Thursday, May 28, 2015

Let The Smith Rock Climbing Guides Give You The Advantage You Need

By Tammie Caldwell


The beautiful state of Arizona is home to some of the best, most well-known rocks for climbers to indulge their somewhat dangerous hobby upon. So well known are some of the sites that they have been used in Hollywood action and adventure movie scenes since the early days of film. What few people know is that there is a school in that state, complete with the renowned Smith Rock climbing guides.

The American Mountain Guides Association has granted this school an official accreditation, and students are in love with their program. Nothing challenges a person quite like defying the natural laws of gravity, along with their own animal instinct which tells them to stay on the ground. The boost of confidence one receives when they challenge themselves up against a wall of rock can help treat most forms of depression, social anxiety, and drug addiction.

The standard SRCS guide has many years of experience as climbers, having gone from Nepal to the Andes Mountains and thrown themselves against their cliffs. The experience they bring to the people wishing to perfect these skills helps to enhance the lives of the students, who may go on one day to save lives during a climb. It is a special sort of person, one willing to expand their own limitations by engaging in this particular hobby.

Most of them started to climb as children of parents who already understood the benefit of challenging the elements of land, wind and sky, as well as the limitations we all tend to set within ourselves. As children we lack the fear associated with danger, and little ones are a pleasure to watch. Go to a repelling park where people practice this hobby and one will find many children able to climb in seemingly impossible directions.

The AMCA does not recommend that small children be present for any serious climb; however, the average teenager is ready both mentally and physically to attend these classes. The life skills they can acquire while under the tutelage of a guide will make them the leaders of tomorrow. These young people can go on one day to provide mentoring and instruction to other adults interested in acquiring these skills.

The physical work-out that is experienced with even a modicum of practice is intense. Within fifteen minutes anyone can experience a full-body workout that will leave them as sore as any hour-long group fitness class. If one goes to a class, or visits one of these gyms even once a week, they will have a physical fitness level that will astound them.

As a hobby, it can provide a person with the strength, stamina, and confidence they need to face any challenge. The guide can help the student learn to plan out a climb, and determine how much equipment should be carried. It challenges personal limitations while also sharpening the mind and strengthening the body.

Naysayers always love to claim such hobbies are too dangerous. These people prefer to stay inside watching television, and living their lives vicariously through the passive viewing of actors on a screen. However, a climber knows that life is dangerous, tomorrow is not guaranteed, and the only thing we take with us at the end is the experience we gained through active participation.




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