Climb Rocks?

Posted Wed, 06/02/2004 - 14:58 by ardarvin
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Great website. I wanted to clarify your views on climbing those big mineral thingys, y'know rocks. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that you're down on this on the whole. Where you savaged by a rock as a small child?

I really like the buildering ethos, particularly the reclaiming of space and imaginative re-invention of building's purposes. But, I really love being in the wilderness, climbing on rocks and leaving powerbar wrappers in pristine environments.

Saying that, I'm pretty happy in the gym or on a sloper-as-corporate-art in the city. So, ArdArvin, what I'm asking (in a rather protracted manner) is do you climb rocks (or wear lycra and fluorescent colours ala Alain)?

Yours with chalky hands,

-bumpkindunc in the land of Oz

Despite popular opinion, I haven't given up rock climbing.

Unfortunately my climber friends have come to believe that I dislike rock climbing, and hence they have stopped inviting me out. Or maybe I'm just a total asshole. Whatever the reason, I find myself rock climbing less and less these days.

Compared to buildering though, rock climbing is definitely not as fun. So there you have it: I still rock climb, but I'd rather be buildering.

A rare photo of Ard on da rocks.

Thanks for the response. You successfully side-stepped the lycra question. Is
that deafening silence an admission of guilt?

-Bumpkindunc

Guilty as charged. I once climbed for two full days in a skin-tight white ski racing suit. Apparently it was obscene.