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Any Fetchie (rock) climbers out there?

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Velociraptor Jun 2012 9:29am, 29 Jun 2012 20,867 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Not often I get to be ahead of a social trend
Velociraptor Jun 2012 10:01am, 29 Jun 2012 20,871 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor We plan to climb at Kendal at some point during this weekend. Any other climbing Fetchies like to join us?
heebiejeebie Jun 2012 10:04am, 29 Jun 2012 2,429 posts	Quote Pin heebiejeebie Too busy running rings around Boddington.
Mountain Cat Jun 2012 11:50am, 29 Jun 2012 2,600 posts	Quote Pin Mountain Cat Although bizarrely the article links indoor climbing to an increase in mountaineering - different things, surely? Just like rock climbing and mountaineering are different things.
Mountain Cat Jun 2012 11:51am, 29 Jun 2012 2,601 posts	Quote Pin Mountain Cat And the photo of someone bouldering right over JD's head is not really an example of safe practice, is it?!
Velociraptor Jun 2012 12:10pm, 29 Jun 2012 20,876 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Indoor climbing (especially indoor bouldering) and mountaineering could scarcely be more different. I rather liked the image conjured up of indoor walls being a Wacky Warehouse for adults
emmie Jun 2012 9:23pm, 29 Jun 2012 2,299 posts	Quote Pin emmie Agreed V'rap! I do think they're like playgrounds though, that's why it's so fun! I think you could link indoor climbing to mountaineering as you're more likely to meet people who are interested in mountain-type pursuits climbing than not. Or at least it seems that most climbers I've met love the mountains too.
Mountain Cat Jul 2012 4:07pm, 1 Jul 2012 2,603 posts	Quote Pin Mountain Cat I think they're two different, but overlapping, groups. Indoor climbing and cragging are very strongly linked, but mountaineering less so. I'm on the committee of a mountaineering club, and you'd be surprised how many people either just climb indoors, or maybe also at single pitch crags but never venture on to anything much bigger. (I don't count summer hillwalking as mountaineering) They make up a sizeable proportion of the club - possibly even the majority. That's fine, btw, I'm not having a go at those people and everybody's free to choose what they want to do with their time. But I wouldn't call them mountaineers (whatever the name of the club might be).
heebiejeebie Jul 2012 4:37pm, 1 Jul 2012 2,431 posts	Quote Pin heebiejeebie I like indoor bouldering. I have no interest in outdoor climbing and hence do not think of myself as a mountaineer or even a climber. Wacky Warehouse for grownups sums it up pretty well
Mountain Cat Jul 2012 4:38pm, 1 Jul 2012 2,605 posts	Quote Pin Mountain Cat I think you can think of yourself as a climber HJ - bouldering (even indoors) is just climbing on a smaller scale!