I struggle to make mixed family and climbing trips work ... Shark, or any other climbing parents, where’s your blog on this? I need help or at least moral support. )
Thurs: TR'ing on a mysteriously-overlooked line (extension to existing short route) in the middle of one of Squamish's best sport cliffs. Surprisingly climbable (.12b ish) and worthwhile but needs bolts; splitting & stacking firewood
Quote from: duncan on October 07, 2013, 09:07:43 amI struggle to make mixed family and climbing trips work ... Shark, or any other climbing parents, where’s your blog on this? I need help or at least moral support. )Work hard at getting your partner interested in belaying has got to be worth trying too.
Fri: 4.5 hour drive to Swanage
I did my first guidebook E5. Very pleased.
A catalogue of poor strategies. I struggle to make mixed family and climbing trips work. I consume far too much energy getting everyone out of the house and to the venue to have much left for the rock. Neither party are happy: family don’t feel they are getting a proper holiday, it’s just an excuse for Dad to go climbing, Dad feels pressured to perform in limited time available. Consequently proper warm-ups go to pot and predictable results ensue. Shark, or any other climbing parents, where’s your blog on this? I need help or at least moral support.
I think a parentBoulderingWorld wold be a great thread.
[Happened to randomly flash a 7C though, which was my first confirmed flash of the grade
Shark, or any other climbing parents, where’s your blog on this?
You must be psyched for Swanage!
Quote from: Sasquatch on October 08, 2013, 09:58:21 pm[Happened to randomly flash a 7C though, which was my first confirmed flash of the grade
I struggle to make mixed family and climbing trips work.
Quote from: duncan on October 07, 2013, 09:07:43 amI struggle to make mixed family and climbing trips work. I'm starting to wonder if it's worth it. Better to leave family trips as family trips, and climbing trips as climbing trips.
Quote from: SA Chris on October 09, 2013, 04:08:14 pmQuote from: duncan on October 07, 2013, 09:07:43 amI struggle to make mixed family and climbing trips work. I'm starting to wonder if it's worth it. Better to leave family trips as family trips, and climbing trips as climbing trips. Obviously there are some compromises to be made on both sides but its got to be better than a non-climbing holiday.
Quote from: duncan on October 07, 2013, 09:07:43 amI struggle to make mixed family and climbing trips work ... Shark, or any other climbing parents, where’s your blog on this? I need help or at least moral support.Shark didn't make the basic error of marrying a Japanese woman ...
I struggle to make mixed family and climbing trips work ... Shark, or any other climbing parents, where’s your blog on this? I need help or at least moral support.
Take the inlaws with you.(Handy for when you fall off and break yourself - their day at the beach isn't ruined whilst you're en route to hospital )
Work hard at getting your partner interested in belaying has got to be worth trying too.
So I just got back from this as well and I struggle with it. Ours was without a doubt a "family holiday", but there was no way I was going to miss getting a day of Bouldering in at HP40 when it was only 45 minutes away. What I find has to happen to make it work is to ensure they have a good time and are active for a significant chunk of the day. That way they don't feel abandoned or cheated. They have a great time, which then makes them more likely to be supportive of your activity. This can be exhausting though, and doesn't always work. The first night I snuck out to go check out HP 40, I got the "abandon" guilt trip as I walked out the door because it was the "first day" with her parents and I was leaving. I went anyway, and while I felt mildly guilty, I also know that it was a far better decision this way. If I had stayed I would have been frustrated at not going and adding that to the in-law stress I would have been less than nice. That said, she called me while I was driving and recognized that it was the right call and wished me luck.... I have a great wife....Dunno if that helps, or even gives moral support, but I feel ya.... It's always a struggle.
I've had a great year and progressed a ton with my climbing and our first child has just turned 1 today!It really helped when I got my partner into climbing, not so much because she climbs as well now but more so that she understands my obsessive mentality and why I'm "So psyched I finally stuck the last heinous move on my proj".We've got a trip to Font planned for the end of the month and it's just our son, my partner and I and we're both just as excited for the climbing!