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kriso9tails
Jan 5, 2009, 11:17 PM
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Grizvok wrote: And per the height thing, I am 6'1'' or 6'2'' depending on what (if any) shoes I wear. I think the doctors actually had me take my shoes off for the first time ever and I was 6'1'' The one inch deal really makes a different right? As for the weight, yes I have lost 10 lbs.
Well, just so you are aware for the future, shoes aren't a part of your body, so they don't count towards your height.
In reply to: Try again dipshit.
In all fairness, your posts contradicted each other. It's not his fault that you're retarded. In the future, you should strive to be more understanding.
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Grizvok
Jan 6, 2009, 3:05 AM
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mojomonkey wrote: Grizvok wrote: mojomonkey wrote: Grizvok wrote: I've been climbing for about 4 months indoors and can climb 5.11's and I've completed a few V6's. I naturally have a pretty good body type for climbing though (6'1'' 165 lbs). I can't wait until I get to go outdoors in the spring though, it should be a lot of fun. Nobody should base their results on you as typical though. I mean, in the last month, you lost 10 pounds and shrank an inch. Oh, and traveled back in time 2 months. Per your post here on Nov 30, 2008: Grizvok wrote: I have only climbed inside which sucks but I have been climbing for 5 months and just got my first V5 yesterday which was pretty sick. There are about two or three more 5's that I expect to get in the coming week or two. I did lift exclusively at the gym for 7 months before ever rock climbing and the squat/deadlift came especially easy to me and my legs (pretty much just my quads and hamstrings) blew the fuck up. I am 6'2'' and weigh 175 lbs and while people may think that is very skinny my lower body is really carrying a staggering proportion of that weight. I guess you found this weeks dormant post to spray in on your travels. I climbed once a week for 2 months 3 years ago when I was 16, I hardly think that counts as actual time spent climbing, sorry. And per the height thing, I am 6'1'' or 6'2'' depending on what (if any) shoes I wear. I think the doctors actually had me take my shoes off for the first time ever and I was 6'1'' The one inch deal really makes a different right? As for the weight, yes I have lost 10 lbs. Try again dipshit. OK. Now the truth comes out that you have been climbing for about 3.5 years. An indoor 5.11 isn't that impressive then.
I climbed 8 times when I was 16 years old, and had no fucking clue WHAT I was doing and that is actually considered training up until October when I started again? Oh, that's news.
As for the other two people, first he talked about my weight. Uhhhh 10 lbs in a month isn't THAT hard considering I have never done long distance running until a month ago. The height thing? So I posted two different heights, 6'1'' and 6'2'' and those hardly make a difference. I mean come on, it IS one fucking inch. But I have been measured different at the doctors @ 6'1'' and 6'2'' so there's another moot point.
And finally, I'm not the person going around searching through others people posts to find a random discrepancy to feebly attempt and "embarrass" me. You're cool.
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curt
Jan 6, 2009, 3:43 AM
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Grizvok wrote: ...I climbed 8 times when I was 16 years old, and had no fucking clue WHAT I was doing...
Some things never change.
Curt
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kriso9tails
Jan 6, 2009, 3:52 AM
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Grizvok wrote: I climbed 8 times when I was 16 years old, and had no fucking clue WHAT I was doing...
Guess some things never change.
I'm sure you're a nice guy in person and all, but you really suck at teh internets. You were spraying and got called on it. Let it go man. He did you a favor in pointing out how lame you sounded. Learn from it; learn how not to sound like a total ass in front of other climbers.
Once you let go of that ego you'll learn that climbing is all about being out on road trips, drinking to excess, not bathing all that much and hot, often somewhat mentally unstable girls with arms strong enough to snap a man's neck like a twig... err, I mean, uh... purity of the rock, nature, man's symbolic struggle against something or other and all that shit.
If you don't want to sound like a douche, don't spray. Don't do it... just don't.
Get it yet?
(This post was edited by kriso9tails on Jan 6, 2009, 4:01 AM)
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kriso9tails
Jan 6, 2009, 3:54 AM
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curt wrote: Grizvok wrote: ...I climbed 8 times when I was 16 years old, and had no fucking clue WHAT I was doing... Some things never change. Curt
Oh you bastard! I'm leaving mine anyway. It's not my fault I was born slower than all the other kids at school.
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Valarc
Jan 6, 2009, 4:00 AM
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kriso9tails wrote: If you don't want to sound like a douche, don't spray. Don't do it... just don't.
Or at the very least, don't spray about gym grades. Climbing 5.11 in a gym is nothing to be spraying about. Get outdoors where the footholds aren't the size of a golf ball and don't have pink and purple tape on them, and climb something spray-worthy (protip: harder than 5.11), and then spray all you want. You'll still sound like a douche, but at least you'll have earned the right to engage in a little bit of douchebaggery.
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davidhiers
Jan 6, 2009, 6:29 AM
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It sounds like you're making good progress.
To answer your question, it took me about a year to go from 5.5 to 5.10 on plastic. For reference, I was in my mid-40s at the time.
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Parkerkat
Jan 7, 2009, 2:41 PM
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yeah..it really is as much fun as they say, but be prepared to most likely take a step down in grade level outside.....there are many reasons for this.. but generally I've found real rock routes to be a little harder to figure out then reaching for Blue, then green then red!
Anyways, sounds like you're doing great so far!... post a few pics in the spring!
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tantrum
Jan 7, 2009, 3:01 PM
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For comparison, I'm 25 and started climbing a few years ago.
It took me about a year to get comfortable with the 5.10 range. It took about another year to truely master 10s and be comfortable in the 5.11 range. This is toprope terms I'm talking here.
It seemed to me it wasn't a slow progression, but rather a Eureka! sort of progression. I was climbing 9s and one day I just *figured* things out, climbing made more sense to me, and I could climb most 10 grades. Then I'd start working on my form and I'd add another weapon to my arsenal, like a knee drop and *BAM* grades got easier. Then I'd spend some time just working on my weight management and *BAM* I could climb 11 grades.
My advice if you want to get good quick:
Work of technique and form, not on grades.
Climb easy routes up and down, up and down for endurance.
Traverse back and forth on a wall to get footwork better.
Boulder to get a little more strength. (Remember strength = endurance, but endurance does not = strength)
Be sure to climb different types of holds/climbs. Mix up sloppers, gastons, crimps, jugs, pinches etc. I know people that can climb 5.12 gastons but can't finish a 5.10 slope route.
In short:
If you want to get good quick, TRAIN, don't just climb.
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