This is the text of a spoken word poem. To enjoy the
full effect, please see the video performance by the
author at https://bit.ly/Pegasus_TheClimb
What makes climbing so darn fun?
The sense it makes equates to none
What has been done
to make a sport like this so overrun
It rips the skin from your hands,
like taking strips of corn in strands. You’ll be left in need of a headband,
exhausted from being in climbing-land.
Fingers feeling like they could shatter as my teeth start to chatter
the lactic acid in my forearms begins to scatter.
If climbing inflicts discomfort so fast
then why is climbing such a blast?
I have found the answer, at last;
There is a special satisfaction,
it feels like a infraction
to any other sports faction
Because there really isn’t a match.
It gives my dopamine receptors a scratch
and there isn’t even a catch!
Climbing keeps you lightweight,
and If you want to get stronger it’s great!
If friends are what you’re looking for,
then climbing is impossible to ignore.
No need to worry
if your vision is starting to get blurry.
Climbing initiates can start at all ages,
you can just improve in small stages.
I struggled to find a sport that I enjoyed
because everything i tried just left me annoyed.
When other sports find out you’re built like a
mite
they’ll make it harder for you and hinder you outright. Why was I cursed with a very short height?
But In my search for the perfect activity,
I found something great for me alternatively
A camp in the season were you’ll never shiver(shivOR) Combined with an old climbing sage of a
caregiver (givOR) And off i went eating through the
grades like a carnivore (carn-I-vore) –
My point is you don’t need to look like a god of war
(god Iv wOr)
All you need to do is apply
In a climbing gym nearby
so you can start to reach for the sky.
Because climbing is just so darn fun