any rock climber here ?

[AzAtty]

I used to rock climb until about 11 years ago. I was hanging off a granite face up in Utah when a large boulder decided it wanted to escort me a couple hundred feet down the face. I managed to get clear by going on belay and jumping to the side (thank heaven I was top-roped on the pitch). As I was swinging back and forth, happy to be in the air instead of the ground, it was revealed to me that I was no longer immortal. I gave up climbing that day.

 

[wstein]

I had all the gear, but my goal wasn't really climbing- I was very active in rappelling for a number of years. We would climb stuff (often having to set up belaying lines), but simply as a means to an end. Never could see the fun in just climbing. I found it to be alot more fun to bound down a cliff face or dangle like a spider off an overhang.

I did some ice wall climbing once, locally. That was fun- but it's expensive and and usually not too easily accessable.

never saw the fun in climbing up, but speeding was a rush. only have indoor climbing/rappelling center here in Tampa.

Paul

 

[onbelaydave]

Rappelling is as much climbing, as floating in an inner tube is diving. I hate when "rappellers" say they're climbers.