BR46 Posted January 15, 2017 Share #1 Posted January 15, 2017 Wo46 and I went indoor rock climbing today and we climbed until my hands felt like jello. We have been enjoying climbing for about 10 years now but it has been all indoors. Wisconsin has some great places to climb outdoors and I would like to take the sport outside but Wo46 has her doubts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #2 Posted January 15, 2017 I was as a kid, but I got out of it when I left college. You can start with bouldering, which is aboot all I would do now at my age. It was great fun. My high point was a trip to Seneca Rocks in WV, which was a totally awesome experience. My local area had nothing like that, just maybe 100 footers or so. I went so long ago there used to be a spire in Gunsight Notch called "The Gendarme", but it collapsed a while ago. Oops! https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1987/10/29/famed-wva-rock-takes-tumble-after-440-million-years/29f5d8fc-4598-4110-8cba-b9f188a41dc6/?utm_term=.3f57f4df0e11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #3 Posted January 15, 2017 No Hell no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #4 Posted January 15, 2017 I have always wanted to try it..that and repelling the cliffs on the north shore...but never done it..and I think I am getting old now... Outside...there is always the problem of snakes...yeah then I think again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #5 Posted January 15, 2017 1 minute ago, petitepedal said: I have always wanted to try it..that and repelling the cliffs on the north shore...but never done it..and I think I am getting old now... Outside...there is always the problem of snakes...yeah then I think again!! In college a guy got some great pictures of the fricken' snikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #6 Posted January 15, 2017 This is the place I have wanted to try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted January 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, petitepedal said: .but never done it..and I think I am getting old now... Age is just a number..I say just go for it The look that you'll get from your friends when you tell them what you did this past weekend will be priceless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #8 Posted January 15, 2017 Well...it doesn't look like much sideways.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #9 Posted January 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, BR46 said: Age is just a number..I say just go for it The look that you'll get from your friends when you tell them what you did this past weekend will be priceless. The great thing is you can start with easy routes and stick with them if you are so inclined. Just don;t do like I always did skiing and get stuck on the black diamond routes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #10 Posted January 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, petitepedal said: This is the place I have wanted to try... Wow. Those people look so comfortable standing on the rock face. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share #11 Posted January 15, 2017 I want to climb at Devils lake Wisconsin this summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 15, 2017 Share #12 Posted January 15, 2017 RandomGuy is into rock climbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 15, 2017 Share #13 Posted January 15, 2017 I used to do lots of climbing. I have done some semi-big wall stuff. My ex boyfriend and I used to do multi pitch stuff. We climbed Lover's Leap, Pywiack dome in Yosemite and some other decent sized stuff. We never got into the multi day climbs, except for some glacier stuff which is not really rock climbing. We didn't get into the hanging loft sleeping, probably because the equipment was super expensive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share #14 Posted January 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: We never got into the multi day climbs, except for some glacier stuff which is not really rock climbing. We didn't get into the hanging loft sleeping, probably because the equipment was super expensive. This is not my idea of camping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted January 15, 2017 Share #15 Posted January 15, 2017 I am a pretty happy person when both of my feet are planted firmly on the ground. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #16 Posted January 15, 2017 16 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: I am a pretty happy person when both of my feet are planted firmly on the ground. Stay well grounded my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #17 Posted January 15, 2017 28 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: I am a pretty happy person when both of my feet are planted firmly on the ground. I don't mind being in the air, just not dangling in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 15, 2017 Share #18 Posted January 15, 2017 13 minutes ago, Wilbur said: I don't mind being in the air, just not dangling in the air. Those ropes and webbing are super strong. Heck, I think the webbing is 8000 # test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #19 Posted January 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Those ropes and webbing are super strong. Heck, I think the webbing is 8000 # test and? You can't argue with irrational fears! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 15, 2017 Share #20 Posted January 15, 2017 3 hours ago, Airehead said: RandomGuy is into rock climbing. I had done is for a while before RO was born, and haven't done it since. I liked it, it definitely helps build strength and endurance, although I did hurt my hand doing it. It mostly healed. Anyway, I have never done it outdoors, and thought it would be fun to in CO. I definitely wouldn't do it outdoors out here, deadly mosquitoes would take the joy out of it, I think, even if slathered up with toxic chemicals. Ah, maybe I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #21 Posted January 15, 2017 6 minutes ago, Randomguy said: I had done is for a while before RO was born, and haven't done it since. I liked it, it definitely helps build strength and endurance, although I did hurt my hand doing it. It mostly healed. Anyway, I have never done it outdoors, and thought it would be fun to in CO. I definitely wouldn't do it outdoors out here, deadly mosquitoes would take the joy out of it, I think, even if slathered up with toxic chemicals. Ah, maybe I would. Didn't SuzieQ go to the Shawungunks one time? Is that near ZackNY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 15, 2017 Share #22 Posted January 15, 2017 11 minutes ago, Ralph T. Mooseknuckle said: Didn't SuzieQ go to the Shawungunks one time? Is that near ZackNY? I did a few short hikes with her in a climbing area, lots of folks doing it. I have only done bouldering, just a couple of times in a harness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #23 Posted January 15, 2017 I have done a fair amount. Even some ice climbing. I have a 12 wide by 16 ft high wall in my barn. My cousin Hugh Herr on "Disneyland point", Skytop, Shwangunks, New York If I remember correct this was in 1986 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #24 Posted January 15, 2017 32 minutes ago, Randomguy said: I had done is for a while before RO was born, and haven't done it since. Pregnancy and delivery is hell on your body. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 15, 2017 Share #25 Posted January 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Wilbur said: and? You can't argue with irrational fears! Fear of heights is quite rational! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 15, 2017 Share #26 Posted January 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Wilbur said: Pregnancy and delivery is hell on your body. My vag is still recovering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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