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solo1220
Feb 23, 2007, 12:32 AM
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In a effort to gauge my own progress, i was just curious how long you guys have been bouldering and what grade you're on.
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apneacomplex
Feb 23, 2007, 12:39 AM
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I climb a V3 and have been climbing almost 2 weeks.
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mturner
Feb 23, 2007, 1:08 AM
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apneacomplex wrote: I climb a V3 and have been climbing almost 2 weeks.
Sounds like only in the gym...
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apneacomplex
Feb 23, 2007, 1:21 AM
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Yep.
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sesser125
Feb 23, 2007, 1:51 AM
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My advice is to not worry about grades to much, they may end up deterring you from trying something well within your means. Though if you must know it took me 2 years to reach V5 then a month after that I accidenty sent V7. I am also not much a boulderer anymore so I'm back to only V5. Oh yeah this was outdoors
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mushroomsamba
Feb 23, 2007, 2:17 AM
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I climb about V5-V6 outside
inside just depends on the gym
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bizarrodrinker
Feb 23, 2007, 1:01 PM
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climb V4-6 in a few tries or less. Work V7/8.
One piece of advice. Your bouldering career will last a lot longer if you progressively increase your climging grade. I have been bouldering the better part of 6 years and with the aid of a friend made certain not to progress too fast. It only burns out tendons. Plus there are SO many awesome lines at lower grades all over the world that unless you only boulder in one area all the time there is no reason to jump into the deep end so to speak. Go to Squamish and you can spend your whole summer climbing V4 and literally never get bored.
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munky
Feb 23, 2007, 1:39 PM
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I've been climbing 1 week and just climbed a v14. Seriously bud, who gives a flying shit! A grade is not reflective on how you are progressing in climbing. Climbing is not about competition with a winner and loser and a best! Its about great experiences. What grade you tick is a very small part of how you are progressing. What is a better guage is how many different types of styles of climbing you can become proficient in (crack, slab, roofs, vertical, slopers, crimps, nubbin pinching, bouldering, trad, sport, alpine, soloing, etc.) If you are a beginner just go out there and have fun.
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ebonezercabbage
Feb 23, 2007, 1:48 PM
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I have been climbing for almost 4 years now and i climb V-Jesus that was hard, but i do a lot of V-That was awesome's and V-You must be on crack to think I'm goin up there without a rope's.
but thats just me.
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mturner
Feb 23, 2007, 4:21 PM
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sesser125 wrote: a month after that I accidenty sent V7.
How do you accidently send a V7?! Shoot, I wish I could accidently send a V14.
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cchildre
Feb 23, 2007, 4:38 PM
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Oh yeah! 3-years now, and I am hoping to send another V2 soon, maybe at the Rock Rodeo tommorow will finally be the day, LMAO. Though, I have only bouldered at Hueco and Little Cottonwood and I suck at it, and don't care.
It is nice to keep track of how you progress, but don't pin too much on getting up to that next grade. Master what your capable of now, and look for problems that challenge you at your current grade and you will reap untold benefits. Climb an off-width ;)
L8
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cmacblue42
Feb 23, 2007, 5:45 PM
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I climb V4 consistently now within a couple tries. V5 takes a little longer and depends on the type of problem a little more. I have climbed a V6 and am hoping to get some more soon. I also try V7 and 8 if the route looks incredibly fun, but havent come close to doing one yet. I have been climbing 2 years. Another thing, my gym rates significantly harder than other gyms, so in most other gyms, add 1 grade to the above mentioned (i have confirmed this myself and also based on an overwhelming consensus of local climbers).
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roflcakes
Feb 23, 2007, 5:55 PM
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I am getting an F and I have been climbing for a few months now
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mchristie
Feb 23, 2007, 6:32 PM
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I've been bouldering for 14 years and I only climb V fun......you will realize one day that grades mean nothing, and finding problems that you enjoy or that inspire you is much more important.
Matt
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zeke_sf
Feb 23, 2007, 7:14 PM
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Also, keep in mind that gym grades are notoriously idiosyncratic and nobody really gives a fuck how hard you climb on plastic.
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Davey
Feb 23, 2007, 7:24 PM
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I've been in the 12th grade for three years now just can't pass that English class
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difdclimber
Feb 25, 2007, 10:19 PM
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V2-V4 first day
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curt
Feb 25, 2007, 10:33 PM
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solo1220 wrote: In a effort to gauge my own progress, i was just curious how long you guys have been bouldering and what grade you're on.
About 30 years--and I can be on V10. I seldom finish them anymore, though.
Curt
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reno
Feb 26, 2007, 1:27 AM
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Is there an option for negative numbers?
V -38 would be about right, I reckon.
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rocknice2
Feb 26, 2007, 2:30 AM
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solo1220 wrote: In a effort to gauge my own progress, i was just curious how long you guys have been bouldering and what grade you're on.
Your doing great !!!!!!
Don't worry about how hard, but rather how much fun your having. It's about exploring your limits not comparing them with other climbers.
The best climber is the one who has the most fun.
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twaikker
Feb 28, 2007, 6:21 PM
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i have no idea how hard i pull, but the brusing on my slip might give me an idea...
dont even try to figure out your grade level from the indoor scene...here is why
certified dude comes, sets routes and probs at our pathetic wall. i onsight one of his "V4's" yet cant get one of his V2's....why is that? because they way he invisioned his V4 is V4, but i obviously figured out a better sequence and it was easy for me, so did i send V4? no i sent probably a V2 that was perfect to my style from a contrived sequence that he never saw coming.
i flashed a V4 on this boulder in Questa NM, yet one boulder away i flailed on a V2, then on the other side of the same boulder got a V3 slab 2nd try....what does this all mean? absolutly nothing
grades are so arbitrary, put it this way if your a noob, V0's to V1 will kick your ass, but you might find one that meets your strengths and slay a V3 and then flail again on a V0.
i think im blessed in this aspect, me and my friends have a lot of boulders that have never seen FA's, so figuring out our own sequences is much more rewarding. most of them still dont have a FA, some have and feel harder than any of the graded problems i have sent.
so what i tell you is this, forget the gym, and the indoor ratings, go outside and find some boulders, hopefully find an area that hasnt been touched and boulder the piss out of it. forget the grades, just pull on rock
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hugin
Mar 5, 2007, 1:42 AM
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To temper people's attitudes a little bit ... I tend to check ratings for an area before I go, but not as much while I'm there. I've gotten pretty good at recognizing if something is way over my head, or just a little challenging. The reason being that, if it's developed bouldering, I can get a sense of if I'm going to be in totally over my head. So, if there are lots of climbs within a couple of grades of my usual RP grade (bout a V3-), I'll hit it up. If, however, everything looks to be V-you're fucking kidding me, I don't bother because I'm going to be so overly challenged that I'll probably hurt myself before I have any fun.
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fearlessclimber
Mar 5, 2007, 4:01 AM
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Its different for every person depending on how much you climb, outside climbing definately helps though, get out there and get some experience, it will help tremendously.
anyways im not to strong of a boulderer, more of a trad climber, but i can put up a V6 here and there and im pretty solid on V4 outside anywhere.
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esallen
Mar 27, 2007, 2:36 PM
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I have been climbing sport and trad for about 6 years, but just picked up bouldering a year and a half ago. I usually send V4 in a few tries and project V5/6. I actually hated bouldering until I really gave it a try last Winter (Dec 2005). Now I can't get enough!
Eric
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Proto
Mar 27, 2007, 4:33 PM
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i have been bouldering all of my life....it is my natural talent. I will send all of you proj's, spit on the topout, and name it pathetic. I am the alpha and omega of bouldering. those of you who boulder for "fun" lack the skill to top out even my warm up. take some advice from me, and give it up, its not for you.
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