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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 28, 2016 - 03:42pm PT
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I dream about falling, and gliding when I should fall, quite a lot.
Last night, I was guiding people to their safety (seemingly), and I was following the group. We got to a vertical rime section just before the summit. It was a small elephants back, and crumbling all around me. I plunged my hands into the snow to keep from slipping, and the whole fridge sized chunk gave way with me on it.
I fell, probably a couple of hundred feet, sliding the last third or so.
Instead of waking up freaking out, I stuck the landing and climbed back up to the group.
What does it mean, man?
And, does anyone else have these sorts of dreams?
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Apr 28, 2016 - 03:45pm PT
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I've fallen in a number of dreams. Often time with a big cushy bounce of a landing or falling into a glide that turns into a flying dream. On the flip side I often run in my dreams but just cant seem to make my legs move fast enough, like I'm in slow motion or underwater. Funny thing is I remember telling myself I know I can run faster and thinking whats wrong, why cant I run like normal?
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Apr 28, 2016 - 04:52pm PT
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Last night I dreamt I was a centaur but had the head and face of Colt Seavers from The Fall Guy....but was young, like in my 20's. All the people around me kept telling me I was the most beautiful creature in the forest. No lie. That was my dream. Anybody care to interpret it for me.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Apr 28, 2016 - 06:53pm PT
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Wait till you've been climbing 20+ years. You'll have more, Lot's more.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Apr 28, 2016 - 07:19pm PT
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I dream about falling
Pretty normal . . . better than the ones where you're plunging off the cliff in your vehicle.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Apr 29, 2016 - 05:44am PT
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This will be my 50th year rock climbing, and I've taken many leader falls; including a 100+ footer.
I've never had a dream about climbing or falling. I also got wounded twice in Vietnam, one of which was pretty bad. Never had a dream about Vietnam either.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Apr 29, 2016 - 06:27am PT
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Micronut,
That is some funny stuff. I grew up on Wheaties, too. We're all trying to adjust.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Apr 29, 2016 - 06:59am PT
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I've never had a dream about climbing or falling. I also got wounded twice in Vietnam, one of which was pretty bad. Never had a dream about Vietnam either.
Interesting..... What dreams do you remember?
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Apr 29, 2016 - 07:12am PT
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Wow. Just wow. SteveA, how is it even possible that you have had no dreams about falling, or about VIETNAM?
Did you tell the tale of your wounds on the Ghosts of Vietnam thread? I apologize if my memory has failed me on this point. If you haven't, please do.
I'd like to meet you.
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Apr 29, 2016 - 12:33pm PT
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I do dream of drowning and wake up trying to catch my breath.
What ever that means,
Sleep Apnea.
Your airway becomes blocked by soft tissues during REM sleep, and you stop breathing. Eventually, you come out of REM and almost, but not quite, wake up and start breathing again.
Other symptoms are waking up with a headache, or waking up still very tired after a long night's sleep. Obnoxious snoring is another symptom.
It's really hard on the heart, and can be a serious health hazard. It can lead to daytime narcolepsy. Pilots and other machinery operators have to get special medical clearance if they are diagnosed with sleep apnea.
I just use three fat pillows, so that I sleep halfway sitting up, and it seems to work. Sleeping on your side also works. Sleeping flat on your back is the worst position for the condition.
Some people wear a Darth Vader gas mask thing that pumps air into their lungs (CPAP machine).
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Apr 29, 2016 - 12:39pm PT
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Survival,
In all honesty, I don't sleep that well, but it isn't related to any stress related memories. It has more to do with arthritis etc.
I never dream about any close calls, and I've had many, but my encounters with lightning on a few big alpine climbs, bring back memories, which seem to be more vivid, than my other experiences.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Apr 29, 2016 - 01:33pm PT
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As a young kid I had some pretty horrific falling dreams, usually related to flying. Now if I have any dream about climbing, I am always sending! Ah, but then I wake up...
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snakefoot
climber
Nor Cal
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Apr 29, 2016 - 01:42pm PT
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Once had a dream i was falling and then i hit the deck, boom.. woke up and thought i had died since it was so vivid. Used to have flying dreams, but now i glide through the air for fun and never have any more. go figure.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Apr 29, 2016 - 02:24pm PT
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I've had falling dreams. Pretty disturbing. Always woke up before I crashed but still disturbing.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 29, 2016 - 02:31pm PT
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Wait till you've been climbing 20+ years. You'll have more, Lot's more.
Well, I've been climbing for 24 years now so...
And, the gliding thing is the most prevalent. I'll be skiing, hit a roller or kicker, and I'm off! Gliding with the slope and all is well. Super fun, really. Stuff that I can't do in the default world. I guess I could take up speed flying, but, no.
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cintune
climber
Colorado School of Mimes
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Apr 29, 2016 - 02:34pm PT
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Sometimes get ones where I'm talus running faster and faster and leaping higher and higher, until I'm taking 50-100-foot-high bounds at a time. And yep^^^ pure fun, only wish I could do it for real. It would require low gravity.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 29, 2016 - 02:56pm PT
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 29, 2016 - 05:11pm PT
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But what if it's my corn in your crap, man?
WTF does it all mean???!!!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Apr 29, 2016 - 05:53pm PT
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steveA ..... Thank you for your service. Respect.
I hardly ever dream, when I sleep. I have never dreamed about falling rock climbing.
Now Ice is a different story....... it's always the same. I sense that the anchors fail and I go over backward. Then I see my boot go overhead in my mental photo, with bright blue sky and chunks of ice sparkling in the blue sky..... then I wake up with a start.
When I was Ice Climbing regularly this dream was happening all the time.
weird.....
I did dream about looking at corn in poo.... couldn't put that one together till now.
And did you know that the job of your appendix is to reassemble corn. TRUE... a Doctor told me that one.
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hellroaring
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Apr 29, 2016 - 05:57pm PT
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When I was toddler age I used to dream that I would be in a car, night, crossing a bridge. Suddenly I'd be out of the car flying through the darkness and headed toward the creepy murky water below. These dreams evolved into toys that would reanimate, an individual with a human body but the head of a collie (like Lassie), and pentagrams painted on the wall with blood. Had a shrink tell me that my dreams were like those of someone who as a baby had been used as a token of sacrafice during Satanic rituals. Go figure that creepy sh#t. I think she just wanted my business...
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