Go rock climbing they said. It'll be fun they said. 

"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj) 04/19/2015 at 09:20 • Filed to: None

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2.5 hours at an indoor rock gym in good ole Va Beach yesterday. Auto belay and freeclimbing on some technical walls. This was only my second time ever going and of course I was showing off since my sister brought one of her friends along.

Im no professional climber, nor a professional body builder, but you better believe I was pulling off some ridiculous hang n pulls. I was a regulation Spiderman, sans the whole web shooting thing. (Granted I am the type that can crank out 20 pull ups at will so that helped)

But holy hell was it fun. And I’m paying for it too! It’s actually incredibly difficult right now trying to take apart my dash to get my new cluster in. My fingers are chop meat currently .. so many blisters. But I implore you to go try it - just don’t expect much dexterity in your hands the next day or plan on working on your vehicle.

nafsucof > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 09:24

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Listen dude, when you have to show off you have to show off. If you're capable bravo!! Big question: Was she impressed?

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > nafsucof 04/19/2015 at 09:28

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Oh she was. Much like that of a teen girl witnessing a perfectly executed hand brake turn

pip bip - choose Corrour > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 09:30

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positive to come from that experience is , you still have your hands

E. Julius > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 09:34

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I guess my girlfriend hadn’t gotten that memo when we started dating.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > E. Julius 04/19/2015 at 09:41

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Are you sure you’re executing them properly? Maybe she needs to experience more of them. That’s probably it.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/19/2015 at 09:42

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Closer to a ball of putty with some painful useless attachments.

Amusing however was towards the end I was palming the rocks instead of grabbing them just to avoid actually using my fingers

E. Julius > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 09:56

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Well she’s 21 now, does the rule still apply?

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > E. Julius 04/19/2015 at 09:57

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Now it’s going to take J turns. If you do it on the highway you’ll get bonus thrill points from her.

E. Julius > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 10:00

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Haha we actually used to go the parking lot of this closed up store and I would do J turns in my old Ford Escort! Nothing fancy, just whip the front end around at ~20 mph. She was slightly more amenable to that if I recall correctly.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > E. Julius 04/19/2015 at 10:04

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Then there’s still hope!

Scary__goongala! > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 10:07

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You did the right thing

E. Julius > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 10:08

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She was still a teenager when I was doing the J turns. She must have simply developed quicker than most girls—bored by handbrake turns already, and only moderately impressed by J turns. I think the solution is clear:

StoneCold > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 10:10

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Gaah, I miss climbing so much :(

Wish it wasn’t as expensive, though. Glad you liked it!

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > StoneCold 04/19/2015 at 10:21

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How much are they charging? The indoor gym I went to is $20 for a day pass with shoe and harness rental. Without rental it’s like $10

StoneCold > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 10:35

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I don’t go enough to justify a membership, but the nice wall by me is 15 without rental. I have my own stuff, so renting doesn’t matter.

Destructive Tester > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 10:46

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That’s just the start... Eventually you’ll want your own shoes (I like the La Sportiva Solutions which are $170), harness ($45-150 the expensive ones are waaaay more comfortable), rope (because eventually you’ll want to try it on real rock;$200-300), belay/anchor hardware ($100), quick draws (because that sport climbing looks like fun; $150-200/10 draws), trad gear (because that looks really fun, just climbing any wall you like; all the rest of your $$$, have you seen what cams cost?!), and the money climbing gym membership because the $20 day fee is just how they suck you in...

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 12:37

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I’ll just leave this Seinfeld reference here...

cbell04 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 04/19/2015 at 12:44

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