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david7896
Jun 30, 2012, 3:06 AM
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Where I live it is getting to be in the upper 90's to the 100's with humidity around 50%. I have not been motivated to climb in this kind of weather. Im curious to know if anyone is climbing in weather like this. If not this hot, what is your cut-off high temp.
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theextremist04
Jun 30, 2012, 3:36 PM
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I'll still go out and do easy stuff (aka like 5.7, 5.8 trad) but certainly not pushing grades or anything like that. It's still more fun than sitting around inside.
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deafyduck86
Jun 30, 2012, 3:41 PM
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I would prefer it to be hot then cold. So I have not stopped going out and am still climbing my red point level. I just bring a extra water. It helps that there is a waterfall at the base of the climb to jump in after climbing. I do not get as many good burns on projects on real hot days.
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ilikepargo
Jun 30, 2012, 4:22 PM
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There've been times, with hot sun on hot rock, in which the tops of my toes have blistered from the heat. And it's no fun to climb with sweat running down your face. There also plenty of times when cold rock makes my fingers unhappy.
So it depends on the crag. In the Summer I look toward crags with good shade and with a reliable breeze. In the Winter I look toward sunny exposure.
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jamesnater
Jun 30, 2012, 5:12 PM
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In my opinion, it's never too hot. It's all about what you're willing to put up with. For me, the only issue is sweating.
I sweat more than anyone I know. I never leave home for the crag without a bandanna to wrap around my head now (sometimes I have to double up... yes it looks funky as hell but I sweat THROUGH the first bandanna in hot weather.)
And this is why: I was at the crux of one of the first sport routes I had lead when sweat started to run down passed my eyebrows and INTO my eyes. I wear glasses so wiping my face is difficult to do without disrupting my vision or smearing sweat all over the lenses. Sweat entered both eyes, it burned, I couldn't see, I was pumped at the crux, and couldn't open my eyes long enough to make the next clip or see the next holds to grab, so I helplessly took a blind whipper. I ended up rolling my ankle on a volume below me because I couldn't see it coming. That day f'ing SUCKED... we had JUST gotten to the crag.
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acorneau
Jun 30, 2012, 5:28 PM
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jamesnater wrote: In my opinion, it's never too hot. It's all about what you're willing to put up with. For me, the only issue is sweating. I sweat more than anyone I know. I never leave home for the crag without a bandanna to wrap around my head now (sometimes I have to double up... yes it looks funky as hell but I sweat THROUGH the first bandanna in hot weather.) And this is why: I was at the crux of one of the first sport routes I had lead when sweat started to run down passed my eyebrows and INTO my eyes. I wear glasses so wiping my face is difficult to do without disrupting my vision or smearing sweat all over the lenses. Sweat entered both eyes, it burned, I couldn't see, I was pumped at the crux, and couldn't open my eyes long enough to make the next clip or see the next holds to grab, so I helplessly took a blind whipper. I ended up rolling my ankle on a volume below me because I couldn't see it coming. That day f'ing SUCKED... we had JUST gotten to the crag.
So were you at the crag or at the gym?
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jamesnater
Jun 30, 2012, 8:19 PM
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Exit 38 in North Bend. www.northbendrock.com for reference.
I didn't know what else to call it man. But it was "N2", the area is called "lost boys" and is all peter pan themed lol. I think this route was called "I can fly!"
Bet you can tell exactly where I rolled my ankle now huh! Looks like a indoor "volume" to me... I've never been good with words... whatever.
The point was, sweat dripping into eyes = too hot.
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Bats
Jun 30, 2012, 10:33 PM
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I have climbed in extreme hot & extreme cold. I think I prefer the extreme heat. My hands were burning from the rock surface(granite). I have done Yosemite at 102F, but it got cooler at the top of the climb. The coldest was at HCR 20F in the sun.
(This post was edited by Bats on Jul 1, 2012, 6:05 PM)
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Kartessa
Jun 30, 2012, 10:41 PM
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I don't know about the rest of y'all but I stay indoors through June, July and most of August. Between the heat and the bugs, it's just not worth it.
My "season" is normally September-Christmas and March to May.
I'd rather have to layer up than be sweating my balls of and gettin eaten alive.
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david7896
Jun 30, 2012, 11:43 PM
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Thanks everyone for your posts. I think I'm just gonna toughin up and go out and climb, jut gonna get out earlier.
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wonderwoman
Jul 2, 2012, 3:14 AM
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david7896 wrote: Thanks everyone for your posts. I think I'm just gonna toughin up and go out and climb, jut gonna get out earlier.
If you chase shade, then it's no problem. We're in Railay, Thailand right now and we had to bail on a climb the other day because the upper pitches got sun all day (I thought the climb would go in the shade in the pm). It had to be over 100 and humid in the sun. We lathered up on sun screen and still got burnt. It would have been much worse if we didn't go down when we did.
Josh
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chadnsc
Jul 2, 2012, 3:40 PM
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I'll climb in temps up to 90F even with high humidity which is good since summers up here are normally 80-90F with 70% humidity.
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cracklover
Jul 2, 2012, 3:56 PM
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My motivation level certainly drops a little when the temps get up there. But not enough to actually keep me from climbing.
Yes, I've climbed when it's that hot, and will continue to do so regularly. You have to be smart and seek shade, though.
GO
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Bats
Jul 2, 2012, 4:48 PM
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Yes Sunny...it was 102F in Yosemite Valley, but it was dry heat not like the humid stuff we have in Texas.
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Dip
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sungam wrote: [image]http://iambrony.steeph.tp-radio.de/mlp/gif/133095711448.gif[/image]
Dude did you see the article about the guys and the My Little Pony convention???
http://news.yahoo.com/...nycon-160957992.html
I sure hope you weren't wasting time climbing when you could've been hamming it up with your fellow pony lovers...
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goldeneagle
Jul 2, 2012, 7:55 PM
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I prefer cold to heat. The worst part about the heat is that a lot of times it brings on the bugs when you start sweating. But hey, climbing is worth it. Bring lots of chalk and water.
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sungam
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Dip wrote: sungam wrote: [image]http://iambrony.steeph.tp-radio.de/mlp/gif/133095711448.gif[/image] Dude did you see the article about the guys and the My Little Pony convention??? http://news.yahoo.com/...nycon-160957992.html I sure hope you weren't wasting time climbing when you could've been hamming it up with your fellow pony lovers...
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sungam
Jul 2, 2012, 9:13 PM
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Bats wrote: Yes Sunny...it was 102F in Yosemite Valley, but it was dry heat not like the humid stuff we have in Texas.
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Bats
Jul 3, 2012, 2:28 AM
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Just be prepare like extra water & electrolytes, also less clothes. If you want to climb in Scotland's finest garb, that's your choice. I would love to see a picture of that.
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HarrisonEberlin
Jul 3, 2012, 3:56 AM
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I can stand 85 in the sun when climbing, 80 in the sun while bouldering(not happy or motivated) my advice is go on a road trip to somewhere cooler
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jt512
Jul 3, 2012, 6:29 AM
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Bats wrote: Yes Sunny...it was 102F in Yosemite Valley, but it was dry heat not like the humid stuff we have in Texas.
Dry heat in Yosemite Valley? Hahahah.
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granite_grrl
Jul 3, 2012, 12:11 PM
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It depends on the type of rock I'm climbing, how close it is to a swimming location and how desperate I am to send my project.
I'm sure there's some sort of equation that could be written for this.
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sungam
Jul 3, 2012, 12:48 PM
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If we look primarily at the superpotential of the situation;
and taking into account axion-dilation we have
Which clearly gives the result
Which shows that if it's over ~23*c, I'm going swimming, or playing Zelda in my boxers next to the AC in the basement..
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david7896 wrote: Where I live it is getting to be in the upper 90's to the 100's with humidity around 50%. I have not been motivated to climb in this kind of weather. Im curious to know if anyone is climbing in weather like this. If not this hot, what is your cut-off high temp.
I think temperature is only one of the factors. Humidity and sun exposure are just as, if not more, important in making the decision.
The 90s could actually be comfortable in very dry environment and in the shade.
On the other hand, you would not pay me enough to climb in 80s in the sun with 90%+ humidity. Even 70 would be a no-no with sunny spot in a humid place.
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