Climbing other stuff

[daveclark890]

I figured that as this is a place for the climbers I would stick this here:

 

I was curious to know if any of you guys do climbing walls or are qulified cliff climbers or go up rock faces?!

 

I ask because I am doing my aerial rescue course soon but being a squaddy for the last decade I have done a bit of adventure training and that usually involves kayaking and either cliffs or climbing walls.

[WorcsWuss]

Quite a few climbers of other disciplines here... Drew's your man, he'll go up anything...

[Rich2484]

Cliffs and rock faces, I dont actually climb trees, leave that for other climber, cliffs are more fun.

 

Must be a tree surgeon thing, if it's vertical we want to go up it. Lol

[Matthew Burton]

I'm a rock climber. There are a few knots that overlap but the main thing is mental attitude and trust in your gear i suppose. Enjoy you ariel rescue!

[WeeDee]

I'm a climbing instructor - still work a bit at it.

Away from home I've climbed rock in the Alps, and rock and ice in Canada. Most of the kayaking I do nowadays is off the Irish coast.

 

Go on - give us a story.

[Ian Clarke]

im a rock climber and soon to be tree climber officially.

 

a story it wasnt me personally but some mates went climbing up in scotland on a big crack multipitch only to find a dead deer on the top of the 3rd pitch and could not get around it or away from the smell quick enough as it had been there for a few days and was rotting nicely.

[showoffsummer]

big rock climber and now im at uni and dont get the chance to rock climb much its all about urban climbing on nights out now!

 

anyway the top one is me deep water soloing in mallorca and the second one is me playing on a lampost!

[Pedroski]

You be careful on them there poles. A bloke down this way died in October after climbing 50ft up a pole and falling backwards. And he wasn't drunk. Inquest hears how partygoer fell from 50ft pole (From The Argus)

 

As well as climbing trees, I like the walls and have done southern sand stone a few times. Really need to do more. Two of my daughters climb and have a lesson every week now so I've got a good incentive!

[daveclark890]

There is a decent indoor center in Swindon that I am looking at going to for a play and when I get out and move the center MK is not far away.

 

I dont really have any climbing stories, however I was once sat at the top of a palace in Basrah installing some equipment and stopped for lunch. Sat on a wall with my legs dangling over a 60ft drop when the Brigadier walked out the building, looked up and saw my legs dangling over the side. Needless to say I got a little telling off!

[jarnii]

i started out being heavily into tree cimbing and now im hugely into rocks and ice, half the reason i moved to sweden was because i have boulder fields 20mins from my house and norway 4 hours away. good to see some rock fellas about. check out dmms new ice climbing range.

 

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