A wall (Read 1200 times)

Yowza.

 

I just climbed up a 45' wall.  That is some intense stuff.  Anybody here climb?

You gonna get some forearms to match the calves?

I've never done any sort of climbing...deathly afraid of heights and have no upper-body strength (though I know climbing would help with the latter).

Much of it relies on leg strength.  And I am deathly afraid of heights too.  The dude spotting me told me that it is a "healthy respect for heights".

The few times I've gone my forearms (wrists) got very tired much before my legs did. After a few minutes, I felt like I had "arnold wrists" - but they certainly didn't look like it.

I may have The Wall on 45

or maybe 33 1/3

Much of it relies on leg strength.  And I am deathly afraid of heights too.  The dude spotting me told me that it is a "healthy respect for heights".

 The fact that we are usually born with a fear of heights tells me that I'm not supposed to get myself into predicaments where I could go plunging to my death.

Zoom, I've heard a theory that women have better climbing technique *because* they have proportionally less upper body strength, and therefore rely more on lower body.  Which is what you're supposed to do, as was said.  But too many guys, apparently, default to trying to muscle it through with upper body strength, and they have to unlearn that to get better at climbing.

Not a climber myself, but am married to a big wall guy, and the mother of a 6-year old climbing phenom.  Or at least I think she is.  Course, if I had her strength-to-weight ratio, I'd be a climbing phenom too.

 

Meh.  Every been on a plane?

 Yeah, I am not fond of flying.  Not just for the heights, but for the ear issues...and then I always seem to catch whatever virus is floating around on planes.  Spent the last half of our honeymoon sicker than a dog with a bad fever and chills.

Give me a road or train trip, any day.