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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 19, 2015 - 05:36am PT
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Yanqui,
I am almost certain that the videos' focus was on that GOYL, If you get a chance check out
Her trad climbing,
The production value of these folks work, the music too, is what I like, and see as the top of
The heap of climbing videos.
The better climbing area is always the locals only spot, it is a paradox.
The best climbing is the best kept secret.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Apr 19, 2015 - 05:47am PT
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Nina is a hottie, for sure, and an ace-number-one hard woman to boot. I already watched that video about her free climbing that scary 5.14a multi-pitch in Switzerland and the butterflies fluttered around in my midsection. However, now that I've reached a mature age I realize the only way to preserve the resource here is to get people interested in using it.
Cheers, Gnome!
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Apr 19, 2015 - 12:28pm PT
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Climbing is technical movement over your chosen medium: be it pebbles, large rock formations (free or aid), clip-ups, chalk cliffs, buildings or ice.
I forget who said it.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Apr 19, 2015 - 03:57pm PT
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When did we start bringing ladders to the boulders?
Also- how long does a ladder have to be left out before I can take it home?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jan 12, 2016 - 09:39pm PT
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Has the fad of bouldering left us?
No.
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Jan 13, 2016 - 05:02am PT
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Has the fad of bouldering left us?
For me yes, as falling on rope doesn't depend on would be spotters and not missing the crash pads when I am doing something difficult. Roped climbing/leading on the other hand with bolts and one good belayer keeps me from hitting the deck most of the time.
It seems Jaybro had some gear hit him in the nose?
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Jan 13, 2016 - 08:38pm PT
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Old gymnasts and old boulderers are lucky if they do not end up with damaged spines. Pads or no pads. I made it up through age 78 as a gymnast-type athlete before being permanently sidelined. Top-roping would have delayed or eliminated this condition. The future will tell the tail . . .
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Jan 14, 2016 - 05:06am PT
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jgill,
Wisdom doesn't trickle down like money. If we live long enough we will have the data on what type of injury is of the mode set. Are spine injuries the most likely?
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darkmagus
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 14, 2016 - 09:33am PT
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With the way that the average boulderer perenially attempts poorly thought-out and inappropriate "training programs", I think a lot of folks' fingers (pulleys) will be unusable long before their spines wear out.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jan 15, 2016 - 12:01am PT
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I made it up through age 78 as a gymnast-type athlete before being permanently sidelined.
John, I'm so sorry to hear this. Does this mean you've had to stop doing the body-weight routines you enjoyed?
Some athletes just keep going and going, but I think many more discover that they have sold short aspects of their future health, and when the option calls come in, it turns out that there is a significant price to be paid for the accomplishments of youth.
Youth and the things that drive us being what they are, I also think very few would back off in consideration of a more mobile old age. We drive the old car till it breaks, and then just live with the jalopy for whatever time remains.
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Jan 15, 2016 - 08:36pm PT
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If I had been told at the age of thirty that forty eight years into the future I would suffer this condition I would have shrugged it off and forgotten about it. I have no regrets. It was worth the ride.
I have been strongly advised to never try any of the bodyweight exercises I was doing before October 25th of last year, including pull-ups, balancing up the boulder fields, and hiking up steep hills. This has taken a while to assimilate, for it means virtually no aerobic or strength exercises - at least anywhere similar to what I had been doing. Walking at a modest pace seems to be good for the condition. Six plus hours of spinal reconstructive surgery is a last resort if the pain gets too bad.
Sitting here I feel fine, as I do most of the time if I am careful.
But I would hope for a day in the future when improved technology and/or ethical attitude would encourage bouldering without the big jumps. Pads may not be the answer, for gymnasts have used them forever.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jan 15, 2016 - 09:58pm PT
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Well good luck old friend, and stay away from those docs if you can.
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Ryan Tetz
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Jan 16, 2016 - 07:32am PT
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Agree also at 31. I've really messed up my back with injuries from youngster ski crashes, an ice climbing pillar collapse, and most recently competing in ultra distance cycling bringing on some significant neck/torso stiffness bouts to balance. I wouldn't want to take back the experiences though. I don't expect to easily arrive at 80 either. Good to hear John Gill's perspective. Reality is humbling. Keep on
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jan 16, 2016 - 07:54am PT
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Back when, bouldering just...was.
Then, maybe, it was...a fad.
And now, bouldering just...is.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jan 16, 2016 - 08:02am PT
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I'm saying we're past the fad part.
Chill randizzle.
Edit:
I would contend that trad climbing is more of a fad now than bouldering.
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Jan 16, 2016 - 08:13am PT
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Slightly off topic .... I was talking to a young guy in the gym yesterday (Denver Bouldering Club), which I go a couple times a week during my lunch break and it blew me away that he had been "bouldering" for a few years now and wondered what were his favorite areas... He kinda looked at me weird and then proceeded to tell me that he likes The Spot and DBC central the most.... He has never climbed outside!
So maybe the new fad is exclusively bouldering indoors!
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
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Jan 16, 2016 - 11:18am PT
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Bouldering is why we'll have socialized medicine? We have to care of the youth.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jan 16, 2016 - 11:37am PT
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Bouldering ---> Medicare
Be glad it's there!
E.g., emergency room charges = $6,464
My contribution = $11.04
;>)
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