r/climbergirls

Is power endurance and endurance a real thing?
As long as you know how to rest, you don’t over grip and climb effectively you should be able to send the route. The person who is the strongest on each move should be able to send the route( Fingers, body tension and overall strength)

It’s like I’m gonna go lift weights, to get stronger you do sets of 5. There’s no power endurance in lifting. Whoever is the strongest will be able to do the most sets of 10 reps.

I feel like the answer to becoming a better sport climber is bouldering and moon boarding and learning the beta for your route. If your power is high, it all trickles down and makes each move easier even if you get a hard 20 move sequence.

Is this true?

i have just started consistently climbing and have always heard that "climbing is a social sport".

However, whenever i go to the gym, it seems that 90% of the other climbers all just have their headphones in and very much keep to themselves.

This is usually weekend mornings. Is there more of a social time to go, or do we think it's just a gym specific thing?

(in London btw)

I know it's not that serious or deep, but it keeps bothering me and I feel I don't know how to communicate it.

I post 1 story per month, usually even less. We usually talk a lot about sports, nutrition (we are all millennials), and my friends do mostly running. The only guy in the group is a very good runner and I feel the girls in the group orbit a lot about his scores. We all have Strava and I always like their content.

Now, they know bouldering is my passion, but they never ask questions about it, which I thought was okay because they don't know about it. But when I do post climb vidéos, it's also radio silence. I am the kind of person that easily likes Instagram content, especially when it involves hobbies, like I have a friend that posts acting reels in Spanish and I always like it because I know she gives her heart to it.

The guy friend also recently "joked" that I was showing off my climbing skills when we were in a playground activity and I went up easily. I told him I just really enjoyed it and in the same joking tone, told him not to be jealous.

Am I overreacting? I come from a background where feeling invisible and unappreciated is a trigger for me; I live far from my family and we are somehow estranged because of it.

We have a good group relationship otherwise, I feel I can be myself around them.

I'm normally a boulderer, climb a few times a week, however I'm now pregnant. I've decided to stop climbing so I don't harm the baby, I'm super clumsy and fall a good amount despite climbing for years.

What other exercises have people picked up when pregnant?

Already on yoga and swimming, just wanting to see what others have done.

Sadly no top rope gyms that local to me.

Ciao a tutti, vorrei condividere un prossimo evento di arrampicata che si svolgerà in Valle Orco, Italia, una delle aree di arrampicata su granito più iconiche d'Europa e spesso paragonata allo Yosemite per la sua lunga storia di arrampicata trad e le sue impressionanti pareti di granito. Il Valle Orco Climbing Festival riunisce arrampicatori, alpinisti, appassionati di outdoor, guide e organizzazioni locali per un weekend dedicato all'arrampicata, alla cultura montana, a laboratori, presentazioni, test di attrezzatura e eventi della comunità. Il festival si tiene a Ceresole Reale, nel cuore del Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, circondato da splendidi scenari alpini e vie di arrampicata di livello mondiale che vanno da pareti adatte ai principianti a legendarie pareti di granito a più tiri. Che tu sia interessato all'arrampicata trad, all'arrampicata sportiva, al bouldering o semplicemente a trascorrere del tempo con altri arrampicatori in montagna, questa sembra una grande opportunità per scoprire una delle destinazioni per arrampicata più famose d'Italia. Maggiori informazioni possono essere trovate qui:

https://valleorcoclimbingfestival.com

Hi! 27 she/they looking for climbing partners for a Yosemite trip the weekend of 7/25-7/26 (also free the Mon-Weds following if there are any other flexible/funemployed folks out there). Would love to connect with other BIPOC femme climbers but open to anyone who can give a safe and soft catch! I can promise the same in return.

I'll have a harness, rope, draws and am looking into renting a crashpad -- no trad alas though I'd be down to follow an experienced traddad/mom/parent with a rack. I know the area is pretty sandbagged so I'm gonna hold off on claiming to know what grade I'll be at, but I climb V5/occasional V6 and lead 5.11- ish at my local gym and have a few years of single-pitch outdoor lead climbing under my belt. I'll be coming from the Bay (I'm visiting from out of state). 80% sure I'll have a car that weekend and down to carpool or figure out the bus system which I did a few years ago -- it's a bit of a pain but also an interesting public transit adventure.

Also considering an out-and-back dayhike on the PCT, which runs through Tuolomne Meadows, for those also hiking-inclined -- thru'd it a few years ago and would love a lil stroll down memory lane! :)

Edited - Oh, feel free to DM :)

Truly trying to understand, not be antagonistic. lately I’ve seen a major influx of men commenting on posts in the sub, even when they’re specifically requested not to.

Doss the algorithm just surface the post based on your interests and you don’t notice the flair? Do you follow or otherwise keep up with this sub for any particular reason? Is there something about conversation in this sub that you wish you could find in other climbing subs?

I climb with many thoughtful, safety-conscious and pleasant men. But I’ll admit my preference is to climb with women - there’s just less of an atmosphere of competition and risk, in general. I love being able to discuss climbing in this space for that reason, but I’ve found so many men in this sub lately. Truly confused as to why, when so many other subs on climbing exist.

Mods, I understand this might be too divisive and won’t complain if you have to remove!

ETA: I would like to thank every respondent but I do actually have to work. Thanks to the cis-male dudes for providing some perspective, and to the many of you who are respectful and attentive members of this sub.

One of my ex-friends (white male) took me (woman of colour) to try bouldering last year. They insisted that anyone could do it, including me, a beginner. They told me they liked the social and cultural aspects of climbing.

I had a lot of falls but I enjoyed my first climb so I went a second time with them. However, my second climb ended with a terrible fall. I ended up breaking my ankle and needed surgery. It really disrupted my whole life, with consequences for my work (and therefore, my income and job security), my studies, and even my housing!

I don’t blame the person for the fall but they never checked in on me during my 3 month recovery…they didn’t even think to ask how it impacted other parts of my life. Even though I am now recovered, I keep thinking about this and it makes me feel so disposable.

Is this good bouldering etiquette? I can’t help but think as it was a pretty white male environment. We don’t speak anymore due to other reasons but I feel traumatized. I want to try climbing again when I am fully recovered with different people but I wondered if anyone else felt any racial or gender social dynamics in climbing.

I'm looking for alternative ways to teach kids how to follow through on their figure 8. I work with some kids with a wide range of disabilities. Some of them really want to learn how to tie into their harness themselves. A few understand the "follow the rope" technique, but others get a little lost when they pull the tail end of the rope through. Are there mnemonic devices or stories like the bowline knot's "the rabbit comes out of the hole"?

Hit my first plateau, which is sort of fun to have something to work towards conquering. I can flash most V3's, and usually get V4's within a fair amount of tries / sessions if it's overhang. None seem out of reach the way V5's currently do. I started Kilter Boarding, which has helped a lot on specific V4's, but I'm wondering if anything specific helped you all make the jump from V4 to V5.

Currently on an every other day schedule, 4x a week. Occasionally will take 2 rest days in a row if my body is asking for it.

Sort of unrelated thought but why I'm thankful for this sub: I've noticed that some men that have started at a similar timeline as me (acquaintances) have simultaneously reached V4/V5 without this same struggle. Like, once they could do V4's, they could also do V5's. Strength thing?