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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:10 pm
by no grain
I'd say a little under two and a half years. The first time I ever climbed was outside, totally stellar.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:13 pm
by Gretchen
Spoonman, we need to have a party in your gym!! Winter boulderfest bash! I think I'll be able to climb the Elmo wall!!!
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:31 pm
by charlie
Started setting up topropes on static line in '94. First lead was Spring of '95 and had been hitting the Red 2 or 3 days a week til a couple of years ago. Caught a little case of marriage that's almost cured and I started paddling so I slowed down for a while.
Been back at it for about 3 months now and I'm starting to get strong again. Yeehaw!
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:14 pm
by air canada
My first climbing experience was outside in 95, didn't spend much time climbing for awhile after that. I've had about 6 years of fairly consistent climbing now, with different combinations of indoor, trad and sport.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:31 pm
by pigsteak
sweet people..thanks a ton for this background, and keep it coming! it is cool tosee the diversity and commonality amongst our group.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:50 pm
by Ernie
I started in a gym almost 4 years ago. After suffering the heat and lack of rock in Florida for as long as I could stand I moved closer to rock in 2001 and have been doing weekends in the Red ever since. It's amazing how time flies, I remember my first route outside ever, Friendly Fire at pocket wall!
All you guys who have been doing it for many many years are great. I love knowing that I've got so much climbing ahead of me.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 5:34 pm
by Artsay
Besides a couple of 2-3 month trips and a dozen 1-2 week trips, I've pretty much been a weekend warrior the past 9 years. In college I would drive 4 hours every weekend. It wasn't until I moved to Lexington four years ago that I've had it so good. I think, if I tried, I could count the weekends I haven't climbed in the past 9.5 years. The jones never fades.
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 6:24 pm
by rhunt
I was just talking to my buddy that introduced me to the world of rock climbing, we were reminiscencing about my first trip to Seneca Rock back in 1993. I climbed about 2 years mostly at Seneca and the New...then someone took me to the Red in the spring of 1995. I've climbed pretty much non-stop since.
Guess that makes it 10 years
climbing outside
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 7:33 pm
by neophyte
Enough to see you send and see you take....
Re: climbing outside
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 8:45 pm
by rhunt
neophyte wrote:Enough to see you send and see you take....
Yo girl...What??