Is it possible to be a decent climber and NOT have to do all this type of boring stuff that involves not being outside on rock?
Does the feeling of climbing something really hard make up for spending half your time climbing time (or more) training?
Inside or out, training is awesome.I tried to find the video of Homer chasing a squirrel on youtube but only found one of him chasing Uter, then got bored and gave up.
Quote from: cha1n on April 23, 2015, 01:46:33 pmIs it possible to be a decent climber and NOT have to do all this type of boring stuff that involves not being outside on rock? Yes, but unfortunately it seems you have to be naturally gifted. Back around, genes.
Quote from: andy_e on April 23, 2015, 01:47:57 pmQuote from: cha1n on April 23, 2015, 01:46:33 pmBollocks. Imagine those trainers had spent all that time they spend training moving on rock instead. A significant proportion of that time would be spent "moving on rock" in the pitch dark and/or pissing rain.
Quote from: cha1n on April 23, 2015, 01:46:33 pmBollocks. Imagine those trainers had spent all that time they spend training moving on rock instead. A significant proportion of that time would be spent "moving on rock" in the pitch dark and/or pissing rain.
Bollocks. Imagine those trainers had spent all that time they spend training moving on rock instead.
Bollocks. Imagine those trainers had spent all that time they spend training moving on rock instead. Hey presto, 'naturally gifted' climbers, and their trainer friends moan that they will have to go inside and get strong because they aren't so lucky...
Beautiful night tonight, think I might go soloing at Stanage, and then find somewhere comfortable and linger in the nice gritstone evening reading (and enjoying, because my soul didn't atrophy training) Moby Dick.
E1s? I was thinking more along the lines of Sharma.I'll never even try Rainshadow obviously. It holds no appeal. I'm sure I've done some stuff you are equally unlikely to do, or that might pass Pete's criteria for excellence, but that would miss the point - which is that for me doing holds a lot more value than having done.
Your last point cuts to the heart of it. Training will help you achieve goals. But obviously there's a short term cost in not being free to go out and do whatever you wish. Whether that's worth it is obviously a personal decision and depends on how much you enjoy training, and how much you're driven by ambition.
I'm at the bottom end of the 8s not the top or even low 9s yet which probably makes me super uncool
No amount of outdoor climbing will get you good movement skills if you're not mindful of what you are doing. Likewise, if you pay attention to climbing well, and practice movement you can learn a lot indoors.
"the rating is spicy and the distance between bolts is hot rather than spicy, but let us not forget that we are in Sant Benet, the temple of sandbagging..." - Montserrat Free Climbs