Crillz Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Why climb? So I can brag about it on the interwebs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirp Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 1. freedom 2. escape 3. personal challenge 4. a life focus other than my job 5. the carrot at the end of the stick 6. building closer and stronger bonds with friends 7. experiencing the power of nature that today is so easy to numb yourself from 8. nature is a beautiful thing, and so is climbing. :tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 The question isn't so much why we climb as why we come back down again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summitchaserCJB Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 So we can go back into society, get restless, and go back out again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehead Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I've heard the answers described as varying from noble to mundane, and even to the pathological. I'd have to say that for me when I was more actively involved, it was a mental thing. Not to say that it wasn't a bodily kinetic thing but something about it (maybe the mtn solitude) always brought it back to the inner dialogue. Sometimes I moved immersed in a state of concentration, other times in a slip stream of consciousness. THe word I might use to describe it is: meditative. I'm sure tho there was some physio-chemical aspect that fed the repetition of this activity. It seems to me if I ever figure anything out in this constant but everychanging life (or a bit thereof), then the time spent was well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogen Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 " It is not the goal of grand alpinisme to face peril, but it is one of the tests one must undergo to deserve the joy of rising for an instant above the state of crawling grubs. On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility. Here for a few days we have ceased to be slaves and have really been men. It is hard to return to servitude." Lionel Terray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 terray didn't see to toil in servitude much at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCamKenny Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 terray didn't see to toil in servitude much at all ...nor in studies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailRunFreak Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I can see where you are coming from and why you might think that. Accidents happen all the time. I have had my fare share on the mtns and running. I was hit by a car crossing the street 3 years ago that took me out for over a year. No climbing and no running. I'm now alot more carefull about everything. But I run to stay on shape for climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YocumRidge Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 It makes me happy. It's that simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlawrence10 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Q: Why climb? A: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwebster Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 wife and I got into hiking first. We'd stop and take pictures at the high point of the trail, and the climbers kept going. They got better pictures because they got higher. Once I learned to climb, I found that it brought back the pleasure of climbing trees from my boyhood. We are built for it. It uses all your muscles. Climbing forces you to overcome many of your fears: the unknown, fear of height, etc. It sort of opens your mind. Climbing well can lead to "getting in the zone" where you forget about all your workaday problems and live in the moment of moving over stone, a state of grace. It's addictive, and it keeps you in shape. And the photography is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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