Rock Climbing

[LabourRace]

What did you guys manage to pull off this year of our Lord sneed of 2025?

For a first year of seriously doing this, I'd say it's been going great. I started this year not even knowing the grading systems and am now a confident 5.11c/V4 climber working on cleanly climbing 5.11d/5.12a and V5s in the gym. I've lead an outdoor 5.8+ and a few outdoor boulders up to around V2.

What’re you guys hoping to achieve in 2026? I’ve seen someone I know of who isn’t that much stronger than me send an incredibly soft V10. I might try and go fuck with that pretty soon. I never had hopes of being a double digit climber, but if I can pull that off it be kind of cool. Maybe do some more sport climbing come spring. Kind of hoping my oldest will let me put em in the kids harness and maybe at least swing around on some over hung stuff.

I'm hoping to continue to improve and send more 5.12a/V5s for right now. I've only done one of each so far and both took quite a few sessions to even work through. I'm also looking to work on my lead climbing. It feels more daunting to push myself on lead than top rope. The funny thing with lead for me is I don't fear falling, but after I do a few lead routes, regardless of if I fall or not, I feel off the next day. My guess is this is some delayed adrenal response, but it's annoying and I plan to work on it. Otherwise, more outdoor climbing.

It's always cute to see the little tykes at the gym climb on something, so I hope that goes well for you.

Anyone up to anything cool? I always feel like I’m just sperging about shit I get up to and feel kind of like a dick head.

I've been a lazy piece of shit the last two weeks. I didn't want to hear any more Christmas music while I was out and everywhere was crowded, so it was easier to be a recluse. But it was about last time when I sent that 5.12a. It had a really challenging and fun beta and I hope it stays for a while so I can practice on sending it cleanly. I wouldn't worry about sperging up the thread. I just never feel like my adventures on relatively easy problems are interesting.

 

[SpookyGuy1990]

CLimbing wise not rn mostly getting back on my PT I'm in between renting and getting a perma place to live so my time and money has been consumed at the moment I still plan I getting my harness and chalk next month as I wont be able to start up until the summer since I'd rather not get snowed in when I want to climb got that backpack I wanted for christmas so I'm excited to use it on my trips to zion
Also dont be! frankly as I've said before rock climbing has a strange leftist bent to it so I understand your wish to talk to more normal people

 

[onc]

What’re you guys hoping to achieve in 2026?

Systematize my training. I keep trying new workouts and exercise, and while I see improvement, I also think a lot of the stuff I do is unoptimal and wastes my time, because my progression in climbing has been all over the place. But I could also be imagining things because I don't track my performance too well. I wish I was rich and could hire a private coach to do the mental load for me

Kind of hoping my oldest will let me put em in the kids harness and maybe at least swing around on some over hung stuff.

That could be a very fun activity. One time outdoor I ran into a family who daisy-chained 5-6 quick draws and clipped their toddler to a bolt on the wall so she could swing around while they climb. It looked like she was having a blast.

Since January 5th of this year we have add 8 pages to the thread

Here's to breaking into three digits by next year o7

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Happy New Year, crushers! And @SpookyGuy1990, here's a special present just for you - ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..........................

 

[KneeGrow]

Just got home from a trip to Rocktown (it’s one of the big 3 crags for bouldering in the southeast). Bum fuck nowhere northwest Georgia.
Population of about 7000.
Gas station on the edge of town, jeet attended. Get to the crag, “Canadian” jeets.
What an ominous start to 2026.

Spoiler: Edit

Sent a bunch of really cool stuff. V1’s through V5’s. Big place and really spread out.

 

[onc]

Gas station on the edge of town, jeet attended. Get to the crag, “Canadian” jeets.

They are like locust, it's unreal. I looked up who owns the gas stations in my neighborhood. Surprise-surprise, it's jeets!

Sent a bunch of really cool stuff.

Nice kickoff! I wanted to climb on Jan 1 because it would be a nice way to start the year, but my fingers have been aching a bit, so I decided to give them an extra day of rest. Trying to do fewer sessions to give my body more downtime, but go harder on climbing days.

 

[KneeGrow]

Alex Honnold is going to free solo a building if it quits raining for him. Neat, I guess.

Any of you get any cool climbs in recently? I’ve begun my northern Alabama pilgrimage of bouldering. It’s “reasonably” cold out so everything sticks nice without risking frostbite. Slopers down here are so intense, top outs like you’re doing tricep push ups out of a pool. On V1’s.

 

[onc]

Alex Honnold is going to free solo a building if it quits raining for him. Neat, I guess.

The move to today messed up my plans - I was going to host a watch party on Friday :/ Haven't watched it yet, but I heard he made it pretty fast.

Any of you get any cool climbs in recently?

We got a sunbreak and moderate temps in PNW, so I was able to climb a bit, but it was still kinda miserable. Gotta wait for late March to start the new season.

Slopers down here are so intense

That sounds fun. I love sloppers, but I haven't encountered that many outdoor yet.

Has anyone tried kettlebell training? I buddy of mine does it, and it looks really fun and engaging. I wonder if it could translate into climbing

 

[onc]

Tommy Caldwell is reposting seriously retarded Tim Waltz crying about the antifa fag who fucked around and found out. Are there any non-pozzed world-class climbers?

 

[KneeGrow]

Tommy Caldwell is reposting seriously retarded Tim Waltz crying about the antifa fag who fucked around and found out. Are there any non-pozzed world-class climbers?

Didn't that nigga cut off a finger for a climb?

To be fair, one must assume the coast line climbers that do well for themselves would be retards.
(Accidentally hit post) they're completely removed from reality and normies generally. They get paid for their hobby, they don't see the jeets on the way to the crag.

Also please drop screen caps I would love the laugh.

 

[KneeGrow]

Sorry for double posting. I fucked up and hit post when I intended to also reply to your last post.

Has anyone tried kettlebell training?

I'll using kettlebells as part of my workout routine but don't exclusively use them. If you want to suffer on leg day I highly advise cross lunges with a kettle bell. Could you explain more, though? Sounds interesting.

Haven't watched it yet, but I heard he made it pretty fast.

I haven't watched it (probably won't) but I saw he did it in a little over 90 minutes. Common opinions I've heard was hardest moves were around V5 and it would get like 5.11c/d. Idk building climbing is

Gotta wait for late March to start the new season.

Bummer. Besides this "snow" storm our seasons been pretty decent out here.

Check out these slopers.

https://www.mountainproject.com/v/107418517

 

[onc]

Didn't that nigga cut off a finger for a climb?

Not exactly. He cut his finger badly doing some woodwork at home. The doctors said it won't function anymore, and he asked them to amputate it to keep climbing.

To be fair, one must assume the coast line climbers that do well for themselves would be retards.
(Accidentally hit post) they're completely removed from reality and normies generally. They get paid for their hobby, they don't see the jeets on the way to the crag.

He lives somewhere is Colorado, so he is probably the part of that semi-urban libshit clique there. Plus, people like him have incentive to adopt leftist worldview because all the money and influence in the industry is controlled by leftist organizations and corporations, if he wasn't pozzed himself. I just wish we had a chuddly American climber or two to diversify (lol) the scene.

Also please drop screen caps I would love the laugh.

They were stories, gone already. He was just reposting other people's stuff, didn't even bother to sperg himself.

Could you explain more, though? Sounds interesting.

Well, I saw a gym friend doing Turkish get-up and it looked like a really good core, mobility and stabilizer exercise. Gotta look into it.

Common opinions I've heard was hardest moves were around V5 and it would get like 5.11c/d

I watched some snippets and even if it's that easy for him, it's still very impressive - the precision and control he moves with is something. I want to come back to the latest proj I sent and work on it again to achieve the same level of movement.
A guilty pleasure of mine was reading all the normie comments, complaining about Alex's selfishness, narcissism, ego, etc. There's just something about seeing ignorant retards and neurotic hypochondriacs talk about things they know nothing about.

Check out these slopers.
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/107418517

Guess I'm visiting next season. I absolutely have to squeeze these babies.

 

[KneeGrow]

Colorado

As far as I’m concerned that’s a synonym for California.

I just wish we had a chuddly American climber or two to diversify (lol) the scene

They exist for sure, but all the “open” chud’s are anon meme accounts. The more “prominent” climbers out here that I know that were pretty right leaning got shit to the point of people actually harassing jobs, so most of them keep their shit low key now. Being cancelled in the climbing community is pretty frequent.

They were stories, gone already.

If he’s just reposting stories that’s the laziest form of support. No one pays attention to those, especially right after Alex’s building free solo. Nigga is fronting, he’s no Will Stancil.

A guilty pleasure of mine was reading all the normie comments, complaining about Alex's selfishness, narcissism, ego, etc. There's just something about seeing ignorant retards and neurotic hypochondriacs talk about things they know nothing about

There’s some climber dude on Xitter that’s been posting a lot of the tower climb and also pointing out the amount of people saying that stuff. The ones that go crazy essentially wishing harm on him blow my mind.

Guess I'm visiting next season

Better do it before 2026 is over. I haven’t seen confirmed reports, but that place is privately owned and will probably go out of business by the end of the year.

 

[onc]

Better do it before 2026 is over. I haven’t seen confirmed reports, but that place is privately owned and will probably go out of business by the end of the year.

Huh, really? Is the area unpopular? I would assume they get lots of visitors.

 

[KneeGrow]

Huh, really? Is the area unpopular? I would assume they get lots of visitors.

Not personally super sure. I’ve only been a few times myself. But I’ve heard about it for years. Has a campground where you walk 40 feet to get to the boulders. Isn’t huge but is pretty densely packed. I just hear (and it is) it’s super sand bagged.

They were stories, gone already. He was just reposting other people's stuff, didn't even bother to sperg himself

I think you may be talking about this.
The comments are shitting on his fence sitting lol.

 

[onc]

I think you may be talking about this.
The comments are shitting on his fence sitting lol.

Huh, that's new for me.

It's so tiring, honestly. The libshit echo chamber where they gas themselves up how good of a people they are, how the sky is falling because of climate change, and how America is a dictatorship is so poisonous. Not only to their minds but to the people they affect. too

You have Hazel Findlay commenting on Tommy's post that she hoped Alex Honnold would fly a banner saying "fuck Trump" or something like that at the end of the Taipei solo. Hazel, mind you, is British. She is not American; she does not have a US citizenship. But watching Alex climb a Taiwanese skyscraper for a global audience, she cannot stop thinking about Trump. She never said anything about Muslim rape gangs and UK police harassing the victims. She doesn't care about the brutal dictatorship of her own country because she perceives it as beneficial to her own politics. She lives in the wealthy libshit bubble where all men are scum (except brown men) and all immigrants are good. Her daughter will probably face the reality of her mum's politics, but would Hazel accept responsibility for that? No.

Speaking of Tommy, I was reading some stuff on history of climbing, and there was a mention that Tommy felt guilty about pushing the terrorist that held him and his buddies captive off a cliff to escape. Tommy later found out the man survived and got arrested by government forces, and he referred to him as a "poor man" suffering in prison. What a cuck. A man held a gun to your back threatening to kill you and your girlfriend, and yet you feel sorry and guilty for trying to save yourself?

I have more examples, as I've been on a climbing podcast spree, but I'll probably organize my thoughts a bit later. I've been really busy with some personal stuff, but still wanted to reply to @KneeGrow.

 

[monatium's #1 wagie]

Any of you get any cool climbs in recently?

by my standards i suppose. finally found a mentor, who on our first day climbing together witnessed me crying full blown tears as he lowered me off my first sport multipitch cuz i couldn't conjure the stones to simul-rappel with him lmao. in the month-ish since, i have progressed to being mostly comfortable belaying from and cleaning a hanging trad anchor. we will pop my trad lead cherry this weekend, weather permitting. i'm so stoked to be climbing more than 0 times a week without giving a dime to a (((gym))) even if i hangdog a 5.6 here and there (i am fat and weak and routes graded in the 80's are hard)

 

[KneeGrow]

by my standards i suppose. finally found a mentor, who on our first day climbing together witnessed me crying full blown tears as he lowered me off my first sport multipitch cuz i couldn't conjure the stones to simul-rappel with him lmao. in the month-ish since, i have progressed to being mostly comfortable belaying from and cleaning a hanging trad anchor. we will pop my trad lead cherry this weekend, weather permitting. i'm so stoked to be climbing more than 0 times a week without giving a dime to a (((gym))) even if i hangdog a 5.6 here and there (i am fat and weak and routes graded in the 80's are hard)

I can tell a dirty Appalachian trad climber wrote this.

 

[monatium's #1 wagie]

I can tell a dirty Appalachian trad climber wrote this.

hell no, a) i'd be eating shit even harder over there, b) my mountains are actual mountains 8)

 

[onc]

Has anyone watched Pro Climbing League last weekend? It's a new competition format where climbers go head to head on identical boulders. I found it way more fun to watch compared to the IFSC comps, and both Men's and Women's finals had pretty cool twists.

Spoiler

Janja lost

You can watch the stream for free on Redbull's website

https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/live/pro-climbing-league-london-2026

 

[VeteranOfTheRetardWars]

My BJJ professor took me to the climbing gym, we did the bouldering thing, and my word now I understand why I can’t break this featherweight’s grips for the life of me that shit smokes you.
Lots of fun, I’ll keep going.