Originally Posted by
WhyFi
This is my biggest stumbling block/objection to climbing (other than being a fat ass) - I feel like I should be moving along at a decent clip with FTP-ish efforts, so to be crawling along offends my sensibilities.
That said, I've never endured a "real" climb, and I'm sure that I would feel some sense of satisfaction upon cresting after a long effort.
I have. The feeling of satisfaction was little reward for the amount of suffering that preceded the satisfaction. IMO, YMMV.
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