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Have you ever thought that it was a faux pas to talk about gym climbing at the crag?

it's retarded, but i don't know about faux pas? i love the quintessential "this is my first time on real rock". am i the only person who started climbing outside and later used a gym to train?

poll option 3: gym climbing is faux pas.

dude, the other day i just crushed the pink route at the gym, it was syc! it'd been my proj like all year brah. next up, lavender.

Sure, I have chatted with people about plastic at the crag. And more then that, there are many crappy days at the red when I wished I was at Ray and Michelle's or CT Cinci. Plastic is fun, it isn't just a means to an end (better outside climbing). Have had many, many great gym sessions, maybe even some of the better climbing days overall on plastic. But, then I don't buy into the whole "out in nature" bs about cragging either.

Wes is right..where else can you man up and taser your friends with your spray than in a gym sess...dud, try this mono shoulder wrecker with me.

climbing is climbing. i make it to the red a ton, but gym climbing still pushes you and lets you train hard. And sometimes gym reference come up at the crag...its not big deal.

gripster wrote:it's retarded, but i don't know about faux pas? i love the quintessential "this is my first time on real rock". am i the only person who started climbing outside and later used a gym to train?

Not so, i mean I guess I climbed indoors when I was in elementary school at birthday parties and things like that. But when I started to get my own gear and seriously climb, I was 45 min away from good bouldering, and around 2 hours away from a good gym.....easy choice.

Talking about gym climbing at the crag is about as lame as it can get....PERIOD

Wes wrote:But, then I don't buy into the whole "out in nature" bs about cragging either.

i do.
out in nature = away from (as many) people
i can dig it.