My number one sport is rock climbing.
Unfortunately due to a recent injury I have
had to abstain for all of this year except for
a couple of short climbs last week.
Also due to the recent bad summers here in the uk
I have had to make do with indoor climbing walls
more than I would have liked.
It is a sport I can partake of on my own although
I would prefer to climb with a partner.
I guess I've beeen climbing off and on now for around
forty years.
As a sport it does very much demand a level of all
round fitness, training isnt really necessary, just
doing it sees to that. Also there is the social aspect,
climbers do tend to be very social creatures, I think
this maybe due to the non-competetive nature of the
sport, although 'sport climbing' did appear somewhere
around the mid eighties, it still does remain mainly
outside the main body of the sport.
By comparison to many other sports its fairly cheap
to kit yourself out depending on how far you want to
take it. Some join clubs but for me I prefer not to.
I've always wanted to try parascending, I'm sure it
must be a wonderful feeling to hang out there with the
birds.
