Just wanted to share that I hope everyone had a good January!
I made a new friend who has taken me rock climbing a lot (12 times in 1 month) and it has really improved my life with the increased social and exercise.
I’m also enjoying yoyo still 
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NICE! Love climbing. DWS at the Whitewater Center is my fav, but I love trad and bouldering too. That looks like a great wall!
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I’ve never tried deepwater solo,
I’ll definitely have to try on the south coast this summer.
Yeah its my new local wall in Gloucestershire, England. I think its 18m tall
Really lucky that they built it last year - its only 25 minutes away by car.
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Just started going to a new place near me too! Only a small bouldering cave, but lots of good fun nonetheless! 
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Trad’s the best! Multiple pitches on a nice fall day. It doesn’t get much better!
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I been interested in climbing for a while, I’m usually someone who goes to a normal gym but this stuff always looked so fun to me..
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you should definitely try it if there is a place near you.
you can normally start a conversation with pretty much anyone during a bouldering session, its very social
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Vertical Endeavors (Mpls) has a group for people with Parkinson’s disease. Some of my friends are doing it. Looking to start after the ski season. Too much going on now.
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I love climbing, but our gyms all closed near us 
around an hour away is the closest place to climb now. I’ve been tempted to build a bouldering wall in my backyard or basement. I used to climb, or boulder, 3-5 nights a week when we had our local gym. I really miss that, we had a great group of people that were regulars there.
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No local crags? Gyms are great, but rock is better!
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Agreed. Haven’t done any recently but have climbed in the Black hills at Sylvan Lake and around Mt Rushmore. I think with rack you have more options for holds and steps. On a climbing wall you are limited to placements chosen by the designer.
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We had one, literally one, but it got vandalized quite a bit and it is a mess now.
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People can be such asshats! 