- Its exciting.
- Its challenging, physically and mentally.
- Almost any moderately fit person can accomplish something on their first day.
- There is no ceiling on difficulty, in that way, it can truly be a lifetime pursuit.
- It’s great exercise.
- You can trade in your monotonous workouts in the weight room.
- Makes a great active first date!
- It’s a family activity that everyone can PARTICIPATE in together.
- You can learn to do a pull-up or even hundreds!
- Teaches balance.
- Teaches confidence.
- Great trust building activity.
- Great team building activity.
- Can lead to spending more time outside.
- Can get you access to the coolest, most discriminating venues in the world (ie: the summit of a peak).
- Nothing is as relaxing as looking down on the birds flying by, while you hang out on a ledge the size of a twin bed, waiting for your partner to climb up.
- It'll keep your soul young.
- There are 640 named muscles in the human body & climbing uses 639 of them. (We read that on the internet and it must be true).
- When else do you get to wear, what looks like a diaper in public without people laughing at you.
- A welcoming community worldwide that all wants to know, "What’d you climb today?"
- Everywhere we've climbed, we met someone, who knew someone we knew.
- Lots of fun gear to play with.
- All that gear makes you look cool.
- Being around people that want the wilderness to stay wild.
- Knowing that the movies Cliffhanger and Vertical Limit are comedies!
- Jugs, crimpers, slopers, underclings, sidepulls and loose holds.
- Bomber pro.
- Squamish, Hueco Tanks, The Valley, The City, The Red and Red Rocks.
- Road trips.
- Being self-reliant.
- Its good for your mental health.
- Dynos!
- Dirtbagging!
- You can accomplish GREAT THINGS without taking a shower for weeks on end. (Well, some people consider that a benefit!)
- Peeing with a view!
Got this from http://www.edgeworks-climbing.com/climbing_faq.html#35reasons
Doesn't really matter whats the reason; just always remember why you love to climb and climb with passion.
