haven't taken a pic yet inside the gym, but gonna do that pretty soon. i am absolutely in love with this place. i didn't know about planet granite any before, else would have joined it a lot earlier.
it was courtesy shaggie who kept talking DC and me into trying rock climbing. i was very keen, and i jumped in to take the offer. got my first belay lesson free since shaggie was a member and from that day on!! no looking back...
i can bet, 90% of the people who try it once, will come back again for sure. the place is just amazing. once you are on a wall and trying to climb a route...the adrenaline rush to conquer it and reach the top is awesome.
what do you do on a treadmill or weights? you keep running running running with nothing going on in your mind and just looking here and there waiting for the calories to burn and miles to increase. weights? you keep lifting the same old dumb-bells again and again and again while looking at yourself in the mirror...yeah right..some exercise.
now think about this. you are trying to achieve something, get to a place, conquer a height...do something new every time and feel satisfied. feel good that you have done it. you have overcome a 30-60 feet wall with challenges enough to keep your mind running all the time!!
i am telling you! the feeling is really something else...from the day i joined, i have seen 7 of my friends get hooked to it!! its something which is definitely not easy to resist.
there are various routes. few easy ones, few difficult ones, few tricky ones, and few which look nothing short of impossible!! but its fun. from the initial day where the phobia of heights is pre-dominant and the idea of where you'd fall down makes your heart beat more than usual. to the days when you start pushing your limits and try knocking off as many routes as possible and keep getting to the next level and get that feeling...a feeling of "i did it!!"
one day, i would love to take this to the open world...try this on a raw mountain or the edge of a cliff...and feel...peaceful !!
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- RaviD
- none too big a wishes, just want a lottery, a house on a hill with a nice pool and of-course my mini cooper and my spirit to drive around :)
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awww rock climbing .... i did like like twice and i love it.. but the only problem is i am little scared of heights... i like to climb without looking down, once i look down i just stop climbing.. i need to work on it...
I am so "J" of you and you almost all do it everyday.. :(
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