Question to climbers?

As a climber, I am amazed to see that most people who climb, whether it be rock, ice, or alpine(boulderers don't count!), seems that their only sport is climbing. So I pose this question, what other outdoor activities do you indulge in? Myself I'm also into road cycling, SCUBA diving, surfing, highlining, and of course climbing. So post up. Do you devote all your free time to only climbing?

Dude, that's a closet!

Have you tried/explored the rebreather system for diving? Interested in hearing how that worked.

To answer, it's either climbing, alpinism, big wall, ice, or sport (which is neither); or medical crap, which is about as exciting as kissing your second cousin twice removed with full metal on.

Climbing, mountain biking, kayaking (white water and flat water), hunting, traveling.

- Canyoneering
- Tennis
- Cooking\Catering
- Trail Running
- Maintaining my Justin Bieber fanpage

Climbing is my top choice. Especially since I moved out east, activities such as backpacking, hiking, and skiing (which I did a lot of in the west)are really hard to get psyched on. I do a bit of road biking during the week, as well as whitewater rafting in WV when it is too rainy for climbing, but that is about it.

I'm very proud of my closet. It took MANY years to acquire.

Haven't tried a rebreather yet. I'd like to get into it some day, but my next goal in diving is to get dry suit certified.

I guess it's kinda like I thought, most climbers are strictly into outdoor activities. Its cool to hear what others are up to...

Aside from climbing: Snowboarding, hiking/backpacking, hunting, trampolining, martial arts, trying to get into parkour.

This is probably part of why I don't climb very hard...too many distractions :)

I also really enjoy hacking Android-based phones.

Rock and ice climbing.
Backcountry skiing.
Ski mountaineering.
Summer backpacking/mountaineering.
Occasional mellow whitewater kayaking in the summer.

Would love to get into mountain biking but the initial cost of a decent full-suspension bike has kept me away thus far..

I have been asked this question before, and have had different answers depending on my life goals at the time. A few years ago I did everything - whitewater, SCUBA, surfing, skiing, climbing, etc, etc, etc. But, over the past couple years (maybe due to age, maybe maturity, maybe just my personal preference) I have realized that I never really excelled at any one thing... I had some sweet adventures, and gained a lot of perspective, but eventually I got tired of the fact that I couldn't develop a mastery of anything because I spent all my time doing everything. So, while I am still usually up for an occasional ski or surf trip, I decided to give-up everything else and focus on climbing. And, I have really found climbing to be very fulfilling.

Soccer, squash, skiing. I bike to work for the whopping 2 miles journey, not sure if that counts.

Casually (1-3x's a year) I also Scuba, Canyoneering, light mtn biking.

I play hockey occasionally, but not as much any more... wish I did.

whitewater canoeing.

Climbing, MTB, BMX, Paintball, and little parkour here and there. Getting back into Skiing after 10 years on a board and want to do more backcountry stuff.

Nothing so far has given the positive adrenaline rush that paintball does to me. Sure doing a R rated trad route gives a certain rush, but that's more of a fight or flight primal response.

Freestyle skiing, getting a bit more into backcounty/telemark lately though, and Ultimate Frisbee.

when the weather is good, it's a tough decision whether I should call a partner and go climb, or go out for a ride on the motorcycle. the bike takes lots of work and upkeep, it's a great feeling when I get it running good and then go flying down the highway.

Ben- you raise a great point. Can you be great at all your hobbies, or do you only get to be GREAT at one? I've went thru a bit of a transformation personally where I thought that I had to be climbing 5.12 to be a good climber and putting in 100+ miles a week on the bike to call myself a cyclist( yes I do that). Then I started climbing alpine stuff. Lower grades(under 5.8) and longer length(1000ft+) and I had an realization. The only real concern I had was having fun. The want to push grades was coming from the people I surrounded myself with. Not bad people, but when I compared myself to them, I didn't hold up. Now days I travel with Ms. Stone(yep I'm coming out), who's a travel nurse working 3-6 month contracts in different places. Got to spend winter in San Diego and play in the ocean and now were headed to San Francisco for 6 months to play in Yosemite. I like embracing the different kinds of activities these places have to offer. Damn life's pretty good these days...

Flight.

Climbing is the main one as I can do it during most seasons (love ice), and cycling was my second - both riding and wrenching - commuting to work 2-4 days a week until I was in an accident. Not cycling, slacklining, longboarding, or snowboarding any more (chronic knee issue resulted from accident), but swim and kayak year round, and sail in the summers. As far as gear goes lots of camping, hiking, mountaineering stuff as well since that kinda comes with the territory for a good climbing trip.

Any ultimate players out there? I'm always surprised there isn't more cross-over between these hobbies. I guess they are kind of completely different pursuits, but the "type" of people they both attract seem fairly similar at first glance.

Climbing was my one and only for many years. I plateaued and started getting frustrated.
After moving to the mountains I got back into several sports and picked up a few new sports. Now I am having to cut back on outdoor sports due to lack of time.
Getting out of mono-sport mode has made my life much richer and more rounded.
Here is my current roster:
-Canyoneering
-Ice Climbing
-Fly Fishing
-Fishing and whitewater rowing
-Backcountry Snowboarding
-Biking

Golf.

Lets see here. . .
-sport climbing
-Trad climbing
-Ice climbing
-alpine climbing
-mountainbiking
-backpacking
-hiking
-photography