Express Yourself

Post by **pigsteak** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:39 pm

but I do want to make out with you...don't you remember that first time we ever met at miguel's..that sparkle in your eyes set me afire...

Post by **charlie** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:41 pm

Thinking about this thread I noticed last weekend that I whistle on routes. Then again I'm pretty much whistling most of the time anyways.

Post by **marathonmedic** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:53 pm

I'm starting to sing ramdom bits of nonsense while I'm climbing or belaying. Now that I think about it, it could be a little disturbing to be at a quiet crag and hear your climber singing as they're about to crank some strange move.

Post by **Spragwa** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:13 am

pigsteak wrote:but I do want to make out with you...don't you remember that first time we ever met at miguel's..that sparkle in your eyes set me afire...

I was just trolling for a compliment. Thanks!

Post by **dipsi** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 5:01 am

Pigsteak wrote:

dipsi, actually, there is a small print corollary in the piglet handbook of rules which states that anyone who knows more than 17 ways to curse and send the climbing gods back to the dungeons is classified as a real climber....I am betting you qualify.

hee, hee

Post by **diggum** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 1:35 pm

marathonmedic wrote:I'm starting to sing ramdom bits of nonsense while I'm climbing or belaying. Now that I think about it, it could be a little disturbing to be at a quiet crag and hear your climber singing as they're about to crank some strange move.

Damn...I just noticed myself singing on a route at the gym. I haven't noticed it outside. But it did help to calm me & I made it up no problems. Maybe we have something here.

Wes...you obviously walked away before I fell.

Post by **Canuck** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:01 pm

i suspect singing helps to calm you because you exhale, and that forces you to inhale... particularly if you've done any training in music and breathe very rhythmically and deeply (not the shallow, raise-the-shoulders type breathing that some untrained singers do). the caveat is if you're thinking too much about the tune, lyrics, etc, then you're not focusing on the rock and movement.
(the exhale/forced-inhale could also be partly why talking to yourself and the rock helps, spragwa).

Post by **diggum** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:25 pm

Oh yes...breathing...

I keep hearing talk of this. In through the nose, out through the mouth, right?

Does anyone else get beta overload? I can't get more than a couple moves at a time or it all just goes in one ear & out the other. Is it my ADD kickin in or my nOOb-ness?

Post by **kentuckysarah** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:29 pm

It's taken me so long to get my breathing right. Someone once told me, "Breathe like you're having sex."

And Diggum, I get that beta overload all the time...but I get that with everything. I have to hear one thing at a time and really slowly or it doesn't make sense.

I usually talk to myself when I climb, especially if I do something stupid. I don't cuss all the time when I climb, but I do a lot. I'm trying to cut back on that.

Post by **lordjim_2001** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:33 pm

"Breathe like you're having sex."

How does breathing shallow and fast help? I pass out if I do that too long.