The climbing thread

[yorkie_chris]

Sad post

I got into it for a few months and started doing some trad stuff and was loving it, but my wrist was getting worse and worse where I'd broken a load of bits of carpal bone in an off, to the point of being hardly able to pull the clutch in on the bike when it got cold. Meh.

So all this gear has been sat here doing nowt. All for sale, I'll put details up before it goes on ebay.

[maviczap]

That's pants YC, it would be easy to say you've still got your scuba diving to fall back on as a hobby.

But being forced to stop doing something you love, is different to giving something up because you don't want to do it any more.

I had a similar problem,luckily I had other hobbies to do, but I still hankered to do the hobby I really loved.

No chance of an op on your carpel problem?

[yorkie_chris]

Well when I went to see the consultant they were saying they'd have to go in from several different angles and generally f*** about and the chances of making things worse were high so leave it alone until it causes serious problems. We chatted about it and basically I've compromised the cartilige and damaged the bits the tendons run in and attach to, so the more impact stuff I do the shorter this time... not worth the trade off considering how painful it is now when it's "good" but at least I've got mostly full use and something approaching full power with it.

Taken some pics of it all now so will get rid. Suppose it will get me some more shagged looking dive kit, don't like shiny, stops the 3 day qualified instructors talking sh*t

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Suppose it will get me some more shagged looking dive kit, don't like shiny, stops the 3 day qualified instructors talking sh*t

That what I did when I gave up cycling because of poor health, sold a lot of stuff to fund other hobbies. Its a bit ironic to give up sport for health reasons

I got my problem improved to the point I could return to ride and enjoy it without having post ride agony, although I don't have the time or inclination to go back racing again.

I'm just grateful I can enjoy my cycling almost like I used to