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Fall on wet rock 14-Jun-2012 At 10:08:05 PM citationx

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On 14/06/2012 Sonic wrote:
>Also, I think that all climbers go through this stage and eventually grow
>out of it. Or injure themselves. Or stay eternally crap at climbing. Your
>choice :)

Pish posh. What a load of codswallop. I spent years being excited about climbing! We even tried climbing the #1.5 friend parallel crack on the railway embankment in summer hill.
There's nothing wrong with climbing in every kinda weather. I often hear people that say "ooh, lucky i had a piece in cause i just slipped and fell". Like, what? How does that happen? You have to judge the climb you're doing, concentrate on what you're doing, the moves, and be aware of the (bad) issues you may face. Let your partner know it's dodgy, you may fall, please spot me, watch me here and be ready to catch me, i'm going to reach and try clip this ring bolt at the limit of my reach on the slab, please have a bucket ready to catch my face if i fall.
Absolutely no reason why you can't climb what you like. But if nothing else, Sonic may have had a point with the "eternally crap at climbing". Sure, climb whatever you like, but be sure that your plans are structured and that's why you're climbing it. Maybe you want to practice climbing wet easy slabs (NZ anyone?), but if it's for the sake of just doing something, maybe you should stick to doing it in a gym for training. (in 8 years of climbing i've injured myself because of overuse or doing something way above my limit (finger pulley) but never because of an awkward fall or bad technique)