Bouldering oh hi guys

>v7s
Im a level 1 noob rn and seeing guys in my gym send v7s is so cool. I hope I can send v7+ one day

I personally just wear any shorts which are loose, everyone has small legs who go climbing!
>how long have you been climbing
8 years on and off
>what type(s)
Bouldering, top rope and lead. A little bit of trad
>what grades have you sent?
I lead 7a and top rope 7b/c at a push. V5/6 for bouldering
>indoor or outdoor?
Mainly indoor, twice or so a year outdoor
>where do you climb
Mostly Harlow or Cambridge uk

Im a fat PLer too lmao. also struggling with endurance. Im basically relying on being explosive and sending it really fast. I suck at slopes because of my weight/center of mass

how are you doing in terms of injuries? my hip and back are getting dabbed on from falling

I follow bouldering bobat and bouldering dabrats on yt

what are some other good climbing yt. preferably bouldering and preferably brits lol

Op here, im planning on starting over in portland

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if we have a general I vote we use this in the op :^)

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Not a problem currently since i climb indoors and we have decent mattresses at our gym. Outdoors is also not a problem(usually) since i go climbing with couple of friends who can spot me and we usully bring 3+ pads on site. Fucked up my ankle though a couple summers ago when landed on the ground from around 4 meters. Some hillbilly with a traktor gave me a lift from the boulder to our car which was nice. I guess you just have to learn to fall and maybe have a friend spot you in case you do something extremely injury prone. Some stretching would propably do you good in terms of hip and back health.

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mellowclimbing

I go with twink girls. if they tried to spot me they might die lol

Magnus Midtbo Is kino despite not being british. more vlog style and the dude is also a beast at climbing.
EpicTV climbing daily has some nice episodes of elite level climbers doing insanely nice outdoors projects.
youtube.com/watch?v=igYhX5xyprw also have this vid of jan hojer training, the dude does one handed campusing at 2:40

NOPAN

Nice, i´m accompanied usually by two monkey twinks who are both around 60kg and i´m a bit over 100kg. Spotting is mostly a technique sport and the spotter should focus mainly on getting/keeping the climber upright and over the pad(s) before landing. If you´re going to go outdoor with them they better be learning to do that or you need to get new climbing partners.

if I go outdoor I'll find experienced people to go with anyway so they can show me the good spots and let me use their mats

Im landing upright, but thats hurting my back and hips. idk how to land right to make it easier

Should I try out my gym's climbing wall?

theres no harm, but it probably wont be as good as a real wall

my uni gym has a wall but its shit

About six months

I'm also at a uni gym, the wall seems pretty big to me but I don't really know.

go ahead its fun af. of you like it but get bored of the same normie problems then maybe go to a climbing gym

>>how long have you been climbing
A couple years now, around 5?
>>what type(s)
Trad, lead, top rope, and bouldering but Bouldering is my main.
>>what grades have you sent?
Highest ever was a v11 but I stick in the 6-9 range usually.
>>indoor or outdoor?
Both but I've been shying away from outdoor nowadays its just too brutal on my body.
>>where do you climb
Most days Earth Treks in Hampden but I visit Timonium and Columbia alot too, plus all the outdoor Bouldering around.

In case you land to a squat stretch hammies to avoid buttwink and roll to your back. Never land from height just upright without dampening the fall properly(rolling to sides/back). Watch the gym monkies and how they do it. Dont disregard mobility since it will also help you with climbing in addition to preventing injuries.
Just make shure that your fingers are properly warmed up and have a go. You´ve got nothing to lose and a all around great hobby to gain in case it suites you.

Definitely just wear some regular ass shorts. Mine are all above-the-knee by some amount and offer plenty flexibility. A lot of people at the uni gym wall here wear pants or lighter shorts but I just stick to cotton ones. If I wore anything lighter than my smol peepee bulge would be even fucking worse than it already is when I belay people.

>how long have you been climbing
A few months off from a year now
>what type(s)
Mostly top roping, have tried lead but need to get certified at my gym wall. Not a big boulderer, I find it boring.
>what grades have you sent?
Have sent 5.11s at a gym in a different city, but theirs are slightly easier. At current gym I've sent an easy 5.11, probably not one, and also worked on another one and got it down to one fall. But then had to take a break and they took it down since they're prepping new routes for a competition. Hyped for new routes but also sad to not finish it.
>indoor or outdoor?
Currently indoor, going to make some outdoor trips this spring I really hope.
>where do you climb
The gym at my uni has like a 50-60ft wall that's pretty nice, the bouldering section is ass compared to more commercial places. But the culture is really fun, there's just regulars that belay for each other all the time and I've seen actual progress with the people I climb with, as have progressed myself.

I fucked my damn left ring finger recently though. Tried to warmup on an ungraded boulder route while waiting for rope climbing to open and used a pocket to carry all my weight between my middle and ring finger. Not sure what went so wrong but it's been damn fucked. Basically can't push it backwards very far but I can open grip shit just fine.
It sucks though because it starts feeling a little wonky again when I go to the gym for regular workouts and I'm just waiting for it to randomly spike in pain while I'm on my working sets of bench and to fucking die or something like that.

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Ive been landing in a squat the Rolling back, trying to stay loose/limp

when I land without buttwink my spine is stacked and the compression force awful

10 years

Sport, trad, alpine haven't done much aid climbing

5.12b on an actual route, indoor gym cheese "5.13"

Best places:
Red Rocks
The Gunk's
Rumney
Zion (for big Wall)
Glacier (for Alpine)
NRG
Always thought Senecca Rocks and the Adirondacks were under appreciated.

>at wall
>fat boomer is there with his zoomer son
>not watching him, letting him run around like a spaz
>he runs under me
>I fall
>cms away from killing a 10 year old kid
>kid carries on being spaz
>dad carries on not giving a shit
reeeeeeeeeeeee didnt you read the form you cunt

Ive heard trad is expensive and dangerous. is that true

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Not a boulderer, but I just wear stretchy, breathable knee length shorts. Looking for something breathable but a little longer, since they ride up when I'm harnessed and I don't like how they look.
>how long have you been climbing
About 7 months now
>what type(s)
Top rope, aiming to get lead certification in the next three months or so
>what grades have you sent?
6a, maybe 6a+ (French, so I guess that's about 5.10b or c YDS)
>indoor or outdoor?
Indoor. Only one place in my area for outdoor climbing, and I hear it's dangerously chossy
>where do you climb
Biggest indoor gym in my city. A shame it doesn't have traditional gym equipment to supplement training in the same session.

>shame it doesn't have traditional gym equipment
this is a big problem desu. my climbing gym recently bought plates... but didnt buy a bar... are they retarded??

wish theyd buy a squat rack etc. they have room

Curious what do you guys do for lifting? I've been prioritizing climbing the last year since I started over lifting while still trying to hit lifting goals.
Currently been doing MWF lifting in the morning, climbing in the late afternoon. Tues/Thurs are rest days since I'm in class from morning until evening. Also go climbing on Sunday but not lifting.

On one hand I want to lift more than 3 days a week but I can't for the fucking life of me decide on a schedule that I actually like

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Go to an EMS or REI outlet site and get quick dry hiking pants. They have specific versions for climbing, but they are basically the same thing but more expensive.

Helps for when it rains briefly at the crag and they generally are pretty tough and won't tear easily.

Thick canvas is good too for dry areas.

Soft shell rain jackets are better for climbing in the rain. Shells tear easy. Most outdoor ones are adjustable and can go over a helmet. Make sure yours does because that is a really nice feature.

Adjustable leg loops - how high/low should they sit?

yes

thank

do me a favor, forget about me

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