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psst: wanna buy some steroids? 1-Dec-2005 At 6:39:18 PM raff32

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Yeah as i said I think that it was more the fact that I was able to climb without as many rest days that was the only benefit I got from using roids. When I was going pretty hard I could manage four days on with a rest day, wheras the other guys I was climbing with were doing two on one off. My plan actually was to move to the raps and get into climbing on gear (the climbing equipment type not the hormone type lol) But thanks to a kid on p plates in a hotted up commodore that didn't quite work out. I'm just about ready to get back on plastic now, and ive lost quite alot of weight (Im now at 73kgs) so hopefully ill actually get around to picking up some technique this time around.

I found that even though my strength was pretty good my tendon strength didnt increase at the same rate, so on stuff with pretty big holds I would be ok, but anything too crimpy forget it. There was one guy there that used to amaze me though and who is a bit of an inspiration to me still, he only had one leg yet was still ticking 6c's without too much drama, compared to the problem I have with my leg this guy really had to overcome something difficult.

Oh and as an aside, they would be pretty weird steroids if you shot them in your arm lol, not like that bloody marijuana, all them kids shooting that stuff up sickens me.

The hardest climb I did was a 7b I think on the wall next to the freedom bar, I must have spent a good three weeks on that thing, I would try it almost every day in the afternoon on the way back from wherever I was at, I dont think I have ever been happier than the day I finally clipped into the anchor on that thing.

Anyway as I said I really dont think that steroids and climbing would mix that well, maybe for on off season course to build strength but for somebody actually in the middle of a period of regular climbing the pump factor, plus the extra water weight and increased blood pressure pretty much cancel out any benefits you would get from them.