Anyone want to shape up in 2018? A continuing journey.......

oftenreading said:

Because I had houseguests from December 15 through January 7, and because Christmas and all that entails, I didn’t get to climb for three and a half weeks. I got back to the climbing gym last Tuesday - ugh. I sucked. It’s always the way when I first get back. However, I’ve climbed four times since then and it’s coming back. I did notice less shoulder and wrist pain while I was off; you’re right, curmudgeoness - getting old sucks. 

Luckily I was able to keep cycling, since I didn’t have many days off work and I commute by bike. I didn’t totally turn into a puddle of weakness. 

rgambs said:

oftenreading said:

Aaaaand it’s broken. 

Bummer!  Really sorry to hear that.
Maybe there's a silver lining??  Sometimes breaks heal faster than soft tissue damage because the rehab is taken more seriously and there's less exacerbation.
I know, that's weak sauce.
Bummer, hang in there dude.

oftenreading said:

It’s just the typical snap of the head of the fibula. The ankle joint is stable, thank FSM. I’m sure it will heal well and be functional again in a few weeks. 

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

It’s just the typical snap of the head of the fibula. The ankle joint is stable, thank FSM. I’m sure it will heal well and be functional again in a few weeks. 

Excuse me for my ignorance as I live in a flat state but what exactly is bouldering according to my friends that actually live near mountains and rocks?  I have an image in my head but I think I could be wrong.  Are you hooked in when you climb?

There are several different flavours of rock climbing . 

You can climb with a harness attached to a rope that your belay partner has the other end of. With ropes, you can either do top rope climbing, where the rope attaches to your harness, goes up and through a pulley (or similar) and then comes down and through a belay device that is attached to your partner, or you can do lead climbing, where you take the rope up with you as you climb and hook it in to a series of anchor points that are several metres apart. Obviously, with this method you can fall further if you fall, but assuming the anchors hold your belay partner catches you. 

Alternately, you can boulder, where you don’t have a harness or rope. If you slip, nothing catches you and you just fall (as I have demonstrated). Because of this, they make the top hold of the route at around a 4 metre maximum height. Bouldering gives a lot more flexibility to climb routes that might have a big horizontal component, or along the roof of a tunnel, for instance; things you couldn’t do with a rope on you. 

I was climbing in a climbing gym but you can do all of this outdoors. Most ropes climbing outdoors is lead climbing, though. 

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

It’s just the typical snap of the head of the fibula. The ankle joint is stable, thank FSM. I’m sure it will heal well and be functional again in a few weeks. 

Excuse me for my ignorance as I live in a flat state but what exactly is bouldering according to my friends that actually live near mountains and rocks?  I have an image in my head but I think I could be wrong.  Are you hooked in when you climb?

There are several different flavours of rock climbing . 

You can climb with a harness attached to a rope that your belay partner has the other end of. With ropes, you can either do top rope climbing, where the rope attaches to your harness, goes up and through a pulley (or similar) and then comes down and through a belay device that is attached to your partner, or you can do lead climbing, where you take the rope up with you as you climb and hook it in to a series of anchor points that are several metres apart. Obviously, with this method you can fall further if you fall, but assuming the anchors hold your belay partner catches you. 

Alternately, you can boulder, where you don’t have a harness or rope. If you slip, nothing catches you and you just fall (as I have demonstrated). Because of this, they make the top hold of the route at around a 4 metre maximum height. Bouldering gives a lot more flexibility to climb routes that might have a big horizontal component, or along the roof of a tunnel, for instance; things you couldn’t do with a rope on you. 

I was climbing in a climbing gym but you can do all of this outdoors. Most ropes climbing outdoors is lead climbing, though. 

Ok I kind of had it right in my head lol. So bouldering you are pretty much free style, no ropes. I used to “climb” a lot of mountains in the northeast but nothing technically. 

Yes, no ropes. Bouldering is a ton of fun, except in times like this  

rgambs said:

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

It’s just the typical snap of the head of the fibula. The ankle joint is stable, thank FSM. I’m sure it will heal well and be functional again in a few weeks. 

Excuse me for my ignorance as I live in a flat state but what exactly is bouldering according to my friends that actually live near mountains and rocks?  I have an image in my head but I think I could be wrong.  Are you hooked in when you climb?

There are several different flavours of rock climbing . 

You can climb with a harness attached to a rope that your belay partner has the other end of. With ropes, you can either do top rope climbing, where the rope attaches to your harness, goes up and through a pulley (or similar) and then comes down and through a belay device that is attached to your partner, or you can do lead climbing, where you take the rope up with you as you climb and hook it in to a series of anchor points that are several metres apart. Obviously, with this method you can fall further if you fall, but assuming the anchors hold your belay partner catches you. 

Alternately, you can boulder, where you don’t have a harness or rope. If you slip, nothing catches you and you just fall (as I have demonstrated). Because of this, they make the top hold of the route at around a 4 metre maximum height. Bouldering gives a lot more flexibility to climb routes that might have a big horizontal component, or along the roof of a tunnel, for instance; things you couldn’t do with a rope on you. 

I was climbing in a climbing gym but you can do all of this outdoors. Most ropes climbing outdoors is lead climbing, though. 

Ok I kind of had it right in my head lol. So bouldering you are pretty much free style, no ropes. I used to “climb” a lot of mountains in the northeast but nothing technically. 

Yes, no ropes. Bouldering is a ton of fun, except in times like this  

Did you miss the crashpad or did you just come down awkwardly?

sp1984 said:

oftenreading said:

rgambs said:

oftenreading said:

Aaaaand it’s broken. 

Bummer!  Really sorry to hear that.
Maybe there's a silver lining??  Sometimes breaks heal faster than soft tissue damage because the rehab is taken more seriously and there's less exacerbation.
I know, that's weak sauce.
Bummer, hang in there dude.

I’m rockin’ the air boot now. And trying to find silver linings . 

Am due to fly out tomorrow at 6:30am to the east coast. Managing a suitcase and crutches should be a blast. 

You should be able to jump the line as a "person who requires additional time for boarding".   Milk that situation, dude!