Climbing insomnia

Post by **Brentucky** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:40 am

happens all the time to me, especially on a night before i'm going climbing. also, youtube climbing videos before bed are a big no-no. however, that's why i love when you're late all the time krampus!

nyquil is my addiction to fight my addiction!

Post by **Myke Dronez** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:41 am

I don't lose too much sleep over climbing but have experienced my fair share of heroic sends in my sleep- all against the pull of a lunar strength gravity. My palms, however, will sweat furiously when thinking about, talking about, or watching climbing- usually more than when I actually climb. Is this fairly common? Is it another warning sign of addiction?

Post by **DuppyC** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:10 pm

Speaking of being obsessive, if someone doesn't shorten the timer on the search engine I'm gonna flip my lid.

Did somebody remember to turn off the oven???

Post by **Danny** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:26 pm

I don't get it ... are you trying to say you're baked?

Post by **SCIN** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:47 pm

Adrenalin charged thoughts of crux sequences have taken many hours of sleep from me.

Post by **ahab** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:52 pm

i think we all may have a serious problem. i found this list of syptoms published in a prestigious
British medical journal.

Cycle Of Despair In Rock Climbing

Whatever the climbing addiction, whether it has identifiable genetic roots or not, a typical cycle
of despair tends to emerge. It looks something like this:

1. No-one intends to become a climbing addict, but many do. There is no intention to self-destruct
and ruin health, career and important relationships.
2. Climbing addicts lie to everyone in their lives. A common phrase used among climbing addicts
in treatment is: â€œThe way to tell when a climbing addict is telling a lie is that their mouth is open.â€

Post by **krampus** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:52 pm

Myke Dronez wrote: My palms, however, will sweat furiously when thinking about, talking about, or watching climbing- usually more than when I actually climb. Is this fairly common? Is it another warning sign of addiction?

Funny, I just noticed my palms sweating while reading your post and thinking about climbing

Post by **ahab** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:02 pm

ahab wrote:i dream about climbing just about every night.

addict

DriskellHR wrote:...thinking about getting to the crag the next morning keeps me awake all the time.

addict

krampus wrote:Thats why I couldn't sleep, I knew that if I got on it right then I would send without trouble.

addict

der uber wrote:I've spent the last waking minutes the night before heading out going over the sequence of a project.

addict

Cleveland wrote:I tend to waste my whole day at work thinking about climbs I have been on or climbs that I can't wait to get on. It makes work fly by but my bosses hate it b/c I am not paying attention to what I am doing .

addict

Brentucky wrote:nyquil is my addiction to fight my addiction!

addict

Myke Dronez wrote:My palms, however, will sweat furiously when thinking about, talking about, or watching climbing- usually more than when I actually climb. Is this fairly common? Is it another warning sign of addiction?

addict

SCIN wrote:Adrenalin charged thoughts of crux sequences have taken many hours of sleep from me.

addict

Post by **krampus** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:03 pm

Ahab, I think your on to something. I almost missed number 8 cus I got bored of reading.

Post by **caribe** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:49 pm

It is doing necessary recoup time off the rock or gym that bugs me. My fingers at the tips get really sensitive, so it is time to quit. 1.5 days after quitting my fingertips acquire a plastic-coated feel, like I am wearing thin polyethylene thimbles on all fingertips.

Forced time off due to elbow tendinitis or hand pain has me wondering what else I can do to keep it up in terms of a stretching, push-up, pull-up, lifting or running program.

have to quit, can't quit

BUT YOU
have to quit . . . . for a while
. . . . can't quit