(mountain) Climbing

[0x21]

anyone intersted?

cos i was thinking of going to an outdoor centre and trying it properly, or just finding a cliff on a nice day to climb up, no plans as yet though.

[supernothing]

try goin to arran murray. theres a few amazin mountains with great ridges at the top with mad arrets(sp?) that you can climb/scramble along. not like propper rope style climbing, but jumpin about style stuff which i think is alot more fun.
am goin up the Cobbler if a pass ma drivin test in 2 weeks. should be amazing.

[ragecreep]

i went up the cobbler with this like, amazin climber dude, called Scotty Muir, he gets like sponsored and shit...

but aye, rock climbing is fun fun fun. i am a member of the ibrox climbing centre, can do lead climbing and stuff.
not done many natural rock faces, only like 3 or 4. but theirs a coupla guys in ma course that do climbing seriously, hopefully gettin to do some ice climbing one day, up frozen waterfalls and that....

http://www.scottmuir.com
check out that website, he runs like learn to climb courses and stuff... so if your thinking seriously about it, hes a good guy.

[optimodub]

i've been meaning to have a pop at rockclimbing, i've checked the glasgow climbing centre website, i just started a new job, so if i eventually get some days off and see some decent wages i'll be coming along

and Arran is brilliant for a wee jaunt, camped there many years ago, didn't actually climb Goat Fell though, just took a route round the glen, long overdue a return visit
the last hill i climbed was Ben Aa'n (Ben A'an?), but that was just a wee one to get rid of a hangover, sat and enjoyed a beer at the top and the amazing view over Loch Katrine (and the young French ladies who seemed to be all over the hill that day)

anyway, got myself a good book out the library, '100 walks around Glasgow', which i'll hopefully make good use of this year

i'll probably think of plenty questions for this thread later

[supernothing]

im not to keen on rock climbing with ropes and stuff maself. more a fan of the un-roped scrambeling malarkey.

[0x21]

aye its the unroped stuff i fancy, ropes would put me off

[ragecreep]

ah well, even jus joining the climbing centre and goin on the bouldering wall could help you practise tecniques and stuff, kinda pricey in their though.

kelvin hall have a bouldering wall, think it was about £3 for aslong as you want. it is useful to practise indoors before doin natural rockfaces, as that could result in some nasty injuries....unless ur one of the naturaly talented bastards with strong upper body muscles that could keep goin all day and not feel as though their forearm muscles could explode.... but ah well, whatever floats your boat.

and optimodub, i agree the views from ben a'an are quite nice indeed... ahhh hillwalkin man its soo beasty so it is.

[0x21]

ah, upper body muscles might be a problem...

i was just gonna go and do it and see what happens

will probably pop into the kelvin hall at some point then and try it out

[0x21]

and at the rate i;d assume i could climb i wouldnt be falling more than a few feet anyway