Climbing dating website

Personally i think i would rather fine a chick who was interested in climbing but was an expert in some other outdoor field. That way I could learn from her on what she was good at and I could teach her how to climb.

As long as she doesn't mind spending a week straight in a tent it would probably work.

To bad all the ones i have met were married already. I even know a hot chick who climbs really well who is married to a guy who doesn't really climb which really made me sad.

I don't know why it's so crazy that a strong female climber would have a SO that doesn't climb- most of the guys I climb with have GFs that don't climb. I'll be out with them while the GF does whatever non climbing GFs do.

I actually know of a girl who met her boyfriend here on mountain project just by combing through the posts of climbers in her area! I like the idea of a climbing/mountaineering dating site. Fitness singles has a bunch of people who dont look fit, and certainly dont have the same mindset as many climbers do!

Leslie McG wrote: Fitness singles has a bunch of people who dont look fit, and certainly dont have the same mindset as many climbers do!

+1 Yeah, I find that non-climbers just don't get the obsession and eventually it becomes an issue when some event conflicts with an opportunity to go climbing.

Doesn't matter if she climbs, The issues is...

will she belay your projects?.

A lady that belays for a hole climbing day will look prettier at the crag that the ones that actually climb.

biggest mistake of my life was marring a girl that climbs at my same level;
who do you think has to belay first?

Sanllan wrote:Doesn't matter if she climbs, The issues is... will she belay your projects?. A lady that belays for a hole climbing day will look prettier at the crag that the ones that actually climb. biggest mistake of my life was marring a girl that climbs at my same level; who do you think has to belay first?

...Male insecurity: reason #17 to not date a climber.

Momoface wrote:I don't know why it's so crazy that a strong female climber would have a SO that doesn't climb- most of the guys I climb with have GFs that don't climb.

Well, strong female climbers have a lot more trouble finding strong climbing partners of the same sex. And when you spend a lot of time w/ your climbing partners of the opposite sex, it can be a source of tension in a relationship, for both you & your climbing partners. Yes, there are plenty of exceptions.

reboot wrote: Well, strong female climbers have a lot more trouble finding strong climbing partners of the same sex. And when you spend a lot of time w/ your climbing partners of the opposite sex, it can be a source of tension in a relationship, for both you & your climbing partners. Yes, there are plenty of exceptions.

That's all true but my comment was more that it seems normal that a hard/dedicated male climber would have a SO that did not climb, but a female that has a SO that doesn't climb is weird, and I'm not sure that it should be.

Regarding tension...you'd have to ask my non-climbing hubby :)

Momoface wrote: ...Male insecurity: reason #17 to not date a climber.

Can you please list the other 16? I might find myself in another Category and can use it as in the next couple argument time. i might get ahead and make my point.

I actually like to go with my wife climbing. we get along and team up pretty good in multipitch routes (where you swap leads and there is no need to say it.)

but we now leave in a place with no multipitch. and we get into insane and awkward arguments sometimes. The other day we did "heads or tails" to see who started a route (a beautiful line so we where both motivated). i won first so she said: "2 of 3". she wins the second but i got the third. So i start to jump of happiness and looking for my shoes and while doing so she ties the 8knot and says (never looking at me but looking up moving the arms as if she was already climbing): "you know what i´m actually going first; i´m going to get pregnant in the future, after we get pregnant we never get to be the same...and you should consider...".

I know what you might think: "many ways i could reply..." The argument continued but my brain got blocked at the pregnant part...

Sanllan wrote: Can you please list the other 16? I might find myself in another Category and can use it as in the next couple argument time. i might get ahead and make my point. I actually like to go with my wife climbing. we get along and team up pretty good in multipitch routes (where you swap leads and there is no need to say it.) but we now leave in a place with no multipitch. and we get into insane and awkward arguments sometimes. The other day we did "heads or tails" to see who started a route (a beautiful line so we where both motivated). i won first so she said: "2 of 3". she wins the second but i got the third. So i start to jump of happiness and looking for my shoes and while doing so she ties the 8knot and says (never looking at me but looking up moving the arms as if she was already climbing): "you know what i´m actually going first; i´m going to get pregnant in the future, after we get pregnant we never get to be the same...and you should consider...". I know what you might think: "many ways i could reply..." The argument continued but my brain got blocked at the pregnant part...

Haha well clearly your wife is a saint! And congrats in advance on your impending spawn?

1-16 may need another thread to generate.

I will just say that dating someone that climbs, going on road trips with them, and becoming their partner is simply the best thing evar OMG. So if you can find it, you go get it.

Elanor may act like a loony here, but she at least lives like a sane person. It's like the old man in Catch-22.

So Jen, have you gotten any action from local climbing guys from this thread yet or what? Are they too shy? What's the holdup? Maybe they could invite you to go, oh, I don't know, climbing or something.

I've gotta agree with what's been said, Jen. If a woman is looking for a climbing partner/relationship it would seem that she'd have success. Certainly easier than the other way around. You might have to sift through some chafe.

Or, just post up an OT thread and wait for the flood of replies. Mia and Ying got their choice and a boat to boot.

I'd assume the best dating sites would have nothing on MP Partner Finder. But, what do I know?

Momoface wrote: Haha well clearly your wife is a saint! And congrats in advance on your impending spawn? 1-16 may need another thread to generate.

Well tks!!

Would you please be telling to me of how I can get the climbing girlfriend for the climbing rocks?

It seems they are no being impressed only by my difficult enjoyable flash or the eating of the raw fishheads and many cheesesteak out of bucket all day at crag. It seems you must have "social skills" and "personality" and "confidence" and the havings of the "sense of humor?"

Do they like you write them enjoyable haiku about climbing?

I have lovings most for flash only, but do would like enjoyable, climbing girlfriend.

After girlfriend last she leave me, pain stabs me in heart like Norwegian icicle very cold.

Mic Fairchild wrote:I've gotta agree with what's been said, Jen. If a woman is looking for a climbing partner/relationship it would seem that she'd have success. Certainly easier than the other way around. You might have to sift through some chafe. Or, just post up an OT thread and wait for the flood of replies. Mia and Ying got their choice and a boat to boot. I'd assume the best dating sites would have nothing on MP Partner Finder. But, what do I know?

More than anything, it's been very amusing and interesting to see where this has gone...
It's curious to see people's thoughts on this... and there are some damn strong opinions out there!

I posted fairly recently about a married guy I met who was complaining to me that his wife didn't climb etc... obviously, our relationship went nowhere fast... but it definitely got me thinking...

Obviously, my interest and commitment in a "partner" is not solely based on their interest in climbing... I have no illusions that a relationship can be cultivated based on one common passion...

I think it would be great to share my love of the mountains and the rock with a romantic partner, but I wouldn't put a ceiling over the possibility of dating someone who doesn't climb.

My desire to date someone who climbs is not an absolute, however, I don't find it unreasonable to hope that the personI do date has an interest or appreciation of climbing... because like most of you, I'm constantly planning, plotting, thinking, obsessing about my next trip, what gear to get, new guidebooks etc. etc...

Oh, and in terms of my gym... sure, it's a meat market at times... and it's a mixed big... on the one hand, it's clearly a place with a heavy concentration of people with a common interest... on the other hand, I spend quite a bit of time there... do I want to shit where I sleep? Yes and no.

Jen... you seem quite level-headed and well spoken. I hope you find success in all you seek, climbing and otherwise.

I wouldn't worry about break-ups and the gym just yet. I run into an ex at my gym on rare occasions and we are very civil to each other. The climbing community in general is going to be small. One thing I would suggest is to get some of the people you climb with at the gym to meet afterwards for drinks and possibly dinner. We started doing that here in my town again and it's been great. If you are the one suggesting it, I'm pretty sure it will happen. Pick a place that is nearby and not too loud or expensive.

Mic Fairchild wrote:Jen... you seem quite level-headed and well spoken. I hope you find success in all you seek, climbing and otherwise.

Thank you so very much!
I appreciate your encouragement :)

And FYI: my inbox isn't as flooded as has been suggested :-)

And thank you, too, Stich!

You're both so kind and awesome!

Jen Vaisman wrote: Thank you so very much! I appreciate your encouragement :) And FYI: my inbox isn't as flooded as has been suggested :-) And thank you, too, Stich! You're both so kind and awesome!

We are mostly all in Colorado, so that might explain the empty inbox. So get that posse going at your gym. "Hey, some of us are going to grab a beer after the gym. Want to join us?" works well. :-)

When a climbing couple breaks up who gets the rock-gym friends?