Any Fetchie (rock) climbers out there?
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Jun 2012
1:55am, 7 Jun 2012
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Velociraptor
I wear thin hiking shorts and a vest in summer, and show off my bruised knees. Can't imagine climbing in big skateboardery climbing kecks.
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Jun 2012
6:08am, 7 Jun 2012
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Toks
*lurking*
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Jun 2012
7:29am, 7 Jun 2012
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emmie
At the moment I'm wearing jogging bottoms I've had for a few years and they're fine in winter but now feel like they're made from fleece. Shorts may be the way to go! Glad to hear I'm not the only one with perpetually bruised legs!
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Jun 2012
7:30am, 7 Jun 2012
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emmie
Re: vests. At our climbing wall only the super muscley, high grade men wear vests, it seems to be some sort of unspoken rule.
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Jun 2012
8:45am, 7 Jun 2012
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heebiejeebie
I'm wearing running tights or capris and a teeshirt. It's not quite shorts weather yet here.
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Jun 2012
12:28pm, 12 Jun 2012
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Mountain Cat
I tend to wear longish stretchy trousers in summer - shorts just tend to increase the number of grazes on my shin! Have had the last 2 -3 months pretty much off climbing completely due to ankle problems.... except for a traverse of the Cuillin, that is! Excellent practice for the Alps next month and helped prove to myself that I've not forgotten how to do it. |
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Jun 2012
12:30pm, 12 Jun 2012
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Mountain Cat
FF - not sure how you could coach a novice while climbing. How are you going to be able to properly observe their belay technique etc?
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Jun 2012
9:10pm, 13 Jun 2012
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emmie
My brother came to visit and we went bouldering in a beautiful Alpine valley near Turin. It was so fun!
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Jun 2012
7:23am, 29 Jun 2012
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emmie
guardian.co.uk Nice article about the rise of indoor climbing.
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Jun 2012
9:20am, 29 Jun 2012
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heebiejeebie
Mentions my local wall 
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