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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 20 2008 01:22 GMT
#1
I took a lil trip to http://www.redrockclimbingcenter.com/

That was really fun, and really intimidating. There was probably 10 other people there, and they all seemed pretty badass. I think I went at a weird time so the only people there were pretty good.

As for the bouldering routes, I had never gotten a chance to see what I am capable of climbing, as far as the V-scale goes.

The V-scale is the system of difficulty rating for bouldering routes. It starts at v0(easiest, like easy holds all in reach on a vertical wall), up to v5 (overhangs, hard holds, etc). It then further specifies difficulty with decimals, like v5.1 is harder than v5, and v5.11 is harder than vs5.1.


I had seen videos though, so I didn't expect to climb harder than v3. Anyways, I ended up doing some traversing randomly for like a half hour, and then started trying to figure out what routes were what, which was crazy cuz there was like a million holds and colored tape everywhere and some of it was faded.

This gym obviously isn't for noobs, cuz almost all the routes were v5 or harder, which is pretty crazy imo lol.

Anyways I tried a v1 and raped it. So I tried a v2 and it was kinda tough but I beat it. Then I did another v2 and destroyed it, so I tried a v3 and couldn't get more than halfway.


Then I tried a v5.11 and didn't even understand how to get past the first hold lol.


Anyways, while I am climbing, I look up and there is this chick on this overhang totally like upside down and shit and making me look pathetic. It was kind of awesome actually.



ok, umm, I guess that is the end of this post. I hope it didn't bore you. Really don't care if it did though

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SCC-Faust
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3736 Posts
August 20 2008 01:34 GMT
#2
I have a place called Reading Rocks (Since I live in Reading, Pennsylvania! LOL!)

Pretty much the same thing but not nearly as cool. I went there and barely climbed.

I hate heights.
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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 20 2008 01:38 GMT
#3
wow reading is a cool name for a town

2 questions:



1.) how high is literacy there?

2.) does anyone make a joke if they see a rainbow
RaGe
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Belgium9947 Posts
August 20 2008 02:05 GMT
#4
there's a huge thing like that in a nearby town too. they made it in an abandoned silo and its sick high
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thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
August 20 2008 02:05 GMT
#5
reading rainbow~~~

pics plz (or ideally a vid of you doing it )
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-08-20 03:29:21
August 20 2008 03:27 GMT
#6
Reading is pronounce "Redding" here.
(When it's town name ofc, we don't red books)
(Unless you're using the past tense)
No I'm never serious.
ThatGuy
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada695 Posts
August 20 2008 03:50 GMT
#7
Good stuff travis, I'm into a lot of bouldering myself (done it about a year, off and on a lot though, going about 3 months straight now though and no intention of stopping) so I've been starting to work on V3's myself.
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
August 20 2008 04:47 GMT
#8
..The hell's a V-scale ?
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tec27
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States3696 Posts
August 20 2008 06:22 GMT
#9
On August 20 2008 12:27 Nytefish wrote:
Reading is pronounce "Redding" here.
(When it's town name ofc, we don't red books)
(Unless you're using the past tense)

That's how its pronounced here too
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BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-08-20 06:27:16
August 20 2008 06:25 GMT
#10
I'm thinking the V-scale has to do with how overhung(?) the climbing face is. You could walk on slopes up to maybe 30 degrees, and crawl pretty easily up to 45, but you'd need to start climbing past that. When it goes over 90 degrees, the going gets pretty damn tough.

Wikipedia says I'm wrong, and it's only based on how hard it is to climb.
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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 20 2008 06:29 GMT
#11
yeah v1 routes can be on 90 degree overhangs too.


the V scale just isn't kind to anyone who isn't already good at climbing
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 20 2008 06:30 GMT
#12
On August 20 2008 12:50 ThatGuy wrote:
Good stuff travis, I'm into a lot of bouldering myself (done it about a year, off and on a lot though, going about 3 months straight now though and no intention of stopping) so I've been starting to work on V3's myself.


awesome I am glad there are other climbers here.

do you havea regular gym you go to?
h3r1n6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Iceland2039 Posts
August 20 2008 11:55 GMT
#13
On August 20 2008 15:30 travis wrote:
awesome I am glad there are other climbers here.

do you havea regular gym you go to?


I did it once, but plan to do it more often. Only problem is that I need to drive about 40 km to get there, so I can't do it that often.

I managed to climb a 4 on the UIAA-Scale (1-11, from 3 on they can have + and -). I failed at 4+. Didn't do much bouldering, as I was quite exhausted after climbing for almost 2 hours .
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
August 21 2008 07:34 GMT
#14
I dunno, is rock climbing common in gyms? i just never thought about it before; the more i look into it, the more intriguing it seems though
sorry about not knowing what the v scale was !
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
Slithe
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States985 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-08-21 08:52:36
August 21 2008 08:50 GMT
#15
The two gyms I go to are:
Ironworks http://www.touchstoneclimbing.com/bi.html
Planet Granite http://www.planetgranite.com/

I'm only on v1's and the occasional v2 right now when it comes to bouldering.

The v scale just keeps going up to v9 and maybe higher, instead of stopping at 5 and switching to decimals. I wonder what the difference is.

edit: Also, I've noticed that difficulties can vary from gym to gym, based on the setters, and I hear that sometimes it can be very different.
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 21 2008 19:14 GMT
#16
On August 21 2008 16:34 HeavOnEarth wrote:
I dunno, is rock climbing common in gyms? i just never thought about it before; the more i look into it, the more intriguing it seems though
sorry about not knowing what the v scale was !



i dont think it's particularily common in gyms

however, this was a rock climbing gym. a gym built just for rock climbing.
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