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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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For the money they are charging, why not go to India and do the dysentery diet?
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:30, Reply)
2011 is the year of extreme.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:34, Reply)
To the extreme I rock the mic like a vandal,
Light up the stage and wax a chump like a candle!
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:36, Reply)
You'll become as skinny as Olive Oyl, have fabulous lean muscles and as many men as you can throw a carabiner at.
*note to self - must get back to climbing for Olive Oyl part.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:40, Reply)
Watching good (male) climbers in the summer when they've removed their t-shirts is a truly wonderful experience. Smooth graceful muscular movements...and seeing all the muscle definition in their back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwoYVmo3B3U&feature=related
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:52, Reply)
Don't you find your tits get in the way?
(that's why I stopped. Also, because I wasn't that good.)
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:42, Reply)
and if you're doing that it makes your arms tire too quickly. All the power should come from your legs and you should try to have your body away from the rock face as much as you can - that way you can also keep an eye on your feet.
Also with more climbing your tits tend to get smaller but firmer - less fat, more muscle - without turning into Arnie.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:46, Reply)
It's very funny but NSFW
www.collegehumor.com/video:1822569
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:58, Reply)
But the flu caused my mates to bail. I'm busy most weekends from now until March, but really want to get into it.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:49, Reply)
It keeps you amazingly fit, you can eat like a horse and even more importantly when you're actually climbing you can't think about anything else except the moves and how you're going to reach the top - that mental space is so rare.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:54, Reply)
Think the closest place is Warwick Uni.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:57, Reply)
It's low level, requires no ropes or harnesses, just some climbing shoes, some chalk and a mat. Also take a look at www.ukclimbing.com/news/ they have lists of the good climbing walls - universities often don't keep theirs up to scratch.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:00, Reply)
It doesn't look too bad, certainly better than anything else in my area.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:14, Reply)
from the people climbing there.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:31, Reply)
so I've always wanted to do it. How important is it to be a) flexible and b) have feeling in your feet- is that absolutely essential?
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:58, Reply)
Women tend to be far, far more flexible than men. Feeling in your feet is helpful but most climbers after a few years have numb spots - I've not felt anything in most of my right big toe for a couple of years...Mind you, I've not climbed in about a year :(
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:04, Reply)
novice lessons start at Oxford Brookes so I've given them an email
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:06, Reply)
It's a fabulous way to get fit and find
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:32, Reply)
when I decide to do something. Signed up for lessons and joined the Oxford society.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:33, Reply)
sadly my mother did not like rock/mountain climbing
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:38, Reply)
I wanted to join a climbing club and the bloke running it said, 'How flexible are you?'
I said, 'I can't make Tuesdays'
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:15, Reply)
I quite want to do Via Ferrata again. It's a lot of fun.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 15:50, Reply)
well, for her size. She copes.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:27, Reply)
Tits do sometimes get in the way, there's no denying it. But they also enable you to get plenty of climbing partners.
(, Wed 12 Jan 2011, 16:34, Reply)
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