Climbing and Jumping. Memories, Obstacles, and Everything!

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Does anyone else have the innate ability to climb or jump from things which would otherwise seem difficult or highly challenging? Do you like climbing in general? It can be anything from Mt. Everest to a lowly but tall tree in your backyard or elsewhere. Have memories from childhood about climbing or jumping off stuff? Here would be a good place to talk about it. I have always been able to negotiate terrain which many would consider inaccessible, and it started when I was very young. I created this to welcome others who would want to discuss climbing and performing other fun feats of superhuman agility. Ninjas and acrobats will automatically gravitate to this topic. Others are always encouraged and welcome to participate.

i really enjoy things like that, i guess i always found it easy enough but i would not say it's innate really, anyone can learn too if they want too

I love climbing and I am naturally good at it but I have an absolutely horrible fear of heights. I'm fine as long as my hands have something to hold but I simply cannot climb anywhere high with insufficent handholds, and this is not through lack of skill.

Parkour/urban freerunning has become my main obsession recently. I'm actually good at it, although by most people's standards I'm still a beginner. Some of the larger, more dangerous techniques take me a while because I hesitate and have to psych myself up in order to do it. However, as time has passed I've been able to understand the limits of what I can do and what my body can take a bit better, allowing me to judge my surroundings with greater accuracy.

It's not just the city either. My parents and I go hiking often, and Wyoming is one of those places where you can't really see anything unless you go off the trail. Thus I've gotten a lot of experience navigating forest and alpine tundra environments. If I ever go hunting, I think I'd like to do bow hunting rather than rifle hunting, mainly because a bow is lighter and I can easily traverse the forest with it, then sneak up on an elk or antelope and take it down quietly, just like the Native Americans used to do. No gunshots, no clanking metal, just swift death on wings from the shadows.

That's very interesting. Especially regarding the information about the Native Americans.