Climbing is so much fun!

[BWS-1]

I've started climbing last saturday and I think I fell in love with that sport! I'll be certified as a beginner climber next saturday (that will allow me to climb basic walls inside) but then I'll take advanced classes and all the other 4 classes so by this summer I'll be able to go climb outside!

Ultimatly ... I would want to go climb in Taiwan at Lung Tung (Dragon Cave)! That place really seems to be every climbers' heaven @_@

Must ... go ... climbing ... NOW!

hmm, and it isn't as much of a work out as I thought it would be (well, to just climb on normal walls) so I guess I'll get myself 20 lbs of weights that I'll be wearing at the wrists (2.5 each), ankles(2.5 each), and around the waist (10).

[starlitdancer]

Sounds cool, BWS-1! The only climbing I've done so far is on an inflatable wall (almost 3 years ago) but I've always wanted to do more. Anyway -- stay safe and have fun!

[Silver Adept]

Climbing's a lot of fun. As for it not being a workout, wait until you get to some of the more advanced walls and the stuff outside. It'll definitely be workign out, then.

[BWS-1]

Ack ... no need for the weights, I'm DEAD!

I've spent the day climbing (from 10 am to 5 pm) and ALL of my muscles are so sore I swear I aged of like, 30 years in one day, the pain ... o but still, I learnt a lot from that day:

1 ) Even without weights, climbing is demending, therfor it should require a GOOD warm-up ( at least 15 minutes, not just 5 or ... 2 to 3 minutes <_< )

2 ) Black winter boots should NOT be considered as climbing equipment: they have little to no grip at all compared to the appropriate shoes and they force you to use nothing but your fingers and arms to stay on the wall

3 ) Eating at 7:30 am ... then do nothing but drink water all day will help you be able to do much climbing with little dehydratation BUT ... at 5:30 pm you will be almost ready to KILL for FOOD! Ckajwbgkqej

4 ) Without lil white pouder stuff thingy that keeps your hands dry ... you will have a FREAKIN hard time trying to get a grip at the wall X-x

5 ) When you feel pain in your fingers: you're hands of half dead

6 ) When you can't feel your fingers anymore: you're hands are far from dead! So even if you don't feel them grip, don't lose your grip!

7 ) When you don't feel your fingers and you can't grip anymore/move your fingers: your hands are DEAD! STOP CLIMBING! (well, just take a break)

8 ) Trying to grip the wall as you fall is a BAD idea: walls are rough and rip the skin/nails off if you try to slow your fall.

9 ) Climbing shoes might help you staying strechted out in the most ackward positions while still being stuck on the wall but they will NOT give you the ability to strectch/remain stretch in such position if you weren't capable of doing it in the first place!

10 ) You just CAN'T climb upside down if you don't have any place to put your feet, it's just way too demanding for the arms and fingers alone X-x

11 ) Biting your nails as you analize the wall is an other BAD idea, especially since you always have the hands/fingers/nails full of chalk (so it is why I decided to stop biting my nails!)

12 ) Feeling the urge to bit your nails as you are ON the wall and analizing a path to keep going is probably the WORST idea out there ... well ... it's not really an idea, but it's really annoying, and it becomes a "the worst idea" as you try to bit a lil peice of nail <_<

13 ) Trying to climb down from the top of the climbing block inthe middle of the room isn't much of a bad idea, in fact, it's a hell of a challenge. But I have been told by a guy working there that I wasn't allowed to do that so... yeah

14 ) The closer you are to the wall, the better, the further away you are ... the more you will be drained and your muscles will hurt a lot.

15 ) Jumping or doing "Chi" moves are good; only when you know you will land somewhere on the wall, and not somewhere on the floor...

16 ) Climbing for 7 hours shouldn't be called a work-out, or a drill ... it's SELF-DESTRUCTION. I will never EVER do that again, dispite the fact that I like it so much that I could feel like spending the day there ._.

17 ) Climbing is expencive (not as much as diving but still gee) So if I want to be able to climb twice a week, I have to get myself the GOOD shoes (95$ good for 2 years) the monthly pass (60$ per month) and the enough bus tickets for the transportation (44$ per month)... O and the membership card (25$ per year) and extra equipment expences (20$ per month). In order to not go red financially (and even endup making lil more money!) I must cut the sushi *sob sob

18 ) Climbing downward like Spider-Man (head down ass up :p) is NOT as easy as it looks in the movie -_-

19 ) As much as I would want to go climb 4 times a week, I just can't so, the final lesson I've learnt that day is: I NEED A NEW JOB!! X_X

[Skylah]

B, what happen to your climbing training?

I went to the mall on Saturday morning and they have this climbing club membership promotion and they also have climbing wall there for customers to try out so I give it a try.. It was really fun, not a tall wall tho, just about 15 feet but I broke my nails hehehehe and my body is aching specially hand and thigh due to lack of warming up...

[Tenshiai]

lol ^^

I wanna go too ! Maybe some other day if I can redo sport activity again.

[BWS-1]

[Shandriz]

YES! OMG. Rockwall climbing is sooo much fun. I discovered it at Ren. Fest several years ago, and now have to do it at least once every year. I'm pretty good at it, too! ..well, on a beginner level.

[Kiyomi]

I have not had much experience with climbing (other than trees, large rocks, and whatever else I could find on my own...so not rock wall climbing), but I love the rock wall machine we have have in the gym. I'm short, so not much reach, but I have strong fingers and my slight weight is to my advantage.