why do you climb?

Gaston? High Step? Drop Knee? Talk in here.
Post Reply
User avatar
krampus
Posts: 3933
Joined: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:31 am

Post by krampus »

Climbing is too much work for most gumbies. And as far as the zen thing, I get no euphoria from rewards I did not work for. Without the pain I would likely wind up in a state of ennui.
How you compare may not be as important as to whom you are compared
Top
rhunt
Posts: 3202
Joined: Thu May 29, 2003 12:02 pm

Post by rhunt »

caribe, Do you mind if I quote you in my signature? I loved it!
"Climbing is the spice, not the meal." ~ Lurkist
Top
User avatar
pigsteak
Posts: 9684
Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:49 pm

Post by pigsteak »

so defecating on the oil wells was merely an expression of what we were meant to do? I'll bite.
Positive vibes brah...positive vibes.
Top
overhung
Posts: 1301
Joined: Mon Oct 07, 2002 9:18 pm

Post by overhung »

I climb to get away from my wife.
I've had just about enough of this shit.
Top
User avatar
caribe
Posts: 2447
Joined: Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:37 am

Post by caribe »

LOL You guys kill me! Quote away, no copyright.
Top
Meadows
Posts: 5395
Joined: Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:03 pm

Post by Meadows »

what is the "class/set" that you're referring to? It must be a very broad term to include instinctual activities, natural (uncontrolable) bodily functions, and contemplated (learned and not natural) activities.
Top
User avatar
rjackson
Posts: 928
Joined: Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:26 pm

Post by rjackson »

I thought the thread was about what motivates you to climb as an individual, not what motivates individuals to climb...
Pick myself up, stop lookin' back.
Grand Funk Railroad
Top
charlie
Posts: 3219
Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2003 4:55 pm

Post by charlie »

Man you people are def stuck at work......

How about, because it's fun?
Top
User avatar
ReachHigh
Posts: 1784
Joined: Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:17 pm

Post by ReachHigh »

its better then sitting on your ass watching tv. although wii's are fun.
"there's a line between self improvement and self involvement"
"Dogs are nature's pooper scoopers ."
Top
User avatar
caribe
Posts: 2447
Joined: Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:37 am

Post by caribe »

[quote="It must be a very broad term to include instinctual activities, natural (uncontrolable) bodily functions, and contemplated (learned and not natural) activities.[/quote]

yep, I could have said it better . . . but that was the general gist . . . activities characteristic of the species. I was musing and kidding around.

I think climbing is an artifact of our more primate past that shows up ontologically in our toddler stages. Somebody get that kid down from there, she is going to fall and break something! The instinct to climb is like the rooting instinct, put an object in an infant's palm and it closes on it hard. This instinct keeps toddlers on hairy mommas while they traverse the middle canopy. <ala Homer Simpson, ahhhhhh! HAIRY MOMMAS!!>

I doubt the braggadocio and the gear fetishes that come along with climbing are instinctual. I just wonder how far from the animal's shadow it all is though.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Sport”