climbing! this is a pleasant way to start the morning =)

although i'm kinda new to it (still in the honeymoon phase though!). I started a year ago this month =D

ohhhhh everest! nice!

Like fairies...only realer. Started climbing a year ago and I can't freakin stop. I go to uni in Wales...so, sheep and rock faces woop, yeah!

Also Manchester (home) has a super-duper climb centre.

But I need to get outside more, I like the comfort of a great big crash mat too much.

....anyone any ideas for places that are great to climb in the UK?

still crazy after all these years

Take up Swimming, That'll sort 'em oot. :)

still crazy after all these years

I summit Mt. Laundry twice a week.

"Brains grow love."--H. H. the Dalai Lama

Blog update! http://blog.myspace.com/ysubassoon

I climb everyday. I climbed after having had shoulder surgery. If my fingers are too sore from crimps, I'll climb slopers instead. If my forearms are too pumped, I'll set a real juggy route and focus more on footwork. I builder when I can't find crags or gyms. I climb door molding, windows...I'll climb anything.I seriously considered taking a huge paycut just to teach climbing everyday. At that point the Army offered intervention and sent me off on a mission for 3 weeks...STILL managed to find a gym an hour away from where I was.

Every climber should read the Rock Warrior's Way. It'll up your game - mentally and tap into power you've been keeping on reserve.

Has anyone climbed in Boone, Banner Elk or anywhere in the NC mountains? It's beautiful.

Mostly do just top-rope - have done some multi-pitches but really no one to do them with and not all that plentiful where I am geographically.  I had my gear stolen so, it's been over a year since my last climb (so sad and pissed off about it) and so I hope to get some climbing gear soon and to be back on the rock this summer. 

I got heavily into climbing my first year of college, but cut waaaay back when I started training for triathlons a couple years later. Now I work at an indoor climbing wall, so I climb every now and then when the wall is slow. But I'm kind of burnt out with it.

Climber forearms are totally hot though. So keep rockin' it, ladies. And if anyone ever wants to do a little expedition in the Midwest, hit me up (because there's no place to climb in Kansas so I haven't been on actual rock since I moved here from California).

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"From error to error, one discovers the entire truth."

- Sigmund Freud

I just started climbing in November with friends and I'm definitely hooked -- finally bought my own gear about a month ago.  Thought it would be a good challenge since I'm afraid of heights.  I climb at least once a week at a local gym, but have yet to get outside.  I think they finally convinced me to take that leap of faith.  

Any other climbers out there with a fear of heights?  Or any recommendations for making the switch from gym to actual rock?

If you're afraid of heights climbing outside might be a little overwhelming at first but you'll soon realize it's more in your mind than anything. Also, the rocks outside have alot better texture so they're not as "slippery" as the one's at the gym (especially if they just had a little kids birthday party with lots of pizza and greasy hands). You have to find your own routes unless you wanna follow the chalk marks on the wall which makes it more fun. Basically, once you go outside climbing indoors will be a poor substitute for the 'real' thing:)

Did I mention rapelling is so much fun, too?!