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kansas
Jan 22, 2004, 5:27 AM
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Hey whatsup with dissing gyms so! for some of us its all we have around here! but dont get me wrong...Id take a rock over a wall anytime...come to think of it though...K.C. DOES have some pretty tight walls. Ibex Climbing Gym is great for bouldering :D
~`gravity sucks`~
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josephine
Jan 22, 2004, 9:28 AM
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josephine moved this thread from Beginners to Indoor Gyms.
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oudinardin
Feb 8, 2004, 3:22 PM
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In reply to: Hey whatsup with dissing gyms so! for some of us its all we have around here! but dont get me wrong...Id take a rock over a wall anytime...come to think of it though...K.C. DOES have some pretty tight walls. Ibex Climbing Gym is great for bouldering :D ~`gravity sucks`~ |
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robmcc
Feb 9, 2004, 4:53 AM
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Yippee! We need another dead horse to beat around here. :lol:
Rob
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reprieve
Feb 9, 2004, 5:33 AM
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When it's 10 degrees fahrenheit outside and the nearest decent crag is 20 miles away and you don't have a car....and there's a gym 2 blocks down the road....which one is the better option?
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robmcc
Feb 9, 2004, 5:45 AM
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In reply to: When it's 10 degrees fahrenheit outside and the nearest decent crag is 20 miles away and you don't have a car....and there's a gym 2 blocks down the road....which one is the better option?
Outside. Always. Dress warmly, find a partner with a car, take a headlamp if it gets dark before you want to go home.
Any other questions? :D
Rob
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dood
Feb 9, 2004, 5:56 AM
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[quote="reprieve"]When it's 10 degrees fahrenheit outside and the nearest decent crag is 20 miles away and you don't have a car....and there's a gym 2 blocks down the road....which one is the better option?
Well, I'd go caving. Always 52 degrees in a cave. Lots of opportunities for rapping, scrambling and even hard climbing.
And you're in the real world.
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reprieve
Feb 9, 2004, 6:14 AM
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Both of those sound like great ideas....but easier said than done.
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karmaklimber
Feb 9, 2004, 6:25 AM
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Gyms get you strong -fast- but they screw up your footwork if you ever climb outdoors.
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dynoguy
Feb 9, 2004, 8:05 AM
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I hit the OSU Climbing every week night
And go to Smith just about every weekend
As long as I'm climbing I'm having fun
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wildduck
Feb 9, 2004, 11:08 AM
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i do more gym climbs than outdoors. But that doesn't mean i don't do outdoors too...
the thing is that these are inter related. Gym help build technique and strenght while outdoor helps with performance and stamina.
I learnt how to belay and lead on plastic. It helps as when you go for outdoors, its a whole different enviroment out there.
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