1 fishing was making me fat
2 you get to wear cool shoes
3 you get to play with gear
4 there is the nature thing...after a fashion
5 lady traddies...nuff said
i like to climb. it is fun. i like to climb and have fun. it is fun to have fun. sometimes it isnt fun but it still is fun. i like it when saxman gets all pissed off at the rock - it is fun-ny.
tutugirl wrote:I love ballet but because an almost 50 year old can't be on pointe shoes and be dancing with a ballet company, climbing provides what ballet can't no longer. I do love climbing for the same reason I love ballet...it is a vertical dance that requires some of the same elements, which is probably why I like sport climbing best. I love climbing for the movement and the ability to require the max of your body. There might not be an audience but the inner nervous energy of getting the climb is the same as providing the best preformance, because after all the audience has always being the same...you...
I like this analogy too. I have to admit, though don't tell anyone, that the other day in the climbing gym I walked in to them blaring some classical music, and I was totally diggin it. Try dancing up the wall to some relaxing 5/4, I was never breathing so well in my life.
How you compare may not be as important as to whom you are compared
Its a regains a connection to the simple fun enjoyed as a child. climbers themselves are fairly nice people but I feel that is common about people who are jazzed about what they do for fun.
"there's a line between self improvement and self involvement"
"Dogs are nature's pooper scoopers ."
When I was 3 years old my parents would not let me climb up into the giant tree in the back yard, but my brother could, then we moved before I got the chance. I always hated them for that.
How you compare may not be as important as to whom you are compared
