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I am sort of shy, but open up quite a bit if someone takes an interest.
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This stuck out to me. A good friend once asked me, what's one thing that everyone in the world has in common? They all like to talk about themselves.
While at your rock climbing/etc groups, just be a nice guy and talk to everyone. Ask them how long they've done it, families, etc. Dont just completely ask questions, but let them do most of the talking. It may take a while but friendships will develop.
Cities are vastly different than small towns (lived in both a number of times). In cities people only have a select group of really close friends. In towns people have LOTS of friends, with only 1-2 "best" friends. So getting into that "group" in cities can be more work than in a town, but just be nice and friendly and it wont be too difficult.