Chess Climbers

are there any other climbers here? i’ve been climbing for a few years and really like it, but haven’t met anyone from chess who also climbs. chess and climbing probably have a limited overlap (as they are almost complete opposites lol) so i’m curious if there are any other chess climbers!

Quasar3C273

I've been a rock climber since I was a little kid a meter high ;)

I think it's kind of similar to chess in a way, actually, but with physical intelligence (is that a term?) instead; you have to plan it out a bit and sometimes make decisions under time pressure of a sort.

I've been a rock climber since I was a little kid a meter high ;) I think it's kind of similar to chess in a way, actually, but with physical intelligence (is that a term?) instead; you have to plan it out a bit and sometimes make decisions under time pressure of a sort.

NeuralGnat

I climb out of bed almost every morning!

I climb out of bed *almost* every morning!

CaterpillarArthur

@Quasar3C273 said ^

I think it's kind of similar to chess in a way, actually, but with physical intelligence (is that a term?) instead; you have to plan it out a bit and sometimes make decisions under time pressure of a sort.

yeah, i hadn’t really thought about it but both do require some problem-solving/decision-making (making a plan or positional play in chess vs. figuring out beta in climbing)

weirdly, when i was younger i was pretty scared of heights (and still kinda am) so not sure how i ended up climbing!

@Quasar3C273 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/RYSh0uc0) > I think it's kind of similar to chess in a way, actually, but with physical intelligence (is that a term?) instead; you have to plan it out a bit and sometimes make decisions under time pressure of a sort. yeah, i hadn’t really thought about it but both do require some problem-solving/decision-making (making a plan or positional play in chess vs. figuring out beta in climbing) weirdly, when i was younger i was pretty scared of heights (and still kinda am) so not sure how i ended up climbing!

Mrchess78

Chess drives me up the wall, no need to climb. :D

Quasar3C273

@CaterpillarArthur said ^

weirdly, when i was younger i was pretty scared of heights (and still kinda am) so not sure how i ended up climbing!

With me it was the opposite, I did rather stupid things sometimes because I wasn't scared enough... I remember once, as a child, "free soloing" a tree maybe 25-30 metres up and sitting there on a branch watching the world below me. But of course, since I started climbing I've taken countless falls, which did help to give me a bit more respect for heights (though I must confess, not as much as could be wished).

@CaterpillarArthur said [^](/forum/redirect/post/kAqqMqer) > weirdly, when i was younger i was pretty scared of heights (and still kinda am) so not sure how i ended up climbing! With me it was the opposite, I did rather stupid things sometimes because I wasn't scared enough... I remember once, as a child, "free soloing" a tree maybe 25-30 metres up and sitting there on a branch watching the world below me. But of course, since I started climbing I've taken countless falls, which did help to give me a bit more respect for heights (though I must confess, not as much as could be wished).

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@CaterpillarArthur

I used to climb in my younger days. Mt
Lemmon is somewhat well known in the climbing world ( at least here in Tucson).

@CaterpillarArthur I used to climb in my younger days. Mt Lemmon is somewhat well known in the climbing world ( at least here in Tucson).

Kitsune9Tails

@NeuralGnat said ^

I climb out of bed almost every morning!

By "almost" you mean you sometimes fall out of bed? Oof

@NeuralGnat said [^](/forum/redirect/post/I3iSCanW) > I climb out of bed *almost* every morning! By *"almost"* you mean you sometimes fall out of bed? ***Oof***

Skittle-Head

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I hand colored this image from the newspaper comics and enlarged it. Thought all you climbers might like it -:]

I hand colored this image from the newspaper comics and enlarged it. Thought all you climbers might like it -:] ![Extreme Chess (2017_05_27 05_08_16 UTC).jpeg](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=ZGNBV0Qz03eU.jpg&sig=d383623ea4032e4a4ea89003365624d3affb488f)