Comments on: Putting A Price Tag On Climbing

By: jayclimbs

jayclimbs — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:57:24 +0000

This variation of the Economic Action Theory (that people make choices based on what they think is “best”) is an interesting one, and to a large extent played out in each of our lives.
I have made many choices along the way (and I’m well past half my life, btw) that have allowed me to climb more whilst simultaneously cutting my income – often drastically.
I’ve also made decisions that did the opposite – and regretted almost every single one.
When I first “got into” climbing, it was a sport one had to be passionate about. There weren’t enough partners, products, or information sources to squander one’s time with ambivalence.
That has changed some; people can now be hobbyists. Don’t make the wrong implication: hobbyists can be quite passionate, they may even appear moreso than “lifers”. But that passion is both time-delimited and “shiftable”; interest wanes after a few years, other interests take predominance, etc.
My guess is, the division between those who could and could not make this economic decision on a quantifiable sum lies at the high end of the hobbyist range.
I suspect I could indeed sell out – when I’m 85 or so, for a very large sum (none of this million bucks chump change, I’m talking B.Gates mounds’o'cash). My kids could use the cash for climbing trips.

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News der Woche | kletterblog.info — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:24:25 +0000

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By: Narc

Narc — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:33:40 +0000

Thanks to everyone who voted and shared their opinion thus far! Definitely some great arguments for keeping climbing in your life no matter what.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:48:15 +0000

Meh. I really was being sarcastic. I always go over the top for that website, but I’ll change it up.

By: Narc

Narc — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:57 +0000

I’m not sure a rebuke of that nature was really necessary now that I read what you wrote. It’s not the end of the world.

By: Dustin Harris

Dustin Harris — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:38:26 +0000

They say money can’t buy happiness, but in this case money can buy misery…

For me, climbing is 1/3 of my entire life. I have my work life, my home life, and my climbing life… which kind of is both my social life, and part of my fitness routine. To give that up would to be give up something I look forward to every morning, and think about every night.

Could I love something as much as climbing? Definitely. But like a great wife or husband, you stop looking around when you’ve found the perfect one for you, right?

-D

By: Narc

Narc — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:33:37 +0000

Considering how poorly they executed their version I’m not sure I’d want to be associated with it anyhow.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:25:22 +0000

8spray.spew stole your idea and posted it without citing you at all. I went over there and for once used my fake name to voice how crappy that makes them look. Love you Narc! The one, the only, the original!

By: John Knoernschild

John Knoernschild — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:44:52 +0000

Your descriptions of climbing made me drool. I could never give it up. As soon as I started climbing, every other hobby I had, besides music, took a back seat. My life has never been better. Money does not = happiness. Climbing = Happiness

By: Dave Cummings

Dave Cummings — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:19:36 +0000

our* lol