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No, I dont play drums too
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Bay, Cali
Moto: SV 650
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Hey, ive just recently got into indoor (and once outdoor) rock climbing. Who else on here does it?
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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A buddy of mine has a bouldering wall in his house, I love it we get drunk and climb around his basement and up through a crawl space to the 2nd floor of his house. Its great because except for the crawlspace leading upstairs you are never more than a few feet off the ground so there is no need for harnesses or rope, and when someone does go up there all we use is an emergency decent strap from a hi-lo, so if you fall you stop after 2 feet.
The guy has 20 different routes set, of varying difficulties, from very easy where you wouldn't break a sweat, all the way up to one which nobody has been able to do. The hardest one has a few very hard spots where you are to the point of hanging almost upside down with 3 points of contact and you have to let go of one to reach the next. We know that it is possible to do the hardest route, because every section has been completed on it's own, but to date nobody has been able to do it in one shot.
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Where to next?
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: OK to the C
Moto: TL1000R, Hayabusa, R1150RT
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Rocks are meant to jump *off* of from the top! Rappelling FTW!
I haven't done it in a long time! I'd love to give it a go again. We have a good place around here. I know good and well I'd have to do that solo, as I don't think Carolina would even stick around to *watch*. ![]()
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dadbod
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East TN
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I do both, I prefer outdoor. That's where the majority of mine is done.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: ATX
Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098
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Well, doing it on a rock wall or something doesn't bother me as much as rapelling from a ledge or a bird (a la air assault). Just don't try to get me up to the top.. I'll probably have a heart attack. ![]()
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: OK to the C
Moto: TL1000R, Hayabusa, R1150RT
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I'm so much cooler online
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Cartersville, GA
Moto: 06 FZ1
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![]() I'd also so be up for rapelling out of a helicopter!! Tell Carolina to make some pilot friends ![]() ![]() |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: North Louisiana
Moto: A Twin
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I wish we had a place here where I could at least try it. Knowing me, I'd love it!
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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I've done it, and trust me it sucks, especially since you get kicked around from all the rotor wash. Anyway, if you really wanna do some helicopter rapelling go Here
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Squidly McSquidster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Friendsville, TN
Moto: 2004 sv650s, Yellow
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I do indoor rock climbing on occasion. Probably 5-7 times a month. I've only done some top-rope and bouldering, haven't done any lead climbing yet. I would love to do some outdoor climbing, that would be awesome.
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