Rock Climbing - Page 3 - Jamaica Talk

buttafli · #31 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 06:55 PM

I don't think being on crutches would be a good look for me.

Geezer · #32 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 07:28 PM

After watching the attached clip, I got a better idea: Let's, instead, check out a copy of the 1991 flick K2, with the trippy Pink Floyd soundtrack, stoke the fire in the fireplace, get nice and toasty under a bunch of comforters and fluffy pillows, and pass around the bottle of Appleton rum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yEw-...eature=related

JASpice · #33 (**permalink**) 12-20-2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by buttafli

nah...not yet. It's still on my to do list. I'll do it next year after my 2 competitions. I don't need anymore injuries before then.

I use to rock climb years ago. Actually my daughter's father teks her now and she loves it! She's only 7 and outclimbs the boys!!

buttafli · #34 (**permalink**) 12-20-2007, 07:20 PM

I know I want to take lessons first. I may try the indoor wall first.

JamCan · #35 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 01:05 PM

I tried rock climbing once but I put the harness on backward and I kept getting tangled in the ropes! Not for me. I like to be grounded.

MissB · #36 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 01:07 PM

The harness on backwards? LOL!!

I never understood how men could wear those harnesses. Ouch. (down there)

JamCan · #37 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 01:09 PM

Yeah. Well since I'm not a man that wasn't the issue so much as I'm just retarded.

JASpice · #38 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by buttafli

I know I want to take lessons first. I may try the indoor wall first.

Thats the best place to start! It's a ton of fun! The funny thing is..I am afraid of heights, but still enjoyed the climb. I juss avoided looking down and climbed as fast as I could!

buttafli · #39 (**permalink**) 12-25-2007, 05:56 PM

I joined a rock climbimg club. The first meeting is next month. Hopefully it will not be too bad.

Geezer · #40 (**permalink**) 12-25-2007, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by buttafli

I joined a rock climbimg club. The first meeting is next month. Hopefully it will not be too bad.

Umm, Butta, as self-appointed president of the ETJ rock climbing club, it is myduty to advise you, before the next meeting, to read the book Into Thin Air by John Krakauer...especially the chapter on the Death Zone...

Geezer · #41 (**permalink**) 06-29-2008, 10:13 PM

Having just finished reading Mountain Madness by Robert Birkby, about the same disasterous Everest expedition that Krakauer wrote about in Into Thin Air, I must tender my resignation as self-appointed president of the ETJ rock-climbing club...I'm too young to die!

buttafli · #42 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 10:56 PM

Awww...Geezer. I was counting on you set a good example.

Geezer · #43 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 06:57 PM

Me...a good example...HAR HAR HAR... that's a good one!

Anyway, I'll still be at the base camp, sipping hot tea sweetened with yak milk and rum, to offer moral support to you youngsters.