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Apple goes rock climbing for the very first time

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, December 5th, 2016 at 10:36 AM (2831 Views)
I was so terrified of belay malfunction (billet?) that I kept climbing all the way up and all the way down

I think I made two french girls mad because I was hogging the wall 2x as long due to the time needed to climb back down

Also i disappointed a french guy by not realizing there were routes

Eventually some cool NUS guy and his Brit gf told me not to hold the belay when I fell so it would catch easier

He was like 'oh eventually climbers learn to rely on the belay and you'll stop fighting the wall, it will look almost acrobatic'

.. doesn't relying on the belay breed fatal habits in the long run though? Like unwarranted confidence in the face of death-inducing heights?

Updated December 5th, 2016 at 10:39 AM by Apple

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  1. Skull's Avatar
    Kudos to you. I could never go rock climbing.

    I tried it once with one of those climbing walls when I was 11...it didn't go well.
  2. Five_X's Avatar
    Rely on the belay because if it's going to malfunction that's generally going to be the fault of the belayer or whoever secured it in the first place, not you. Don't think of it as relying on the device so much as relying on your buddy on the ground to make sure everything's fine.

    With any wall/actual rock you climb that's a dangerous enough height, you won't be lowering down anyhow; you'll be walking off, which I don't think they usually have you do indoors. I hope you go rock climbing again, though! It's really fun once you get used to everything.
  3. Apple's Avatar
    I mean it doesnt matter whose fault it is if ur dead ��

    Quote Originally Posted by Skull
    Kudos to you. I could never go rock climbing.

    I tried it once with one of those climbing walls when I was 11...it didn't go well.
    Talk to someone else there or something, most sportsmen are some of the nicest people I've ever met. Ran into some other guy in the gym the other day who showed me how to military press out of the blue
    Updated December 5th, 2016 at 10:05 PM by Apple
  4. SeiKeo's Avatar
    gym
  5. Apple's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by SeiKeo
    gym
    On that same day I learned there were firemen who were also Abercrombie&Fitch models

    Literally the 40 yo woman's strip club fantasy