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Posted by Bill S on November 30, 2007 at 12:10:01 pm EST
In reply to Hold Reviews posted by ntmb on November 29, 2007 at 6:16:34 pm EST

calamity,
As is well known, the best training for any activity is the activity itself. However, except for retired folk like myself and professional climbers, most people have to resort to other training methods - weight training, running/jogging/biking for the aerobic training, and working out at climbing gyms. Although there are people who seem to really enjoy weight training, I find it extremely boring (my example of an EXTREME "sport" ;). But, if you have to do that sort of training for those few precious weekends that you can get out, you ought to get gear that is effective for the training. So I can see a place for reviews of climbing gyms (some good ones in my area, lots of really poor ones that are overcrowded substitutes for singles bars) and holds to put on your personal home climbing wall. Gym climbing sure isn't rock climbing, as people who climb "5.14" in gyms find out quickly when they get on their first real rock (often on a 5.5 that they declare must be at least 5.10). Gyms are a different technique and a different venue, but a lot of super hardmen and hardwomen I know use plastic for training between their real climbs and clearly find it beneficial to pushing their grade upward.

I assume that ntmb's reviews will discuss whether the holds are realistic and suitable for developing various skills, as well as the basic quality of workmanship. It could be a useful source of info. Then again, it could be like the majority of ego-boosting blogs and personal websites out there (geocities just sent me a threatening email to remove one of my personal websites for lack of interest, which means they must be desparate for storage space, or maybe just aren't getting enough hits to justify their charges to advertisers).

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