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mad_540_trix
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Anyone else do it?  I just did an outdoor climb for my first time today and it's sooooo much better than climbing in the gym.  the feeling of accomplishment is great and it's a lot of fun and a great workout.  basically what i'm trying to say is.... rock climbing = the shit.
Jul 20 2008 11:53PM
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RICK_ROSS
Posts: 6983 - Karma: 3,343
yeah there might be 1 or 2 more newschoolers that climb. i think ive been climbing in a gym once. ive been outside houndreds of times
Jul 20 2008 11:56PM
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mad_540_trix
Posts: 2452 - Karma: 14
yeah, i don't see much point in going to the gym any more.  it's expensive and not nearly as much fun.  i'm definitely looking forward to climbing again next weekend.
Jul 21 2008 12:07AM
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JamesR
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yea man i climb quite a bit,  im making plans to climb at smith rock when i go out to oregon later this week. welcome the second best sport ever created
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Jul 21 2008 12:13AM
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skier_boy26
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rock climbing is the shit. and yes, climbing outdoors is way better than indoors. i'll take gym during school when all the crags around here are all wet, but the fun and satisfaction from climbing outdoors is so much better.
it's remarkable how easy and relatively cheap it is to get into rock climbing (well, sport climbing and bouldering, not so much trad), so its really easy to do it a lot in the summer, which is what i try to do.

as for the guy going to smith, its fucking sick. busy, and hot, but the routes are money. im eager to go to a lot of different places. top on my list (but far from happening) is going to kalymnos in greece.
Jul 21 2008 12:29AM
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skiizy
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actually ive found that there are a ton of NSers that climb... i climb as much as i can its a blast... i lead a 5-10... and othere than that there isnt much around here... and i free soloed a 5-9... i love climbing it occupies my time in the summer when im not climbing.... i like buldering on rock at the beach... cuz you fall into the water
Jul 21 2008 12:35AM
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JamesR
Posts: 3396 - Karma: -12
thats what ive heard. my sister lives out there, and she climbs smith every week. the trips going to be sick.  even gonna be at hood for a day. first snow in a long time for someone in the east. skiing and climbing = amazing regardless of the conditions
Jul 21 2008 12:49AM
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STwoops
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yup-i work at an indoor gym and i am gonna be climbing at smith rocks for the 1st time in a couple days-so stoked. I mostly climb indoors cause it rains a lot where im from. nice to see another climber/skier
Jul 21 2008 9:48PM
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STwoops
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what day are u climbing smith? im goin this weds. for a full day with chockstone
Jul 21 2008 9:54PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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i love goin. my dad used to do it adn still does it so i go a few times a year since i was about 5. really fun stuff.
Jul 21 2008 10:46PM
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Skibumsmith
Posts: 5432 - Karma: 11,823
I used to rock climb a lot more. My dad took me. But he's been injured for the last like 5 years and I haven't been in a really long time. sucks I really liked it
Jul 21 2008 10:52PM
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Skibumsmith
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oh i forgot to say we have a fricken rock climbing wall in are garage it covers all the walls. my friends were stoked on it when i first showed it to them
Jul 21 2008 10:53PM
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aurora.
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rock climbing is sick. even just bouldering around on random rocks is awesome. ive done only 3 outdoor climbs this summer but when i get back home its pretty much all im doing along with hiking and camping until school starts back up. its really good for a dryland workout for skiing becuase it works all those random little stabilizer muscles that are hard to get at and that you use in skiing all the time. yay rock climbing!
Jul 21 2008 11:41PM
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michelle
Posts: 6290 - Karma: 428
I LOVE rock climbing. I went just tonight, actually. And I think I'm working in the gym in August, so I'm pumped for some free climbing everyday.
Jul 22 2008 12:52AM
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waterville_NH
Posts: 3411 - Karma: 23
just got back from a trip to shelf road, CO. Incredible, 1000 bolted climbs....going to Rumney for the first time next weekend...anyone recommend some good routes there? (5.9 to 5.11c) somewhere in that ballpark?
Aug 16 2008 8:11PM
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[Adam]
Posts: 1937 - Karma: 256
although i agree with you totally because i rock climb as well but skiing = the shit
Aug 16 2008 8:18PM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13083 - Karma: 18,725
Climbing has become an obsession for me...I made a rock climbing cult, if anyone wants to revive it...
Aug 16 2008 8:32PM
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[Adam]
Posts: 1937 - Karma: 256
post me ill join
Aug 16 2008 8:35PM
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photowill
Posts: 158 - Karma: 10
ill join
Aug 16 2008 8:40PM
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k-rob
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i haven't gone climbing in soooo long, i've been so busy biking the past few summers that i just haven't had time for it. not to mention the fact that the indoor climbing gyms have become a major ripoff, i can't even afford to do both biking and climbing anymore.
Aug 16 2008 8:43PM
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doublexl
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huh weird my parents pretty much live at smith.

i dont get it though, climbing isnt that fun.
Aug 16 2008 9:40PM
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Skipig25
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I do my fair share.
Aug 16 2008 9:45PM
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Aenigma
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I used to go quite a bit, but realized that I just can't afford it with skiing, mountain biking, and fly fishing. 
Aug 16 2008 9:52PM
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east_toast
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I used to do outdoor climbing for a week every summer. We did different cliffs around CT from 30 to over 100 feet. You cant even compare outdoors to in a gym its just so different.
Aug 16 2008 10:39PM
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JamesR
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all it takes is shoes and friends with equipment
Aug 16 2008 10:56PM
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JamesR
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true. i dont have shit besides my shoes, so i just hit up bouldering spots in my area
Aug 16 2008 11:02PM
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chimp
Posts: 616 - Karma: 117
i just got through with a bouldering competition i love it
Aug 17 2008 2:23AM
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waterville_NH
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i'll join for sure
Aug 17 2008 11:18AM
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Mandygeee
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Went everyday last week...but it was rainy out so we had to go inside.

I have only gone outside three times....still wayyyyyy better then indoor...obviously

Sep 27 2009 12:10PM
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Mac.
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We have a class at our school solely dedicated to rock climbing, which I took in the spring.  It is such a fun time and once you start getting good at it, it is a blast.
Sep 27 2009 12:18PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
Sportclimbing, alpinism, trad and bouldering....
that's my life in summer.....
Sep 27 2009 12:20PM
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ALaw
Posts: 2616 - Karma: 1,552
yeah dude climbings the shit inside or outside theyre both so much fun
Sep 27 2009 12:35PM
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kepler.
Posts: 8761 - Karma: 139
Went climbing for my first time at RR gorge about 2 months ago. Fell in love.
Sep 27 2009 12:36PM
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Black-Bandanna
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YAY. I didn't know there were this many other climbers on NS. I'm more of a bouldering guy, but sport routes are fun too. I haven't been able to climb in about half a year because of shoulder surgery, so I've just been the filming bitch for my friends. SO stoked to get back on the rock.  And hell  yeah, climbing outside is infinitely better than gym climbing. For one, real rock feels so much better. Two, it's free. And three, you're outside!
Sep 27 2009 1:19PM
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jimmer
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heck yeah dude. so much fun.

this thread combined with the fact that yesterday i was cliff jumping/climbing around on random stuff just has me stoked off the outdoors.
Sep 27 2009 1:53PM
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