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zealotnoob
Aug 20, 2007, 1:15 PM
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I started climbing a year ago and have been training as avidly as I can. In the gym I boulder ~V4 and am starting to get into the 5s...outside, my focus, I've been getting into the tens, trad, and I just completed a grade III 5.easy alpine route (mt conness, north ridge--the coolest thing I have ever done).
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bucknasty
Aug 22, 2007, 3:41 PM
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V3 pulling plastic, V2 outside. The kids that set in the local gym tend to sandbag routes though, well some of them... So we end up with window gradings (V2-4, 3-4, etc) depending on who you talk to. I've been working on 3's 4's & 5's getting the moves, climbing regularly since June. Don't worry too much about the grades, it's more about the feel and the moves, unless you're going to go to comps & stuff. Also 1 of the 3's I sent at the gym, a guy who does 5's & 6's like nothing can't even get off the start. Just go out, be safe & have fun!
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youradhere
Oct 15, 2007, 5:13 PM
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keep in mind that this is indoors..but at most gyms i go to i can climb v6. Ive been climbing for 3 months
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BornGhost
Oct 15, 2007, 5:42 PM
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I've been climbing since (I think) June and on Saturday came close to finishing a V3. Mind you, there are V2s that I can't get and a V1 that took me 3 weeks before I could finally get it. It really is all about putting your mind to what you're doing. Numbers will scare you away, but sometimes the numbers don't really matter. Like that V3, for instance.
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hopperhopper
Oct 15, 2007, 8:23 PM
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i've been climbing for 6 weeks and i climb V2-V3 at my gym.
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nivlac
Oct 15, 2007, 8:54 PM
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ninja_climber wrote: I've been climbing for 2 years and I boulder about V8/V9...unfortunately I still can't get past 5.12a/b... What? Clearly you're not a true Ninja!
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Vinny_A
Oct 15, 2007, 9:36 PM
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Well its my second month climbing and my highs are v6+ (v4+/v5- consistently) and for routes 5.12 c/d
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PatMcGinn
Oct 15, 2007, 11:08 PM
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I'm climbing around V2-V3 range, but I've sent some V4-e's, it depends on the height of the climber, I'm about 5' 1'' and some V2's are very hard because 6' 1'' people are setting them. But I've only been climbing 6 months, and with regular gym practicing I've gotten from V2- to V3- in a few months training.
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MONKEY5
Oct 16, 2007, 12:54 AM
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I'm climbing v2 v3 range and i've been climbing for about 4 months.
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drunkenhighball
Oct 24, 2007, 5:06 PM
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Who are these cats that can climb v4-v6 in a matter of weeks (or even months for that matter)? I've been climbing (almost exclusively bouldering) for almost two years and only just now beginning to crack v4. I don't often climb indoors but when I do i seem to have trouble pulling anything harder than v2. Am I just a f*cktard, or is everyone on rc.com just hardcore badasses except me?
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fearlessclimber
Oct 24, 2007, 9:04 PM
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solid boulderer at V6 after a few tries, been climbing for 2 years. I like sport and trad much more, not much of a boulderer.
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PepsiTwist
Oct 25, 2007, 1:53 AM
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drunkenhighball wrote: Who are these cats that can climb v4-v6 in a matter of weeks (or even months for that matter)? I've been climbing (almost exclusively bouldering) for almost two years and only just now beginning to crack v4. I don't often climb indoors but when I do i seem to have trouble pulling anything harder than v2. Am I just a f*cktard, or is everyone on rc.com just hardcore badasses except me? I'm guessing they are climbing at gyms with severely overgraded problems. Case in point, I've been climbing since the end of June and my onsight level is about 10c outdoors/11b indoors, my redpoint level is 12a both outdoors/indoors but my bouldering level is about V4, with a bit of work. I was climbing with a fellow the other day in the gym who redpoints about 11a indoors and he is talking about how earlier that day he was at another gym bouldering and sent 3 V5's and worked a V4 for a bit. Fast forward a couple days later and this fellow and I are back in the gym doing some bouldering and he is getting shut down on every V3 we try, and is sending V2 within 6-7 tries. I dont want to assume this guy was lying about those sends, cause I think he genuinely did send them. I question the legitimacy of their rating, however. If you're sending V4-6 within a couple months then you are straight up a freak of nature, or the problems are misgraded. It seems we have a lot of freaks in here. Just for the record, I know it may seem as if I fall into that category as well but I've been climbing 4-5 days a week since I started so I dont see my progression as being particularly impressive.
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pyrosis
Oct 25, 2007, 3:53 AM
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Climb a B1 and I'll be impressed. (A what?)
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itrichs
Oct 25, 2007, 6:08 PM
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v7 1.5 year
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raymondjeffrey
Oct 25, 2007, 6:27 PM
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my grades have decreased due to my 'out of shapeness'. At my best I was super solid on 5.10a/b and redpointing 5.11a/b pretty consistently but now a 5.9 feels like a 5.13c/d. I'm so fat.
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paclimber12
Oct 25, 2007, 8:37 PM
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Ive been climbing for about 2 years and i guess i boulder in the v8 range
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theirishman
Oct 26, 2007, 3:11 AM
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i have been climbing for 3 years, i climb in the v3-v4 range out side, i can onsight 5.10c on sport, most 5.9 on trad, matters where i am and all that jazz, i have met some one who climbed v6 in his first 5 months of climbing, he was a Dane and was a gymnast also, everyone else who have started climbing, even when in shape fall off v1's that ive seen
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rumneydude
Oct 26, 2007, 3:58 AM
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I've been climbing 15 years... I started climbing trad, then sport climbed for quite a while and I've probably been bouldering about 20 times now, I can usually flash V6 and I've done V9... which is consistent with my level on ropes. I concentrate on technique and climbing smoothly, for me that is a better measurement of my progress in climbing. There seem to be a lot of haters here...
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Vinny_A
Oct 27, 2007, 1:58 AM
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PepsiTwist wrote: drunkenhighball wrote: Who are these cats that can climb v4-v6 in a matter of weeks (or even months for that matter)? I've been climbing (almost exclusively bouldering) for almost two years and only just now beginning to crack v4. I don't often climb indoors but when I do i seem to have trouble pulling anything harder than v2. Am I just a f*cktard, or is everyone on rc.com just hardcore badasses except me? I'm guessing they are climbing at gyms with severely overgraded problems. Case in point, I've been climbing since the end of June and my onsight level is about 10c outdoors/11b indoors, my redpoint level is 12a both outdoors/indoors but my bouldering level is about V4, with a bit of work. I was climbing with a fellow the other day in the gym who redpoints about 11a indoors and he is talking about how earlier that day he was at another gym bouldering and sent 3 V5's and worked a V4 for a bit. Fast forward a couple days later and this fellow and I are back in the gym doing some bouldering and he is getting shut down on every V3 we try, and is sending V2 within 6-7 tries. I dont want to assume this guy was lying about those sends, cause I think he genuinely did send them. I question the legitimacy of their rating, however. If you're sending V4-6 within a couple months then you are straight up a freak of nature, or the problems are misgraded. It seems we have a lot of freaks in here. Just for the record, I know it may seem as if I fall into that category as well but I've been climbing 4-5 days a week since I started so I dont see my progression as being particularly impressive. I assume some of this was directed twords me, yeah you make some good points about the problems being over rated (the 5.12 definately was I probably should have noted that). The bouldering problems are tough as hell, I dont think they are severely over rated maybe a little but for the most part they seem to be pretty on with the ratings. I'll be going to my first comp ever tomorrow with different route setters so well see what I am really capable of. I probably also have a decent physical advantage over most people, I'm 6'3 and have long arms. It lets me static moves that were meant to be big throws, example theres a v4 in my gym where the opening move is a dyno/throw (varies from person to person, at worst its a tiny dyno but anyway) on an undercling to a sloper that is big enough to match on. No doubt me being to static this move makes it much easier for me to do the problem. Also like you since I started Ive been going to the gym at least 2x a week and I never climb for less than 3 hours so that probably helps alot. I also climb with climbers that are a hell of alot better than me so I am constantly trying to keep up with them but I am always learning something. My theory is that it depends alot on body type and who you climb with/learn from. Yeah it also depends alot on how often you climb but I think it has alot to do with other things too. Of course I could just be spewing BS (which I probably am) but thats the way I see it. I also probably did a really poor job of putting this post together so sorry if it didnt make alot of sense. but uh yeah thats the way I see it
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PepsiTwist
Oct 29, 2007, 1:57 AM
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Vinny_A wrote: PepsiTwist wrote: drunkenhighball wrote: Who are these cats that can climb v4-v6 in a matter of weeks (or even months for that matter)? I've been climbing (almost exclusively bouldering) for almost two years and only just now beginning to crack v4. I don't often climb indoors but when I do i seem to have trouble pulling anything harder than v2. Am I just a f*cktard, or is everyone on rc.com just hardcore badasses except me? I'm guessing they are climbing at gyms with severely overgraded problems. Case in point, I've been climbing since the end of June and my onsight level is about 10c outdoors/11b indoors, my redpoint level is 12a both outdoors/indoors but my bouldering level is about V4, with a bit of work. I was climbing with a fellow the other day in the gym who redpoints about 11a indoors and he is talking about how earlier that day he was at another gym bouldering and sent 3 V5's and worked a V4 for a bit. Fast forward a couple days later and this fellow and I are back in the gym doing some bouldering and he is getting shut down on every V3 we try, and is sending V2 within 6-7 tries. I dont want to assume this guy was lying about those sends, cause I think he genuinely did send them. I question the legitimacy of their rating, however. If you're sending V4-6 within a couple months then you are straight up a freak of nature, or the problems are misgraded. It seems we have a lot of freaks in here. Just for the record, I know it may seem as if I fall into that category as well but I've been climbing 4-5 days a week since I started so I dont see my progression as being particularly impressive. I assume some of this was directed twords me, yeah you make some good points about the problems being over rated (the 5.12 definately was I probably should have noted that). The bouldering problems are tough as hell, I dont think they are severely over rated maybe a little but for the most part they seem to be pretty on with the ratings. I'll be going to my first comp ever tomorrow with different route setters so well see what I am really capable of. I probably also have a decent physical advantage over most people, I'm 6'3 and have long arms. It lets me static moves that were meant to be big throws, example theres a v4 in my gym where the opening move is a dyno/throw (varies from person to person, at worst its a tiny dyno but anyway) on an undercling to a sloper that is big enough to match on. No doubt me being to static this move makes it much easier for me to do the problem. Also like you since I started Ive been going to the gym at least 2x a week and I never climb for less than 3 hours so that probably helps alot. I also climb with climbers that are a hell of alot better than me so I am constantly trying to keep up with them but I am always learning something. My theory is that it depends alot on body type and who you climb with/learn from. Yeah it also depends alot on how often you climb but I think it has alot to do with other things too. Of course I could just be spewing BS (which I probably am) but thats the way I see it. I also probably did a really poor job of putting this post together so sorry if it didnt make alot of sense. but uh yeah thats the way I see it Good luck at the comp man! Let us know how it goes.
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Vinny_A
Oct 29, 2007, 2:20 AM
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Thanks man, so I climbed all kinds of prolbems ranging from 265-565 at the comp and for my 5 best prolbems I got 2300. So I think that I over estimated my ability in my initial post. I think the comp was a pretty good measure of my climbing ability
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organic
Oct 29, 2007, 3:15 AM
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Only 265-565? Crap, I climb 637 in my sandals... Funny thread but not really...
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PepsiTwist
Oct 29, 2007, 11:03 PM
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Vinny_A wrote: Thanks man, so I climbed all kinds of prolbems ranging from 265-565 at the comp and for my 5 best prolbems I got 2300. So I think that I over estimated my ability in my initial post. I think the comp was a pretty good measure of my climbing ability Good job man. What category were you in? How'd you place overall?
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Vinny_A
Oct 30, 2007, 10:27 PM
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I was in Intermediate, I'm not sure how I placed overall I had to leave before all the scores were posted but I'll find that out soon.
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moeh
Nov 8, 2007, 10:18 PM
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I can send 5.12c in a day and i climb for 5 years. This summer I started with bouldering and i can do V5/V6 in a few tries. Everything outdoor of course. Indoor rating doesnt count at all. Now im training like hell to send a V10 project next year!
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