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Jan 2014
10:37am, 5 Jan 2014
438 posts
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Toadie
Hi all, my friend is a very keen (and experienced) climber, and he's taking me bouldering at an indoor place in the next couple of weeks. I'm excited but have some serious upper body hypermobility and zero upper body strength, so this could be interesting, but thought I'd pop into the thread to see if anyone had any tips for a first timer?!
My friend is very patient and is training to be a climbing instructor, so I don't foresee too many problems... but no idea what to expect, all the same. Haven't even climbed a tree since I was about 10.
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Jan 2014
11:00am, 5 Jan 2014
28,617 posts
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Velociraptor
Tips? Have fun, and expect to feel as if you've survived an attempt to rip your arms off the following day 
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Jan 2014
11:17am, 5 Jan 2014
439 posts
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Toadie
Ha, sounds good! Oh yes, always good to remember it's supposed to be fun... too easy to think of it as just a scary thing.
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Jan 2014
6:31pm, 13 Jan 2014
338 posts
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Roberto
First time climbing for a month, my arms feel dead. But I now have harnesses, rope, shoes and everything i need to move off the bouldering wall. A lot more fun already. Eden Rock is calling.
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Jan 2014
9:05pm, 25 Jan 2014
17,210 posts
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halfpint
Another nice session at Transition last night with a friend. Another opportunity to swoon over the boulderers. I then took the boy today as well. Got a little frustrated by being booted off all the walls most suitable for beginners to accommodate a birthday party who had 'paid a lot of money'. Had a moan to the manager who was absolutely lovely and showed us which walls the boy could rainbow climb in the meantime, and then came back over to tell me he had good technique. Despite my original grumpiness it turned out to be a great session and QP really loves it
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Jan 2014
11:27pm, 25 Jan 2014
1,350 posts
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Weekatiepea
I used to go climbing every week, then I had 3 years off having babies and now I go once a month if that and I've lost all my nerve! Anyway, its a good chance to get out the house and have a good chinwag with a pal Sounds like they were quite accommodating at TE HP!
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Jan 2014
10:06am, 26 Jan 2014
17,218 posts
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halfpint
Yes they are generally very lovely at TE. Let me know when you want to go again. I am super keen at the moment
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Feb 2014
8:49pm, 5 Feb 2014
2,359 posts
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phôôk
BBC4, 9:00pm
K2: The Killer Summit
In August 2008, 25 climbers from several international expeditions converged on high camp of K2, the final stop before the summit of the most dangerous mountain on earth. 48 hours later, 11 had been killed or simply vanished, making it the deadliest day in mountaineering history.
In a century of assaults on K2, only about 300 people have ever seen the view from the planet's second highest peak. More than a quarter of those who made it didn't live long enough to share the glory.
At the heart of this documentary lies a mystery about one extraordinary Irishman, Ger McDonnell. At the very limit of his physical resources, he faced a heartbreaking dilemma. Through recreations, archive and home movie footage, and interviews with survivors and families, the film creates a forensic, vivid version of events that is emotive, engrossing and, at times, deeply shocking.
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Feb 2014
8:49pm, 5 Feb 2014
2,360 posts
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phôôk
BBC4, 9:00pm
K2: The Killer Summit
In August 2008, 25 climbers from several international expeditions converged on high camp of K2, the final stop before the summit of the most dangerous mountain on earth. 48 hours later, 11 had been killed or simply vanished, making it the deadliest day in mountaineering history.
In a century of assaults on K2, only about 300 people have ever seen the view from the planet's second highest peak. More than a quarter of those who made it didn't live long enough to share the glory.
At the heart of this documentary lies a mystery about one extraordinary Irishman, Ger McDonnell. At the very limit of his physical resources, he faced a heartbreaking dilemma. Through recreations, archive and home movie footage, and interviews with survivors and families, the film creates a forensic, vivid version of events that is emotive, engrossing and, at times, deeply shocking.
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Feb 2014
9:30pm, 5 Feb 2014
17,266 posts
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halfpint
I wonder if that will e on the iplayer. Sounds interesting. Now I must get some study done.
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