Climbing in General - Just a start

Climbing Is...

Climbing is a little bit of life tucked into a primal sport. We all climb from birth, whether it is up the crib as a baby, up a parents leg as a toddler, up a tree as a child, and, like me, up a cliff as an adult.

Climbing is exercise. Climbing is a core, upper body, lower body, and a cardio exercise.

Climbing is sore. Every muscle, all at once. New muscles that didn't really exist until your first climb.

Climbing is friendship. Climbing is a team sport. A partner you quite literally trust with your life.

Climbing is community. A quite local and small group of people with at least some common interest as you. In my opinion, the most honest and welcoming group.

Climbing is learning, teaching, winning and failing. It is falling, topping out, swearing, hitting the top, hitting the wall, giving beta(climbing info), getting beta, getting bad beta, passing the crux (hardest part of the climb), but mostly getting used to all the good and bad.

Climbing is training. The gym in the winter, the rocks in the spring, summer, and fall.

Climbing is easy. Climbing is for all skill levels, from 5 yo to 80 yo there is a route for you.

Climbing is hard. As hard as you can remotely imagine. There will always be something too hard to climb....always!

Climbing is surpassing fear. It is all about going about an inch past your comfort zone, then expanding your comfort zone further.

Climbing is falling. It's gonna happen, hopefully safely. If it's done right it may be one of the best parts. Just scary enough that you don't want to do it again.

Climbing is holding on no matter what. Even when your brain says you can't hold any more, not letting go.

Climbing is slipping. Even when you got it, guess what.... you don't.

Climbing is hanging out. You can only climb so much. The rest of the time is friends, new people, jokes, finding that perfect rock or tree chair, and granola lunch.

Climbing is being amazed that you just did that. Usually heavy breathing paired with the words "I can't believe I just did that".

Climbing is focus. The world quite literally ceases to exist on a good climb. Life around you freezes in the complete focus of climbing.

Please let me know what else to add....

The list keeps growing.....