So I did my research and have decided, much to the amusement of the kids who watch us climb everyday and think we are ‘super rad’, that ping pong is cooler than rock climbing. Here’s why:

4) Its an Olympic sport. Like it or not this is the largest yardstick that all sports are measured by, and climbing isn’t and won’t be for any time in the near future be on this map. Hell I bet we see pin pong in the x-games over a pit of fire before climbing gets its second chance here.
 
3) Professional Ping Pong players make more money. I don’t really know how much money they make [even after hours of google] but I know how much pro climbers make so it has to be more.
 
2) The weather doesn’t affect conditions and they don’t have to starve themselves to be really good.
 
1) Ping Pong is the worlds largest participation sport (Says the Olympics website, with 40 million competitive players alone worldwide!). Think about it, just about everyone has tried ping pong in their lifetimes – nuff said.

Ok so what does all of this have to with the difference between young and old?