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fletcher  ·  1793 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who Is Left on Hubski?

Hi! I've been lurking for a little bit. Sorry I'm late :)

Name: Fletcher

Location: Australia

Age: 28

Current Preoccupation: bouldering (just started; I'm rubbish), music (playing and listening), languages (Spanish and Indonesian), travel (everywhere)

Previous Preoccupations: martial arts, coffee, motorcycles (I guess kinda still a current preoccupation)

Nice to meet you, Hubski-ers(?) :)





Dala  ·  1791 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hi! What’s bouldering? And it’s ok to be rubbish as long as you’re enjoying yourself. I’m rubbish at a lot of my hobbies but that’s what makes them relaxing.

fletcher  ·  1791 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hi, nice to meet you!

Bouldering is rock climbing, but closer to the ground and without ropes/harnesses. You can do it inside on artificial walls with changeable routes or "problems", or outside on actual boulders. I don't have very many outside spots available near me, so it's easier to just go to a gym.

The Parks Authority in my state also has three free bouldering walls set up underneath a section of highway by the river. It's quite nice to head over there and muck around without needing to pay admission!

Completely agree about the relaxing side of things. It's very meditative. Just me and the wall!

And as far as being rubbish at it... in the immortal words of Jake the Dog "Suckin' at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something".

Dala  ·  1791 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    in the immortal words of Jake the Dog "Suckin' at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.”

Yes!!!

I would fall off all the walls though.

lil  ·  1793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Welcome Fletcher.

As you can see below NikolaiFyodorov, whalabi we have a few from your corner of the world.

regarding

    Hubski-ers(?)
yes, some might call us that. Sometimes just "hubbies" without the marital context.

As for the party, you're never late.

fletcher  ·  1792 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for the introduction lil!

I've been lurking for a while and the community here seems great! Looking forward to being a part of it. Also nice to see some folk from down under!

user-inactivated  ·  1793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What kind of music do you listen to and play?

fletcher  ·  1792 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh man. Too much for one comment!

For listening I like a little bit of everything :)

Right now I'm hanging out for Father of the Bride from Vampire Weekend.

Also really enjoying: bad snacks, Josh Ritter when I'm feeling a hankering for some Americana (latest album was produced with Jason Isbell and it's awesome), and I'm a little bit obsessed with Rachmaninoff at the moment.

As far as playing goes, I'm trying to relearn piano and impulsively bought a keyboard a couple of months ago. I think it can be used as a midi controller too, so I'm going to start composing again hopefully.

I was visiting family for Easter and my mum and I had a fun time playing/singing along with The Bends by radiohead.