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Finland4609 Posts
I didn't even notice the climber painting, and that tree painting wasn't bothering me at the problems were going up over it quite fast. The thing that bothered me is that the place is less than a year old and it looked like it was 10 years without fixing, patching, cleaning. | ||
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EatThePath
United States3943 Posts
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
On October 07 2013 13:44 Epoxide wrote: Cool, I have the Solutions, I'm unsure how thick the rubber of those are  Solutions are Vibram XS Grip2, 4mm rubber. I think the standard options are usually XS or 5.10 Stealth, so resoling your Solutions is probably completely fine assuming the rand isn't damaged. There's a basic diagnostic image in the spoiler. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.rubberroomresoles.com/images/rubber-room-rand-popup-0312.jpg) | ||
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ThirdDegree
United States329 Posts
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Stijx
United States804 Posts
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Eschaton
United States1245 Posts
 I'm mostly into sport, but learning trad. A friend took me a couple of pitches up El Cap earlier this year, and it's definitely got me motivated to go back and go higher.Nursing a torn rhomboid/something near it at the moment (yeah, too much climbing =\ ) and it sucks so I won't be able to join in any meetups for the near future. Maybe sometime in 2014! xD | ||
Epoxide
Magic Woods9326 Posts
so fucking hard | ||
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garbanzo
United States4046 Posts
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Epoxide
Magic Woods9326 Posts
On October 09 2013 03:11 garbanzo wrote: Adam screams and rages too much for my taste, but man is he a strong climber. That second problem is fucking absurd, with a ridiculously awesome match. Yeah I don't enjoy it either, but considering the problems and routes he climbs, it's understandable | ||
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IAmWithStupid
Russian Federation1016 Posts
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Finland4609 Posts
Enjoy! | ||
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Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
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Zyufin
United States85 Posts
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
Alex Puccio is scarily, freakishly strong. The image is from the Portland Boulder Rally. Small-ish comp with a decent prize purse. Finalists were Paul Robinson, Carlo Traversi, Matt Fultz, Matty Hong, Jon Cardwell and Jimmy Webb in men's, and Alex Johnson, Sierra Blair-Coyle, Isabelle Faus, Nina Williams (<3), Alex Puccio and Angie Payne on the women's side. Some interesting stuff and kinda a different style than you get in most competition climbing. There are some audio issues in the first bit of the video, but it clears up. The climbing starts around 2:14:00 with commentary by the ClimbingNarc and one of the routesetters. | ||
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
On October 06 2013 20:32 icystorage wrote: do you really have to man up when wearing 1 size lower climbing shoes? =/ it's very uncomfortable and painful I missed this post, and I'm sorry I did. The answer is that it depends. :D First, it depends on what the shoes you're wearing are for. If you're looking for bouldering/sport climbing shoes for overhanging sections, then you'll want tighter, more aggressive shoes. If you're going to be climbing slabs, flatter, stiffer shoes are going to be more ideal. If you're doing longer routes or multipitch climbs, then comfort is more important. Every shoe is different, and every shoe has different performance goals. Second, it depends on the company you're buying from. Every company has different designers and produces different shoes in different sizings. 5.10 tends to be smaller per size than those of some other companies, for instance, but often have more space in the heel. The other thing is that even within a single company's offerings, shoes aren't necessarily the same size. Try stuff on before you commit. It's not like buying pants. Material matters too. A fully synthetic shoe will have almost no stretch, but a leather shoe will have half to a full size of stretch in the upper. Be aware of the stretch of your shoe before you buy. Last, the closure system matters as well. If you have laces, you can customize the fit a bit more. A slipper, meanwhile, will need to be quite tight so as to not come off your foot. The ideal fit doesn't involve pain. You should have snugness and no dead space, but no pain either. Here's the other thing about shoes. A lot of really, really proud ascents have been done in footwear that by today's standards would be laughable. But socks didn't stop Lynn Hill from freeing the Nose. And more recently, they didn't stop Steve Lapen from repeating Ghetto Booty (5.14c/d). Don't stress it. | ||
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Finland4609 Posts
It was actually quite fun to see Adam Ondra failing to flash on such classic problem from so long ago. Slabs can really be tricky! | ||
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
VOD of Sisu Masters, an invitation bouldering comp organized in Finland by Nalle Hukkataival. The four competitors on each side each set a problem and went from there (Dave's is awesome and very non-competition-y). Anna Stohr and Melissa Le Neve, plus two Finish women I can't remember, competed on the women's side. Nalle, Dave Graham, Anthony Gullsten and Killian Fischuber competed on the men's side. Pretty cool competition with some of the most awkward MCing and commentary I've ever heard, including an interview with Dave Graham featuring the interviewer snatching the mic away mid-answer. Edit: In more news from Finland, Nalle put up a video on his Facebook page that is, to my knowledge, the first look at any of the moves on his Sisu project. The Sisu project is a semi-secret proj of Nalle's, in Finland, that's supposed to be one of the three or so truly next-level projects being pursued in the bouldering world right now. He's been working on it for five (or maybe seven?) years and still hasn't stuck the first move. (The other two megaprojects are Dai Koyamada's Mt. Hiei linkup of V13 roof tufa into V13 roof tufa into V13 roof tufa and Dave Graham's crazy roof project in Switzerland.) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=726322324047991 | ||
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Axieoqu
Finland204 Posts
On September 27 2013 13:28 AirbladeOrange wrote: Has anyone here been afraid of heights before starting climbing? I have grown more and more afraid of heights and that was one (minor) reason why I started climbing again. Sometimes on longer walls towards the top I feel my powers running out much faster than they should be. Sometimes I think my grip wont hold no matter how big jugs there are. Annoying more than anything. I guess focusing on bouldering doesn't help either :D On October 06 2013 20:32 icystorage wrote: do you really have to man up when wearing 1 size lower climbing shoes? =/ it's very uncomfortable and painful In my opinion no. Use shoes that fit well and aren't too painful. When you climb more you will find out if your shoes are lacking and exactly where they are lacking. Then you will know which parts of your shoes you want to be tight and where it doesn't matter that much. Getting too small shoes wont make you any better climber - they might even stop you from climbing altogether. On October 07 2013 03:10 Epoxide wrote: Has anyone here tried re-soldering? I had my shoes resoled and that seems to have bought them at least 50% more lifetime for 30%(?) of the cost. They were otherways in pretty decent shape and don't smell awful either. I thought about buying a new pair but I felt like the old ones have still walls to climb. | ||
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Finland4609 Posts
Tendon pain and I've had very contradictory info. Anyway, Today I did one pull-up and the arm was hurt for two hours. How long should I stay away from the climbing wall? I plan to take it easy for a long week, then try a pull-up again and see if I notice any pain and get back to climbing but very carefully... Now, opinions of other people on the matter! I have been climbing only since August. Seems like the muscle strength got up but the rest didn't followed evenly. | ||
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FrodaN
754 Posts
You know Kim Phan, the SC2 Senior eSports Manager, is big into climbing as well. She goes twice or three times a week iirc. | ||
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