I have a friend, Kij Johnson, who inspired me to try.
Oh! She's one of the people whose posts about climbing helped inspire me to start. *fangirls her*
Climbing not only doesn't bother my hip, I've gotten stronger, gained muscle, lost 26 lbs., and become more flexible than I've ever been in my life. I regularly climb 5.8s, and I work 5.9s and 5.10s, and extreme overhangs.
Would you fancy writing a post about starting climbing in your 50s? Like you, I keep trying to talk more people into it, and I know a lot of people think it's not possible for them because they're older or heavier or have a dodgy hip or knee or whatever.
People seem to feel that climbing's something you can only do if you're a young muscular guy, when the reality is so different.
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Oh! She's one of the people whose posts about climbing helped inspire me to start. *fangirls her*
Climbing not only doesn't bother my hip, I've gotten stronger, gained muscle, lost 26 lbs., and become more flexible than I've ever been in my life. I regularly climb 5.8s, and I work 5.9s and 5.10s, and extreme overhangs.
Would you fancy writing a post about starting climbing in your 50s? Like you, I keep trying to talk more people into it, and I know a lot of people think it's not possible for them because they're older or heavier or have a dodgy hip or knee or whatever.
People seem to feel that climbing's something you can only do if you're a young muscular guy, when the reality is so different.