My Climbing Addiction
Ok, I have to admit to something. For the past couple months I have been going to a climbing gym about every week. I also bought a harness and a chalk bag. That means I am committed to doing this on a regular basis. This has caused me to desire a couple things. One is better technique climbing. Another is a much stronger upper body. I searched around the web a little and found some websites and articles on techniques for climbing and getting better at climbing. Here are some of the links:
This is a great article on training excercises you can do at a climbing gym.
ABC of Rockclimbing talks a lot about technique.
Here is another article concerning the importance of using your feet.
Here is a general blog on climbing that might warent regular checks.
Here is an article on slacklining, something that I unknowingly learned how to do as a little kid when my brother and I tied a rope between two trees and spent the next couple months learning how to walk it.
Finally here is a blog that talks a lot about gear for climbing.
Ok so the other thing that i am interested in is getting stronger. This means doing what i am terrible at doing, going to the gym on a regular basis and working out. Here i am making it official, for the next 6 weeks I’ll be aiming to get up early enough every morning to either run or go to the gym every weekday morning. I also want to be going to bed earlier at nights, which will probably make the first half of my task easier. Allright so now that its official we’ll see how it goes.
UPDATE: I didn’t put a link up there before, but here is a link now to the place where we have been climbing, Verticle Edge Climbers Center in Durham. We went again last night and had a really great time. I was able to quickly and efficiently do two climbs that I had really struggled with before. Good stuff! Also here is a link to a listing of all the indoor climbing places in North Carolina (I believe there are links for other states as well.)
Oh yeah and also i got up early this morning and worked out. Unfortunately I felt really sick to my stomach and my arms have been dangling because I can’t lift them, but it is a grand start.
Tom Markiewicz Said,
August 21, 2006 @ 12:45
Thanks for the mention! Since I moved to southwest Virginia, I’ve been doing of my climbing at the New. I’ve been planning on taking more trips into NC though. Any recommendation for Linville Gorge for a first trip?
bradlands Said,
August 22, 2006 @ 08:58
I haven’t done climbing at Linville but I have backpacked there and I taken the trail to the top of Table Rock. I have heard that that provides some great top ropping as well as Shortoff Mountain. I have actually been thinking about going out there myself to try it, if I can wrangle up some folks who have the gear to do it. All I have is climbing gym stuff, no ropes or cams.