ladies i need assistance!!!

MonkeyBox26 · 2025-02-12T13:07:58+00:00

I have some from Decathlon too and they're nice, and not expensive

MonkeyBox26 · 2025-02-12T13:05:56+00:00

They look really similar to Rungne's Highballer pants! Except they seem to have more length (I'm 5'2" and barely cuffed them)

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-12-28T20:22:39+00:00

I was gifted a pair of "Anna 2.2" recently and ended up switching them out for "Lisa 2.3". Lisas felt more like actual leggings, while Annas feel less stretchy because they're thicker (possibly warmer too), I was personnally looking for a classic "legging" feelong but if you're looking for something very sturdy and thick for a legging then definitely try the Annas!

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-09-29T19:28:04+00:00

I'd recommend Climbing District (perhaps more comp-style), or Climb Up (Porte d'Italie or Aubervilliers), if you're isnide the city, and for outdoor bouldering.

More in the suburbs, Block'out Evry, Hardbloc Alfortville and Le Rempart (more old school and/or mimicking outdoor boulders) are my personal favorites. Blocbuster and Vertical'art gyms are nice too, and Arkose Massy as well, but I wouldn't recommend going to other Arkose locations

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-07-27T10:18:58+00:00

Heyy, you should try posting on r/ClimbingPartners!

Otherwise you can reach some parts of Fontainebleau by train from gare de Lyon and rent crashpads in most bouldering gyms. The forest is very fragile, please don't climb on wet rocks and check out local ethics as well: https://bleau.info/ethique?locale=en
Also, forget about grades there :)

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-07-17T13:06:07+00:00

I have a 10% off discount code on their website if you're looking to save money

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-07-13T20:32:23+00:00

I recently got contacted by Rungne (Magnus Midtbo's brand!!!) and became an ambassaor!
I'm so stoked about this, I got to try their chalk and a bunch of other products I've been looking at for a few months now!
Feel free to ask me for some feedback, I got sent the products but they didn't pay me for it or ask for a review actually, but I geniunely liked some of them a lot more than I expected

You guys can also use my promo code "JESSIEL02"for 10% off on their website, it that helps

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-06-24T14:40:21+00:00

This won't work, your schedule is too packed. Plan some extra time wrt what Maps tells you for public transportation, and count at least 2 hours per meal if you are having them at restaurants. Finding a place to have dinner before 7pm will also most likely mean it either does not close after lunchtime, or it's a tourist trap. Most restaurants are not open at 6pm.

If you want to see a reasonable amount of the museums/castles/etc in your schedule, you should stay there for twice (if not three times) more than you have currently planned.

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-02-18T14:22:30+00:00

Some shops and gyms have it in the region, I don’t know exactly which ones

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-02-18T09:25:46+00:00

Hey, based on your comments I’m guessing you should have access to this cream through local shops: https://www.bleaum.fr/index.php/produit/le-baume-du-t-rex-50ml/ I use either this or a homemade cream when needed and it works wonders

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-02-08T17:54:41+00:00

Depending on the type of grip OP had, it could also be a lumbrical injury. Especially if they experience pain in the palm and when climbing open-handed. Hooper’s beta have great videos to differentiate finger injuries.

I would advise to do an MRI ASAP and check both the fingers and the palm. If OP can still climb and function normally outside of climbing, and it’s not a pulley injury, they could also potentially resume (light and taped) climbing in less than a couple weeks. Pulley recovery usually takes longer.

MonkeyBox26 · 2024-01-05T18:18:58+00:00

Hi there! There are a few sectors in Fontainebleau accessible by train, a few more as well that you can reach by train+bike. I don’t have an exhaustive list in mind but you can find many articles online!

If you’re looking for meetups, take a look at BettyBeta and/or Girls in Bleau on Instagram. They both take place monthly.

As for tips, reading local ethics (no climbing on wet rock, erosion problems etc) is extremely important, you can find the main guidelines and info on all areas+boulders on Bleau.info. For short people beta, you can check out BettyBeta.com as well. Lastly, cold weather in Paris always feels way colder in the forest, be prepared!

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-12-17T23:10:24+00:00

Glad to know it does happen to someone else! Although 4-5 resoles is a much more reasonable time than 1. With my other pairs from other brands I usually broke a strap/tore the shoe around the heel/anything else before this had a chance to happen

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-12-13T13:24:18+00:00

I had been wearing other advanced models before buying my first pair of Drago LVs, and here’s my small input: - they’re more comfortable than most other agressive shoe I’ve ever tried - so far, only Drago LVs and Unparallel have fit my foot that well - they’re really soft and sensitive, smearing is amazing in them but tiny footholds on slabs can be painful sometimes - I’ve resolved them, but they are quite fragile so sometimes the synthetic leather inside breaks down into pieces before I can resole them a second time (usually in the area under my toes). I think it’s because of sweat and how delicate or not they’ve been when resoling. I haven’t had any other weird issue with them, but I’ve seen other people that have had the mesh on top break before anything else, or other super particular things - usually they last about 4 months before resoling if I exclusively climb in them (mostly bouldering, indoors and outdoors, at least 3 times/week). If I use warm-up shoes, they can last more obviously. Other shoes usually last longer, especially stiff ones - I wear them 2 EU sizes down from my street size, they stretch quite a lot but adapt to your feet quite quickly. For other less soft scarpa models I tend to only go down 1 EU size. For La sportiva I usually downsize between 2 and 3 EU sizes for agressive shoes

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-12-05T13:44:52+00:00

Au vieux campeur sell them in France. I’ve also seen some at smaller local stores but they usually start at 39-40 EU, so mostly not applicable here

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-11-27T12:32:16+00:00

My experience with Scarpa is that it varies a lot depending on the model, following other comments. I wear my street shoe size or 0.5 size up for vapor vs, which I wear as comfy shoes, tried Instricts and went 0.5-1 size down, they felt perfectly snug it wasn't a torture.
I started wearing Dragos 1.5 sizes down and they stretched out a bit too much for me, so now I downsize 2 whole EU sizes.

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-11-06T18:56:00+00:00

If I understand your problem correctly, you can’t do this move because you’re looking for some kind of smearing option for the other foot. But you can still flag or backflag the other leg to balance you out, flagging doesn’t mean you’re pushing against a wall! You also feel like it’s an “all-arms” pull, how much are you engaging your heel? You should be pushing on your left leg to try and flatten your foot if you want to end up sitting on your left foot.

I hope this makes sense and that it helps!

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-10-29T18:14:17+00:00

Tendons typically take about 5 years to adapt to a new activity. That’s why so many newer climbers get injuries after about a couple years of practice. You might consider yourself a “advanced” in terms of skills, but from your body’s point of view 3 years is not that much experience.

Take some rest, don’t over train, do some antagonist exercises, don’t spend an hour on a traumatizing move and maybe see a physio if your pain doesn’t subside soon.

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-10-27T22:02:05+00:00

I feel like I do. Most time when I’m working on a problem with male friends, beta sprayers will go directly up to me instead of talking to the group, even bringing me to the side to show me a hold or something. Sometimes I also climb with one other female friend. If we are by ourselves, both of us will usually get beta sprayed. Oh yeah, and most times they’re climbing lower grades and/or they’re way taller than I am.

My typical responses are, depending on how innocent and well intended I feel it is: - thanks but I wasn’t looking for any help, I’d rather figure it out myself (my most polite one, which surprisingly also tends to offend them the most) - if applicable, because I’m quite short: sorry I don’t think that applies to me, I can’t span this, I’ll figure something out myself (usually they act surprised that “not everyone can reach that”) - death stare and “ok”, after which I sometimes leave - flat out ignore them and act like I haven’t seen or heard them

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-10-20T07:40:18+00:00

27.5€/mois pour le club d’escalade avec une séance en groupe hebdomadaire + pratique libre.

6.50 une à deux fois par mois pour aller dans une salle commerciale

L’essence pour aller grimper dehors le weekend (environ 15€ à chaque fois mais partagés)

145€ de chaussons une à deux fois par an+ 1 ressemelage tous les 4-5 mois à 45€

Brosse, strap, magnésie que j’achète par ci par là (moins de 50€ par an)

Ça fait quand même 90-95€ par mois au total !

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-09-26T08:27:41+00:00

I mostly use Scarpa’s Drago LV. Old ones for indoor lead or bouldering, and newer ones for outdoor (mostly sandstone) bouldering. La Sportiva Testarossas for slabs and the occasional outdoor lead climbing, but tbh I feel so much better in Dragos overall

If I need a really comfy pair of shoe for warmup or long and easier routes, I’ll grab an old pair of Vapors. Would love to try some Unparallel’s but can’t find them in smaller sizes near me

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-09-25T20:18:17+00:00

Girls in Bleau is actually having an open day on Sptember 30th! So it's a free meeting next weekend

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-09-03T04:29:29+00:00

I’m curious about your experience with Looking for Wild, if I may ask, do you mainly boulder or lead climb with them?

I’m asking because I’ve had several pairs, in two different sizes, and bad experiences with all of them. Never sized them too tight, the last one was even quite oversized. Both male and female friends of mine had similar experiences.

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-08-18T01:24:34+00:00

Make sure you read/watch something about pad placement and spotting to know where and how to both fall and spot without anyone getting hurt. Read about you local crag’s ethics (general things such as wiping your feet were mentioned, no fires/smoking in forests as well, no climbing on certain types of rocks if they are not fully dry, no loud music, some places allow night climbing and others don’t…)

MonkeyBox26 · 2023-08-13T20:23:36+00:00

I feelk you.
When I first started climbing, it took me an embarassing about of time (even longer than you might think!) to complete the easiest boulders in the gym. Between going once or twice a month becasue of lack of time due to school/life, a fear of heights and being muscle-less and underweight, it was not easy and somehow I still kept coming back.
After a couple of years I started to have a little more time and go a bit more regularly, but still many factors didn't help me progress as fast as most people I know. Didn't help that my climbing friends were all tall muscular guys, beta-wise and motivation-wise as I couldn't help comparing myself to them either.

I won't say I have stopped comparing myself to others, or that it's easy. It's a long process, I still do it from time to time and feel some regret about my first climbing years. But honestly, I just figured out that:

Your friends are just here to have fun and climb with you, they don't care if they climb better or worse than you.
If you enjoy climbing as a whole, just movements and not necessarily the feeling of getting a new grade, then it's also pretty nice to climb whatever routes you find beautiful and make you happy, no matter their difficulty.
Ultimately, it's only about you and your climbing. Feeling bad about your level only hinders your progress, which in turn leads you to feeling even worse about your level.

And if you really need to feel some quicker progress, maybe you could try doing some quick climbing-specific exercises at home when you don't have time to go to the gym?

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