• Knusper@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    I always hated that. I grew up with a big hazelnut bush/tree next to our house, where it was usually more useful to pull yourself up than to try to find good footing.

    And then I think, I’ve been climbing my whole life, I’ll visit a climbing gym, and then they’re like, oh no, not that kind of climbing. That would be using muscles, which is famously unpopular in gyms.

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      2 years ago

      “I always hated that. I grew up doing this task and when I tried to do a similar but not the same task with people who know what they’re doing they told me I was doing it wrong.”

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        2 years ago

        Bro, if you’re gonna mock me, you shouldn’t assume that I actually visited a gym. Obviously, I did not. I was speaking figuratively.

        I’ve encountered these rock climbing walls on excursions and such, so I know that I hate them, and I know that climbing gyms are full of them.

        All I’m saying is that if they had tree-like climbing opportunities or at least rock-climbing walls with rocks you can actually grip, then that could get me to actually visit a gym.
        I’m just disappointed that climbing is the only sport I really enjoy and even the fucking climbing gym still isn’t for me.

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          2 years ago

          My dude, you should definitely go visit a climbing gym because you’ve got no idea what you’re talking about if you think they don’t have problems with grips you can hold onto.

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            2 years ago

            Alright, my guy, thanks for the advice. I don’t know why we’re being so aggressive to each other. I don’t think, there’s that many climbing gyms around here and what I’ve seen of the one we do have, it looked like grips are exclusively for children, but I guess, I should inform myself more.

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      2 years ago

      Stand for 10 minutes.

      Now dead hang for 1 min.

      Surprise, your legs muscles are much bigger and much more powerful than your arms at defying gravity.