head on up to Alaska and go core. Work a crab boat for a bit and then head on up to the Big Mac by god. There's a whole world-a shit out there just waitin for you... whaddaya waiting for??? DMT
lotsa good points here....
the big one being switching your climbing style. for a long time, all I did was boulder. it held my attention for along time, but then I hit a plateau, and I just couldn't improve. don't know why...it didn't matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't break the v3-v4 cap....in additon, I'd climbed every freakin boulder problem in minnesota and I was getting bored. so I switched to sport climbing. I wasn't very experienced at this point with sport, but because of all the bouldering I did, I excelled. sport climbing was SOoo different that it was like a whole new world and completly re-motivated me. I'm still on my sport binge, so I havn't done too much bouldering recently, but when I have, I've found that the v4s that were pissing me off before fell right into place. I attribute this to simply getting a change of scenery, and learning new techniques, and gaining muscle with the sport climbing.
...I'm sure I'll get sick of sport at some point and go back to bouldering....or try getting into trad (but that's expensive)...but just simply changing the style of climbing is enough for me to get re-motivated, and energized about climbing in general.
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