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Wunderkind
May 19, 2009, 1:07 PM
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Tactix23 wrote: Wunderkind wrote: Tactix23 wrote: I've been a total of 6 times to the gym and just beat my first 5.9 yesterday. I should have beaten another one but I was a little shot and there was a big dynamic move needed at the top so I did it in two tries. But tomorrow that bitch is mine!! I'm telling you, being a drummer helps climbing! strong fingers and good stamina  I climb 3 to 4 days a week. About 2-3 hours each time... I think 5.8 was wear the crimps really started coming in from the get go.. And 5.9s seem just as easy only the holds are more spread out and a lot more just standing up on one leg takes into place This is pure gold. Beating the bitch, standing on one leg, and wearing the crimps... it just won't stop. Troll or tool... i don't care... 5 stars. What fucking world are you living in that me saying "I'm gonna beat that bitch" was odd to you? It's a joke. And did you not comprehend that I mean "where" you fucking nerd?
Let's take another look, just for fun:
You, on average, go to the gym 3-4 times a week. You've been a total of six times, which means you've been climbing between 10 and 14 days. Allez? Homard.
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zchandran
May 19, 2009, 2:13 PM
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Wunderkind wrote: You, on average, go to the gym 3-4 times a week. You've been a total of six times, which means you've been climbing between 10 and 14 days. Allez? Homard.
Hmm... Babelfish translates "Allez? Homard." as "Go? Lobster". I was always suspicious of that program.
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Wunderkind
May 19, 2009, 2:40 PM
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something like that.
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rockandlice
May 19, 2009, 4:03 PM
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acorneau wrote: rockandlice wrote: I have onsighted a 10b at a gym, and am looking for recognition. Please advise. I hereby recognize you as a plastic-pulling gym nOOb. Feel better? (Just kidding!  )
What? No plague? Not even a certificate? 
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IsayAutumn
May 19, 2009, 5:00 PM
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You are a handsome man.
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rockandlice
May 19, 2009, 5:15 PM
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acorneau wrote: rockandlice wrote: What? No plague? Not even a certificate? Well, if you want a plague, I hear Swine Flu is making the rounds. 
LOL, better mind my g's and q's. doh!
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Bryan2102
May 20, 2009, 4:19 PM
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I can understand this post. I started climbing around 6 weeks ago, and the motivation from peers definitely keeps me pumped. I swam my entire life, including uni, so i had a decent core which helped me progress fairly quickly, but i notice that it's difficult to move to crimps and smaller holds :(. I'm working on mostly v2's ; but like others have stated, gym ratings vary, and it's difficult to compare.
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OMEGA3RIC
Jul 4, 2009, 4:24 AM
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1st time climbing 5.10a (on auto belay so i wouldnt count it)
4 months 5.11b toprope
6 months 5.11b onsight lead v5 bouldering
8 months 5.12a 4th time climbing in a month due to injury
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Tactix23
Jul 6, 2009, 2:17 AM
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been bouldering for a 3 weeks now, up to v4s
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WordsVerbatim
Jul 6, 2009, 2:45 AM
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I've been climbing for about 10 months now, and I climbing V2 outside.
Don't care, though. Climbing is a lot of fun. Who cares, really? I try to see it as developing technique more than worrying about what grade I can climb. At the beginning, I would get really frustrated because I wasn't progressing at the pace that I wanted, but it got to a point where I had to just forget about all of that and learn to enjoy it. It was too stressful thinking of climbing as something that I had to improve at, and quickly.
If I'm having a good time, nothing else really matters.
In reply to: Let's take another look, just for fun: You, on average, go to the gym 3-4 times a week. You've been a total of six times, which means you've been climbing between 10 and 14 days. Allez? Homard.
Win. (French nerd here.)
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tready
Jul 6, 2009, 5:21 AM
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I've been climbing a while, and I'm not very good. I once hoped that at some point I would have a "break through" of sorts, and make record gains. However, I'm starting to think that just might not be in the cards for me. So, I am learning to embrace my mediocrity. Woohoo! Who wants to go struggle up some long 5.8s?!?!?!
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curt
Jul 6, 2009, 5:38 AM
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OMEGA3RIC wrote: 1st time climbing 5.10a (on auto belay so i wouldnt count it) 4 months 5.11b toprope 6 months 5.11b onsight lead v5 bouldering 8 months 5.11d 2nd time climbing in a month due to injury
At that rate, you should surpass Chris Sharma in no time. Please keep us posted.
Curt
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OMEGA3RIC
Jul 6, 2009, 6:00 AM
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Thanks Curt. Hopefully my foot will heal faster so I can start climbing 3 times a week again. 
Eric
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sungam
Jul 6, 2009, 7:03 AM
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WordsVerbatim wrote: If I'm having a good time, nothing else really matters.
(s'il vous plaît, pardonner à mon pauvre grammaire.)
(yore nerdiness is my command).
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WordsVerbatim
Jul 6, 2009, 2:24 PM
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sungam wrote: WordsVerbatim wrote: If I'm having a good time, nothing else really matters. Très bien. c'est la première chose que. (s'il vous plaît, pardonner à mon pauvre grammaire.) (yore nerdiness is my command).
LOL. Pas de problème.... (And I thank you? Mwahahah.)
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ladyscarlett
Jul 6, 2009, 11:58 PM
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having posted something similar earlier in my climbing development, I feel inclined to answer now that I'm at a different point as a climber..
After being in the gym for about a year, I was barely inching up 10c at my gym. Climbing 2-3 times a week, I made progress the way I normally do...slowly. Then I started going outside more and promptly dropped to 5.6 (lover's leap/Yosemite for context). Coming on my second outdoor season having spent less time in the gym, and more time learning the basics of outdoor climbing, I'm at a whopping 5.6 learning trad leader, a solid 5.8 cleaner, and a sweating, grunting (with a few soft whimpers) 5.9+ follower. After 2 and change years of climbing, I am still the newbie out there, progress slowly onward and upward.
Indoors, I found my body (injuries, etc) and occasionally my mind kept me from getting better faster. Outside, I find my head and only occasionally my body that keeps from improving as fast as I (or my buddies) would like. I'm still working towards that Nirvana when neither hold me back and I can levitate (Levitation technique-if it's what I think it is...wtf?!how cool!)up the rock.
An interesting question to me that followed quickly was why do I want to progress 'fast'? The answer really can help one find a touch of focus and motivation.
For me it was because that rock over there just looks fun!
Also, although I mostly consider myself a follower still, I like being on top...it's nice! Heh!
keep having fun!
ls
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RolonRolon
Jul 9, 2009, 4:23 PM
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healyje wrote: The biggest leap for me was simply realizing I was not falling off rocks, I was jumping off them. My belief years later is that most climbers would be lucky to climb at their physical limit a half dozen times over a career spanning decades - that 99.9% of the falls we take are us jumping off the rock at our emotional limit. Once I realized that I simply started telling myself to stay with it for a millisecond longer, then a second longer, then after some time I began sticking it out considerably longer and that's when my climbing took off.
This seems like really, really good advice, albeit hard to put into practice. I'm definetely going to try this today.
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Tactix23
Jul 18, 2009, 11:32 PM
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RolonRolon wrote: healyje wrote: The biggest leap for me was simply realizing I was not falling off rocks, I was jumping off them. My belief years later is that most climbers would be lucky to climb at their physical limit a half dozen times over a career spanning decades - that 99.9% of the falls we take are us jumping off the rock at our emotional limit. Once I realized that I simply started telling myself to stay with it for a millisecond longer, then a second longer, then after some time I began sticking it out considerably longer and that's when my climbing took off. This seems like really, really good advice, albeit hard to put into practice. I'm definetely going to try this today.
I don't stop climbing till I fall off. Jumping off is stupid... Unless you wanna save your energy for another climb but not me..
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healthyandyoung
Jul 19, 2009, 12:53 PM
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yeah... kinda weird.. i think its cause i have the talent to do it but the heights intimidate me a little bit
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WordsVerbatim
Jul 19, 2009, 11:29 PM
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healthyandyoung wrote: yeah... kinda weird.. i think its cause i have the talent to do it but the heights intimidate me a little bit
I'm the same way. Though, I'm not quite climbing V4 yet. I was just working on my first V3+ before summer break began. (That's not to say I was doing very well on it. Hehe. It was a fun problem, however.)
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healthyandyoung
Jul 19, 2009, 11:40 PM
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well im not really at a v4 level... but i have done two v4's i would say my level is v3 i can do pretty much any v3's within a couple tries. one thing i've done thats helped my bouldering is pushing down with the palm of my right arm as i pull with my left. its a strategy that i've found is more useful for bouldering then anything else
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WordsVerbatim
Jul 20, 2009, 8:52 PM
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healthyandyoung wrote: well im not really at a v4 level... but i have done two v4's i would say my level is v3 i can do pretty much any v3's within a couple tries. one thing i've done thats helped my bouldering is pushing down with the palm of my right arm as i pull with my left. its a strategy that i've found is more useful for bouldering then anything else
Yeah, I'm only a V2-ish climber at the moment, to be honest. I have fun attempting things that are a bit above my abilities, but it's fun that way. (I do understand that injury might be caused by this, so I usually just do what I'm capable of. Heh.) I'm pretty short, so I'm usually stuck finding alternate beta. It's fun though. That's part of it. 
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