Yay shoes! And yes, a new shoe-post would be lovely.
this time I was the only girl in the area a lot of the time. I guess because I was bouldering and not top-roping?
Maybe? It depends on the place, I think -- the climbing wall I go to is bouldering-only and seems to have roughly equal numbers of men and women, but I think bouldering does tend to skew more heavily male, maybe because it's seen as more power-based.
Anyway, I find it funny how much of the time people spend sitting on the floor staring at the wall
Hey, the sitting glaring at the wall is an important part! Really! *g*
Actually, it can help with figuring out a tricky or baffling problem. But mostly it's just a way of pacing yourself; if you keep throwing yourself at the wall again and again and again without a break, your energy burns out much faster.
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Date: 2011-06-10 06:00 pm (UTC)this time I was the only girl in the area a lot of the time. I guess because I was bouldering and not top-roping?
Maybe? It depends on the place, I think -- the climbing wall I go to is bouldering-only and seems to have roughly equal numbers of men and women, but I think bouldering does tend to skew more heavily male, maybe because it's seen as more power-based.
Anyway, I find it funny how much of the time people spend sitting on the floor staring at the wall
Hey, the sitting glaring at the wall is an important part! Really! *g*
Actually, it can help with figuring out a tricky or baffling problem. But mostly it's just a way of pacing yourself; if you keep throwing yourself at the wall again and again and again without a break, your energy burns out much faster.
This is quite a mental and physical shift
I know! Isn't it amazing?