Since there are so many women experts on this site....

Joel Unema wrote: Doesn't seem to work so well for me!

Why do you want to date someone that climbs? So you can spend ALL you time together? Gross. Try going out with women that you have OTHER interests in common with, and just be friends with your climbing partners, you'll end up much less miserable.

Which does bring up another quagmire, I personally don't know ANY women who climb who are dating or even would date a guy who doesn't. Is this some kind of reverse double standard?

Evan S wrote:Why do you want to date someone that climbs? So you can spend ALL you time together? Gross. Try going out with women that you have OTHER interests in common with, and just be friends with your climbing partners, you'll end up much less miserable.

camhead wrote: Uhhhhh... until he finds an obsessive project 7 hours away that requires 12 weekends in a row to complete. Non-climbing SO's are usually not too cool with that.

I met my girlfriend through a local club that was doing a newbie mach trad lead day. We both learned to trad climb 2 years ago and now we swap leads up to 5.9. I did not force my way in and ask her out. We climbed together through a mutual mentor for about a year and then it just made sense to move it to the next level.

BTW,
Girls love canyoneering. They love the idea of rappeling down waterfalls and hiking down through beautiful scenery.

Summary:
1. Join multiple outdoor clubs that share your outdoor passion.
2. Do NOT hit on every girl you meet, make friends first.

Rock climb for money and the chicks are free!

They come to you
They already want to climb
They get excited by being way off the ground with a handsome hunk like you
You don't need to be able to climb super hard
And...

They pay you in advance!

It's not that I have any clue if it would work with a climber woman. I just have been climbing for about 8 years now and have always dated non-climbers. As I'm sure we all know the whole, "I don't know if I'll be home for dinner, ever" line get olds to a non-climbing lady. Especially when she thinks you're out with your buddies having a good time.

It's not that I'm dead-set on shacking up with the first climber lady I meet. I would just like to see how it goes if there are any women who are into road trips, projects, and/or training. While it's easy to point out the flaws in this logic, I was hoping to just get some insight from the other guys on this site who have tried this successfully.

take that

how i first met my future husband~
1-go to a local crag
2-take your shirt off
3-jumar up a route
4-take pics of ladies climbing
5-look badass
6-make her think, "who is that!! i need to meet him!"

done and done~ now we are extremely happily married :)

Angela Mabe wrote:how i first met my future husband~ 1-go to a local crag 2-take your shirt off 3-jumar up a route 4-take pics of ladies climbing 5-look badass 6-make her think, "who is that!! i need to meet him!" done and done~ now we are extremely happily married :)

i was there "working on a guidebook" (eyes rolling ;)

right, I use that one all the time too

Angela Mabe wrote: done and done~ now we are extremely happily married :)

Evan S wrote:Why do you want to date someone that climbs? So you can spend ALL you time together? Gross. Try going out with women that you have OTHER interests in common with, and just be friends with your climbing partners, you'll end up much less miserable.

Agreed. To much time can be a terrible thing. And all your time spent together? You'll end up loathing/killing one another

climb at their level never letting on how hard you actually can climb, and don't talk too much. Just listen to what she has to say. Hard to do but it gets you far...sometimes. If that doesn't work then just go to the bar.

edit-as previously mentioned a lady into you for how hard you climb or rack sucks. Never ends well...sometimes ends within 24 hours haha

Evan S wrote:Why do you want to date someone that climbs? So you can spend ALL you time together? Gross. Try going out with women that you have OTHER interests in common with, and just be friends with your climbing partners, you'll end up much less miserable. Which does bring up another quagmire, I personally don't know ANY women who climb who are dating or even would date a guy who doesn't. Is this some kind of reverse double standard?

Call me old fashioned, but wooing them with a nice dinner and strong drink still works for me.

Elena Sera Jose wrote: U don't know what love is. ...

I met mine on a boat. No, seriously.

She is way hotter than me, and climbs better than me too. Got lucky in that climbing was just something we were both into outside of the boats.