General Outdoor Fun DiscussionWhether you rock climb, kayak, snowboard, hike or hang glide, if you play outside and you play hard, come talk about it in here.
That should be fine, though you might want to bring a tiara. You'll get laughed out of the room if you forget both heels And tiara. It seems most people consider the ballroom dance skirt optional though.
Honestly, the couple times we've gone I think we've seen all manner of athletic clothing. Pants, shorts, t-shirts, fleeces, tanks, everything. Doubt it matters, so long as you can bend comfortably in them.
ODB, what do you mean... You think our climbing gym is good? It is the only game in town, which makes it better than nothing, but it is pretty lame compared to some of the real gyms I've visited. Here's a photo of a really decent place that I went to in Oakland (see attachments).
but I'm not sure we can compare one place to another.. maybe were I went there are more holds and even ignoring a few there are as many as where you were.
What's important is it was fun, AND I now know what you guys are talking about in this tread lol.
Check this out. It is run by the same people that run the gym we climbed at. It is a bit far away, but sounds awsome.
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Upper Limits has something for everyone. We have many different rooms and areas for a total of more than 20,000 square feet of climbing surface making us one of the largest climbing gyms in North America. Our numerous climbs range from beginner climbs to routes that will challenge the most advanced climbers. • 110 ft. outdoor wall with toproped and leadable routes in the summer. Lighted for night climbing. •Rappel 120 ft. off the top of the building with an elevator ride to the top. • Massive multi-level bouldering cave and training area. • At 30' tall the main area , includes slab, aretes, roofs, dihedrals, cracks, and the wave wall. • The silos are 65 ft. tall. Three are round and two are uniquely shaped featuring stem and chimney type climbs. Each silo contains eight or nine topropes and all routes are leadable.
• Facilities include showers, lockers, water fountain, pop and snack machines, Lounge, rest rooms, world-class pro shop, and complete gear rentals.
SHANNON.. I don't think it will become a regular activity..although me might take the course to be able to do it alone.
but in June.. my boyfriend is planning a visit there with his collegues from work and I'll definately join them
when we left, they gave us some 10% off vouchers if we came back in a month. If we did that, then they would check our knots and such, and then certify us for belaying at the gym. If we don't, we either have to take the class again, or stick to the auto belay systems.
The ones they made us learn were: the Figure 8 (follow through) for belaying, and the prussic for rappeling.
I think the point of the figure 8 is that it is self tightening, and it's easy to do a quick visual check to spot any errors easilly. Though I'm sure ODB or someone can correct me if I'm wrong on this?
The knots were the easy part. Trusting them from high up was the scary part!! And you seem to have no trouble with that!
SHANNON you're right.. I have complete confidance .. and I've tried "Tree to tree" where we're up high in the trees.. with all kinds of different kinds of Challanges..
You have that near you?
like this
(There was also a "Tyrolienne" where we just depended on our harness)
We went with a couple of friends and thier 19 and 20 year old kids.. the 19 year old girl was just in front of me.. we always had to wait for the person in front of us to be completely across.. but her fun was to a "shake" the cords when I was on them .. had some laughs with that.
BFG.. The walk in the trees or the Indoor climbing? I'm sure you'd be great for both!! I only did beginner climbs.. and the regular routes in the walk in the trees is really for anyone healthy. we'll try one or the other when you come by here
ODB lol .. I actually had written "the only problem is that I don't know what I'll be when I grow up"
and then decided to erase it.. this IS grown up! we have to get out of our heads that it isn't ! That's how we were raised up to think. but Shannon has the RIGHT way of thinking! .. and when we can learn form the young.. there is hope for the futur!
Honestly, the couple times we've gone I think we've seen all manner of athletic clothing. Pants, shorts, t-shirts, fleeces, tanks, everything. Doubt it matters, so long as you can bend comfortably in them.
the 2 days bed rest sure helped! 
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