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Some more World Climbing news 5-Jun-2004 At 1:37:52 AM ness

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On 4/06/2004 A5iswhereitsat wrote:
>It can be.
>Just depends on how 'out there' you want to go, ... and how much time
>you want to devote to 'appreciating' what you are doing.
>
>Even on aid this applies, (as sometimes paint dries faster!), there is
>a 'wow factor' when every placement is a work of art ...
>
>One can even get to the point of appreciating falls!!

It CAN be, but often the boulderers are all the more obsessed. Once you've done a some roped route that was hard for you, you probably will be able to repeat it in your lifetime. I'm not so sure the same can be said about bouldering. It requires so much of everything you have, to be working in unison for that one moment in time, that the chances of a repeat can be dramatically reduced, and the victory all the more sweet. It also means that one can spend hours wandering around next to the elusive problem waiting for the zen moment to arrive, or doing strange rituals trying to induce the onset of the right moment. I'm surprised more boulderers dont have obsessive compulsive disorder "OK dude - the hold isnt getting any cleaner - and the toothbrush isnt growing any more bristles".

There are of course, exceptions and dont anyone bother please to tell me its a vast generalisation.

Ness