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Pigsteak wrote:
hee, heedipsi, 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.
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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.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.
Wes...you obviously walked away before I fell.
Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha
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).
(the exhale/forced-inhale could also be partly why talking to yourself and the rock helps, spragwa).
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?
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?
Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha
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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.
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.
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This life don't last forever
When you cry I taste the salt in your tears.
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