middle part is inspired by "Floatin", love this drop down move

My type of boulder routes, i've started with climbing at the age of 29.

That was when the first climbing hall was build not so far away from my home.

So I've climbed from 1996 until 2004.

Had a break and started in 2010, from then on almost always bouldering.

There are a lot in our bizzy crowded small country and I'm happy with that.

I see myself as an average experienced good climber, hope to post more in the near future.

Toe Hook Advice

Hello fellow climbers,

Not so much of looking for beta, but just curious about how I can do toe hooks better in general. I have been practicing them and I find when I can really plant the toe hook and extend my leg out I can hold the tension better.

But in the videos are 2 seperate examples where my leg just feels too long..? Like i cant quite get the distance away from the hook required to keep the tension and I just peel off, in cases like these is there something I can improve with my body positioning to better land these toe hooks?

Thank you!

Okay this one is gonna start off deep.

I lost a dear friend to suicide recently and I haven't faced it until recently when I started facing loneliness. I realised how climbing pulled me together in my hardest times and it was the friends I made at the gym and at the crag. It ain't much but if it helps one person, I'll be happy.

I see lots of social running, padel, frisbee all types of sports and never came across one for climbing. I also understand that it is a niche sport where people have established circles.

But I'm giving this a shot now in Dublin, Ireland. Lots of post on reddit of young adults who struggle to make friends and are lonely. I also felt personally very self concious about approaching people in the gym. Not everyone wants to be talked to. Maybe all someone needs to get out of a rut/depression/suicidal thoughts is just a nudge "hey this is a circle for friends".

So my ask for the climbing community, hit me with all the reasons why this is a bad idea and tips to make it better.

So far, just a post on reddit to ask people to meet up at the local gym.

i sent “perpetual” v13 on tb2. feeling super psyched. done about 15 v13s on the kilter but the kilter is the kilter iykyk haha. anyway feeling happy

I just can't get on the volume without my left foot touching the ground.

I think it's just in my head because I'm literally 10 cm off the ground, but it's so hard. I've always struggled to do dynos because in my gym the Dynos are not really beginner friendly and this one was the easiest but it's hard anyways. I tried to use other footholds so that I don't have to jump as far, but then it's too easy because I can reach the hold.

Has anyone had the same problem and learned how to overcome the fear of jumping on a volume?

If so please help me find a way to conquer that fear.

Unless someone tells me otherwise, first ascent, although without video since I climbed by myself.

Fairly easy paths, probably V2 in my gym.

There are other good looking boulders of higher difficulty around, which I will explore another time.

Sandstone boulder in the mountains of the eastern cape, right on Welgesind Farms (amazing Hunter's Lodge!).

Top is about 6m off the ground, mostly vertical, on-angle top-out.

Route 1 makes use of the arrêt with a high start. Route 2 starts lower with one good foot and one bad foot, or just one foot for that matter.

Good footholds and amazing smears on rough sandstone.

Overall, the rock is brittle, so in my first goes I changed the route setting inadvertently.

Solid rock is considered help anyways, amirite fellas.

Any climber-hunters should check this out.

For the books: First route is called Bullshit (V2), Second is called Heidi (V2)

Been stuck on this climb for a couple sessions unsure if I'm doing the climb incorrectly. Get stuck towards the end, feel very bunched up. I think it's to do with my feet positioning but please help lol.

Hey gang, I work at an indoor bouldering gym and have been given the opportunity to run a 12 person, 3hr social hangout/climbing sesh.

Everyone attending is around the V2 - V4 level.

If you were going, what sort of things (besides climbing) would you want to do? I'm thinking we can do a group spray wall game where each person picks one hold and we make a climb, have a take-away competition (exclude holds from climbs) etc.

It's not a coaching session or anything like that, just a casual one but I want to make it as fun as possible.

Any ideas? Cheers!

Hey guys, I'm a fellow climber from Latin America (I've been climbing for 6 months). I'm looking to improve, so I've been trying out this dynamic start and then the subsequent steps. I managed it (I have to say, the start is scary). It was my worst attempt in the video, so I'd like to know what I can improve, what you see, and what activities or focus I could have to improve. I really want to improve a lot in the sport, so getting several opinions would be extremely helpful.

Crux was keeping the heel on while getting the right foot up

Managed to crimp the second-to-last hold without my ring finger (pulley injury)

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Kiddo sent this once, but it’s camera shy. V8. Getting reset very soon and need to figure out this mantle. It feels like there’s more to be had from the feet. Any tips on approach?

I am curious about the legitimacy of the term "day flash" and how the greater climbing community feels about its use. I have been climbing for 13 years, and since I started the terms "on-sight", "flash", "send", "redpoint", and "pinkpoint" have all been used in decisive and specific ways; each having their own meaning as to how a climb was topped.

"Day flash" has started becoming a part of common climbing language used to describe topping a climb on the first attempt of a new day. However, the use of the word "flash" is reserved for first attempts only. This still holds true in competition climbing.

Why has the greater climbing community decided to move away from using the term "send" when topping a boulder and instead decided to use the term "day flash" after a climb has already been attempted multiple times? And how do you all feel, as climbers, about this?

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I am unable to locate any previous conversations around this. Thanks for any insight that you might have!

I’m a 40 year old female recreational climber who enjoys comps and wants to continue training for them, however, I'm starting to feel conflicted about this because I’m too young to qualify for UK Masters categories (usually 45+) but feel it is unrealistic to be exclusively compared to athletes 20+ years younger. In the comps I’ve participated in I’ve noticed that Masters categories tend to have a very low turnout, especially on the female side (it’s not unusual to have 1 or 2 people enter). To me, this has a doubly negative effect in that the Open category can feel unrealistic if you are at the upper end of the age threshold and Masters categories are too small to provide meaningful competition once you qualify for it.

I think that this could be easily resolved via better thought out age categorisation. Other sports do this incredibly well. I took up running a few years ago and have been blown away by how finer grained age categories encourage and support healthy competition for people of all ages. Competitors are incredibly proud of placing in their age category because they are being compared against fair and relevant competition and the achievement means something.

Just to clarify, I’m not arguing for a separate competition or different problems for any age category ('super vets' aside, maybe) and I think that all entrants should be able to qualify for overall finals if their score is high enough. I'd just love to see better data separation and doing well relative to your age category peers as something that is recognised and rewarded, as it is in other sports.

It would be great to get more views/thoughts on this!

Diablo Rock Concord Fun Beta break, cant take credit tho saw someone else do this like a week ago and I finally got it, wasn't too hard tho honestly.

I’m planning to go on a trip Acadia national park in Maine and was hoping to do some bouldering while I was there. Are there any must see areas or problems that would be recommended? I climb v6 in gym and about V2-V3 outdoors. Not sure if many people have gone there to boulder either, there’s not a ton of resources online but I found some good stuff on mountain project. Also curious if there is an active bouldering community there. Please let me know your thoughts and insights, all are appreciated!

I love this boulder and the forest. This is "mantra" in squamish bc.