I'm completely with you on not liking practical jokes or embarrassment--mine or anyone else's. It all just makes me cringe in dread, and there is no humor in cringing in dread!
And climbing!!! Like cofax7 says, it tends to be very social: both because you cannot climb alone, and also because the gym ethos tends to be more broadly social. If you go at regular times you get to know people, you cheer each other on through hard routes and pick up tips from other people (it is not uncommon to get unsolicited advice yelled up by strangers--though there is some dispute as to the etiquette of this practice). As a social sport, I highly recommend it. And the demographic tends to be youngish but not exclusively so--there are plenty of middle-aged climbers at my gym, and one of the men I climb with regularly is pushing 70--and slightly more male than female. There are also some incredibly hot climbers out there. Just sayin'.
But the main reason I climb is that I simply adore the sport itself. It's the only thing I've ever found where I have to put my entire combined mental and physical energy into something as simple as "where do I put my foot next?" and there's something incredibly stress-relieving about that. I also find it really addictive: ideally I climb three times a week.
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Date: 2008-04-01 10:58 pm (UTC)And climbing!!! Like
But the main reason I climb is that I simply adore the sport itself. It's the only thing I've ever found where I have to put my entire combined mental and physical energy into something as simple as "where do I put my foot next?" and there's something incredibly stress-relieving about that. I also find it really addictive: ideally I climb three times a week.