When I started climbing in 1972, Royal Robbins climbing shoes were all the rage and were being used by many climbing in Yosemite. I believe they first came out in 1969. I bought a pair of PA's in Italy in 1976 and climbed in them enough to have them resoled once.
Is it just me or is anyone else experiencing this: giving a problem your all, breathing heavily, so much so that you whirl up a buch of chalk and dust from a pocket hold near your face, getting all that nasty stuff in your eyes, ruining your attempt. Just me? Okay 😅
it’s so strange watching these back after some of the olympic games qualifiers, the sheer shift in production and scale around the sport is so so incredible to see
I'm not super good in climbing but, i know i've gota big for some routes advantage but for some movement its super hard also... (21 cm + apex... and i'm 1m81 ) basically a fucking ape.
Little known fact: 3 countruies in the world use the imperial system: Liberia, Myanmar and the USA. All the other countries (192 in total) use the so called metric sytem, which is far superior and really easy to understand! Use the f***ing metric system!
Started climbing 2 months ago. The gatekeeping was so bad I thought about quitting. Everyone was telling me beforehand how "chill" and "friendly" the climbing community is. Lies and deceit. I still climb there, but so far I have only made like 2 friends....
What I hate is and maybe it's due to my gym being relatively small, is that there's a boulder and everyone stays like flies on that singular one in a big group, I go with 2-3 friends usually, but when other 2-3 groups come it becomes hell and annoying waiting for each person to finish, at that point I dip and try other stuff. Also one thing I hate is when setters put some easy boulders next to some average or hard ones and I need to wait for people to finish or try that one easy boulder back to back (again a problem because the gym is smaller + it kinda is useful since you can practice certain moves on the harder boulders due to an easier one being next to it so you can go directly to that move that is especially hard and you can't figure out).
ok, let's say once and for all, or I'll just say it for you. Climbing is a matter of mental end emotional status (let's call it mindset or "how you feel") , and free soloing is for sure different, no matter the grade. This is why it's important to know why you are doing something. I never climber at their levels, just a couple of 7a, but i know the feelings. What I'm saying is, that after observing others, i realized that it's not a matter of who you are or what grade you are doing (or what you are doing). It's the status that makes the difference. When you feel fine you find everything fluid and find all the spots and the grips. When you feel stressed or uncomfortable, that changes. So you need to retrieve that status, which is meditative, calm and focused state of consciousness, but it can require time, and that it's personal. I always said to the people that i climbed with, that climbing is not a competition. I really feel that the idea of putting timers and make competitions, it's really something "not really connected to real climbing" Because climbing is a personal experience (as well as all) and it basically helps (or not) building real confidence while climbing and climbing. What i'm trying to say is that climbing is not a competitive sport, it's a way to know who you and discover life. You can actually feel it while climbing, and you can definitely feel the other people flow. I'm It can make it worst then without. performed
