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Climbing with partner has +ly affected my climbing

28%

" " -ly affected my climbing

'' '' -ly affected my climbing but it's worth it

My partner and I chose to climb apart

" " have a balance of climbing together and apart

13%

My partner doesn't climb

19%

No body loves me, everybody hates me, think I'll..

24%

Topic Date User

Sexually transmitted climbing performance 26-Sep-2005 At 10:05:01 AM Paradise

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It seem many of us prefer partners who also climb (who wouldn't climbers are hot!) but this raises the problem "to climb or not to climb (together) that is the question" (sorry for lame arse attempt at a Shakespeare reference). In recent history I spent a lot of my climbing time bumbling up 10s with a partner who was learning to lead, at a stage when I really should have been pushing my grades. At the time I justified it with things like "it's a good way to spend quality time together", "all time spent on the rock is a positive learning experience" etc, it was also very convenient. Now spat out the other end having lost all the stuff you usually at the end of a relationship (but having gained a friend :)) I found I'm also regretting the lost climbing potential! What experiences have others had climbing with partners? Have you willingly or unwillingly sacrificed climbing ability to climb with your partner? Was it worth it? Does the old ethos "just because we sleep together doesn't mean we climb together" still stand?