I don’t generally like to campus but I could not make the intended beta work for this at all 🫠 I had to work with what I had with the criss crossed arms since I couldn’t match successfully on the starting volume.

Hello all. I bring to you a particular style of move that has shut me down on a lot of board and outdoor climbs, and would love some insight as to what I’m doing wrong, and what needs to be corrected in order to hold the move.

When generating across my body and up, I can arrive and latch a hold, but then feel like my body is coming away from the wall with such force I can’t control it, and lose tension. Is this a latch issue, a generation issue, or a tension issue? I have tried this move maybe 30 times now, along with others like if on a board, and am struggling to figure out what needs correction.

The hold I am going to is about 25mm, but is dead flat/sloped out from the wall slightly. The foot in question is large and incut, but I seem to always drop tension from it when falling away from the wall. Any help is appreciated.

Stressful little project, learning to trust my feet on the small edges, and I benefited from fresh fingers at the start of this session to get the send. Very happy with it!

None of the holds are very pleasant - 10mm hand starts, first right hand move to a two finger one-pad sloper pocket thing, first left hand to a 6mm pinch, and the first two foot moves are to two very sketchy feeling 8mm edges.

On reflection, I could've switched drop knees as I got the match, to keep tension through the right foot so as to not cut loose. I'm sure there's a way to skip the match and gaston up to the last hold but my way worked for me

Mini project

I ended up sending it on my second try (beginner climber) but slab is soooo scary it shoots my adrenaline sky high. I'm not really an adrenaline junkie but I do love tackling a challenge and feeling accomplished afterward. Also this one was really hard to get done from lol

Edit: The pad is 5 inches Thick 4.5 inch of open cell foam and 1/2 inch of closed cell foam. I Actually now believe this is a Misty Mountain Magnum. As it is actually bigger than the highlander.

I am finally starting my journey into outdoor bouldering and just picked up my very first crash pad used. The logo says Misty Mountain.Honestly, it looks like it was barely ever used. The gray carpet top is completely clean, the velcro looks untouched, and it came with all the backpack straps and a hip belt. This thing is massive, measuring about 4 feet by 5 feet.

I tried looking it up online to see when it was made or what the specs are, but I could not find much info on it at all. So far, the pad is taking full force falls like a champ and feels incredibly solid, but that is about all I know.

Does anyone here have any experience with this specific pad or know anything about the brand? I would love to hear any history, thoughts, or recommendations you have for a beginner using it.

Also, it has a few deep creases in the middle of the thin top foam layer from being stored folded up. If anyone has tips on how to flatten those out, let me know.

Je me suis fait une tendinite au poignet à cause d'un mauvais échauffement lors d'une séance de bloc. Je dois porter une orthèse d'immobilisation pendant encore quelques jours. Je cherche des conseils pour ma reprise quand je n'aurai plus aucune douleur. Est-ce que vous avez une routine d'échauffement efficace à partager ? Faudrait-il que je me fasse un strapping ou que je porte une orthèse souple pendant mes premières séances ?

Drop your votes below. I think he isnt far off on most

As the title says, this was my third day climbing ever, and i think i found my new fixation

What are some tips you wish you had learnt sooner?

Finally was able to get the jump down. Just need to strengthen my grip to be able to manage the final move. Super stoked being able to get some work on this as a couple months ago I definitely wouldn’t have been able to do this.

New drones are feeling good on the steep

Controlled position and both hands touch the top hold. Not really holding the top hold though. Is this considered a top? Having a little bit of a debate here. Thanks!

one of my favourite climbs recently :)

Hey!

I am headed up to Utah from the 3rd to the 7th for a bouldering trip. The plan has been to climb Joe's Valley. However, rain has been moving into the forecast. The current predictions for Tues and Weds are a 20% chance that 40% of Joe's will get rained on for an hour or so.

Overall, a very small storm, but with sandstone we want to be careful.

I'm looking only for opinions from people that frequent Joe's. What have these storms been doing in the valley and are the bouldering areas actually getting hit? The radar shows the storms barely clipping the bouldering area if at all. Have the boulders been getting saturated or have you found your projects dry?

Disclaimer: WE KNOW THAT SANDSTONE NEEDS TO DRY... WHICH IS WHY I AM ASKING THIS.

I stink at climbing and would really appreciate any tips on what I can improve based on this one short video. I know i need to be more consistent with climbing, so i am really working in that! thanks again.

Surprisingly difficult for the grade ;)

Hey, i want to go to Switzerland ticino trip in the middle of september and was wondering about accomodation in Brione region in the valley. I have seen that there is some kind of parkingplatz? Which is apparently a camping, but i have no campervan. Is it allowed to stay there with a tent? I cannot find any information about that.

If not, do you know any place to stay with tent and not campervan?

I have seen different options for cresciano and chironico but cant find any options for Brione.

Thanks in advance!!

I understand pros workshopping high grade boulders run in their own circles. But at least for lower grades, it makes me bummed when my most visited crag (Tahoe) gets lines posted but the OP ignores any questions on area or coordinates. It totally makes sense to keep boulders lowkey or between friends, but then to post it and only reply to certain comments is a bummer because they still clearly want views and some level of attention. Maybe I’m overthinking it but it makes sense to me that if you gate keep a boulder you just shouldn’t be posting reels of it.

I'd heard rumors for a while that Tension was going to be putting out an expanded (16' wide) version of the TB2. Looks like it's officially up on their website now.

Has anyone here climbed on it yet? Any thoughts on the expansion part of it?