Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Fear of heights? Ha! Not you. You're part mountain goat, part Spiderman. You're a rock climber, and you live for the thrill of looking back down to see how far you've climbed. You may be the type who enjoys the relative safety of an indoor rock climbing wall. Or you may be a more adventurous type who takes it outside. There are those who love bouldering on small faces, and others who feel most alive when they're hanging off of a thousand foot drop. Whatever kind of rock climbing you enjoy, you've probably got climbing buddies who totally get it. They're just as addicted to the thrill of scaling dizzying heights as you are. But you've also probably got ground-bound friends who think you're crazy. To them, "high" is standing on a kitchen stool.

If you're tired of having your sanity questioned by your friends and family, you can solve that problem by what you wear. Get a set of custom rock climbing t-shirts to answer all those questions. Design a t-shirt with any graphic or message you wish to let everyone know about the sport you love. Climbing's one of those sports you either "get" or you don't. By wearing these t-shirts you can let everyone know why climbing's great and why you'll never give it up even if it's a little unconventional.

Need some inspiration? What could be better than having a picture of yourself scaling a rock wall emblazoned on your t-shirt? If you have pictures of yourself climbing, they can be transferred to a t-shirt. This option is awesome because you can select any picture you want. It could be a picture of you high on the wall. It could be a picture of you in a precarious position. It could even be a picture of you doing an excellent move to advance on the rock.

Not only can you select any picture you want but you also have a number of options for the style of the t-shirt. Whether you prefer a form fitting t-shirt, an oversized t-shirt or t-shirts with all different necklines you don't have to worry about finding a perfect t-shirt. You simply select a t-shirt in the size and style you like and the picture for your shirt. Then go online to create the shirt of your dreams.

Another popular option for a rock climbing t-shirt is to combine images with text. A picture of a popular mountain with the message, "See you at the top," is just one example. Another great idea is to create a t-shirt with the nuts used to anchor the climber and include a caption such as, "Yeah, I'm nuts for climbing." All of these t-shirt ideas are great for climbers like you who are tired of explaining to friends and family members why you like climbing. When you wear your love for the sport on your sleeve, or your chest in this case, they are much more likely to respect your love for the sport.

Free rock climbing is usually considered an extreme sport, because you are climbing a mountain without any safety harnesses, and if you fall you can be seriously injured or killed. If you combine this with extreme BASE jumping, then you might be one of the most extreme people to walk the earth. As insane as these things sound, there are actually quite a few people that do this very thing. However you should not try this at home. The people that perform these tremendous feats are trained professionals with many years of experience.

Free rock climbing is a sport that pits a person against a mountain or other rock face. These people do not use any safety equipment or any other rock climbing tools to help them ascend to the top. Usually the only thing that these rock climbers take with them is some chalk to allow their hands to grip the rock surface better. Some of the best of these climbers can climb walls that actually go upside down. I am amazed at the abilities that these rock climbers possess. The rock climbing techniques that they have learned over the years are amazing. These free rock climbers are very interesting, but there is a very small group of these guys that also BASE jump once they have reached the apex of their climb.

These BASE jumpers will free climb up to a cliff and then enjoy the scenery for a short time before they jump off and float to the bottom. Many people call these people extreme adrenaline junkies, and they are probably right, but I still am amazed at what they can do. To me the most beautiful thing about what these people do is challenge nature with very little manmade equipment to give them an edge. They walk up to a cliff and then fight their way to the top, just to jump off and reach the bottom within a minute or so. It might sound like a complete waste of time, but I am sure they feel completely free when they can climb a mountain and then fly off of it like a bird back to the ground. One of these days I would love to have the opportunity to give something like this a try.