And why can't you just lie on 8a? Or do you get a medical before you can sign up?
I was interested to read the recent climbing/anorexia discussions at 8a.nu.What are the thoughts of the UKB gang?
It killed a friend (female) of mine when she was 14. She kept swimming regularly, even when she looked like something out of Belsen. She died of a heart attack.
hello , this is probabably one of the most important things ever discused and its a bit telling that most people are either making jokes or hide theirs heads in the sand. I am very sorry for one posters loss but there are propably others. The austrians are right to try at least something, there are five other criteria for a banning and although the flawed Bmi tables are indeed ify they are at least something. I have been involved in high end rockclimbing and alpinism for more than 35 years I have seen apalling things like girls clearly below 17 bmi breaking leg bones when landing on mats in comps.Some women have given up comps because the next up and coming girl was clearly nearly dying and they wouldnt or couldnt go that light. I have known inter national champs who have been bullimic, who have misused laxitives, who have used sport enhancing drugs, and who have fucked themselves physically and mentally, not to mention the pain they have caused their friends and families. A. N. sufferers can not help themselves , some one must step in. Children who are extreamly underweight are the responsibility of the parents and in some cases should be taken to court, because aiding and abetting in hurting themselves is criminal .At the bottom of this lies the fact that to be good at climbing you must be very light or as light as possible. It is much easier to loose wieght than to get strong. I repeat I have known many people (men boys women girls) some times they have been couples which compounds things more. Anyway I myself have been down to below 700 cals a day for months on end and was very ill, my climbing went thru the roof, I could run like the wind and the cost was appalling. My wife has been thru similar issues, and we are the tip of iceberg. Please think about this a bit more than slagging of BMI tables. Yours Stevie Haston.
I'm 71kg, 5.11, and my BMI is 15
I agree with Mr Haston - it is far easier to lose weight than get strong, only problem being is that fast weight loss is short lived
and once you decide to eat again, you will pile on pounds, and retain this weight more than likely as fat.
hello Paul B, the girl who broke bones from a fall of a foot was thougth to be 35 kgs at a hieght of 5 foot 5ins.
As to weigth and climbing, if you loose wieght too fast you may (probably) loose more muscle than fat, with steroids this effect would be negated. If you wish to do a test to see how good you would be at a lower wieght try pulling on a hold you cant pull on normally but with 4 kgs taken off with a pully and weight, you will be shocked.
My BMI's between 19 and 20, and when I've tried to lose weight I just get weak and tired and stroppy.