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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.

caribe, Do you mind if I quote you in my signature? I loved it!

so defecating on the oil wells was merely an expression of what we were meant to do? I'll bite.

I climb to get away from my wife.

LOL You guys kill me! Quote away, no copyright.

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.

I thought the thread was about what motivates you to climb as an individual, not what motivates individuals to climb...

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

How about, because it's fun?

its better then sitting on your ass watching tv. although wii's are fun.

[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.