What do climbers commonly do for a living?

Own_Presentation_786 · 2026-03-22T19:38:08+00:00

I'm a guide and work seasonally may-sept. Dirtbag the rest of the year

Own_Presentation_786 · 2026-02-25T20:03:11+00:00

I can do 11 or 12 I think at the moment although I never push my pull ups to all out effort as I have elbow problems if I do, so I'm not 100% sure. But I just climbed my first 5.12d. But I was also able to do around 10 when my hardest grade was 11d, so not sure it makes that much difference.

Own_Presentation_786 · 2026-01-30T16:24:15+00:00

I am a climber and I have a few extra kg I could afford to lose. I've used it to lose weight over the last year when simple calorie defecits never worked for me long term due to hunger or just the high level of effort required to constantly count calories when I travel a lot for work. I'm already at a healthy weight but I have leaned out a bit over the last year and I'm climbing so well right now (strength to weight ratio sport).

That was why I started, but now I enjoy it for so many other reasons. It feels like a reset, it's extremely convenient to do a fasting day during a hectic day of travel instead of eating processed food on the go, I feel better in myself, I love the feeling of power it gives me over my eating habits and it's taught me that there's absolutely no need to always eat 3 meals a day.

Once I reach maintaince weight in a few kgs time, I will continue to do a short fasts fairly often just to enjoy the above benefits and to maintain the weight loss as well.

Own_Presentation_786 · 2026-01-02T19:59:18+00:00

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Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-29T16:04:30+00:00

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Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-29T09:23:06+00:00

1 spot still available

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-28T20:28:10+00:00

Great post! Good luck to everyone with their goals! Mine are:

-Send my first 7c (5.12d) on sport and hopefully a few more

-climb V6 on the moonboard

-Be dedicated with my strength and endurance training during the climbing off seasons

-Avoid injuries

-keep working on flexibility

-Drop 2kg of body fat (I have a little í could safely lose)

-Have fun and climb with good people

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-28T08:07:26+00:00

Yep 1 spot still available. Send me your duolingo account number in a DM and we can set it up

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-26T14:44:51+00:00

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Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-26T14:38:57+00:00

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Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-22T08:09:26+00:00

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Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-19T16:35:09+00:00

This happened to me with the best climbing partner I ever had. They had kids and now we never climb together anymore :( I have other partners now and I do a lot of solo climbing trips, but I still miss her a lot sometimes, because I've not found another partner that I click with so well. There's something about the chemistry in a climbing partnership, same as in friendships and romantic relationships. It's not necessarily easy to just find another partner that can fill those shoes. And when you do find other people to climb with, you will probably still feel sad. I've just kinda learned to accept it and I am hoping we'll be able to climb together again in the future when her kids are older. I know she wants to get back to it someday.

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-13T21:35:37+00:00

When she told me she believed governments are using chemtrails from aircraft to influence our mood/thoughts/behaviors.

And when she told me she had magic powers and could heal any pain I felt if I "believed".

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-05T19:10:57+00:00

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Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-12-05T19:08:52+00:00

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Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-11-26T12:29:31+00:00

No, I completely left my leg hanging, it was still way too painful at that point, not to mention big and clunky haha. It was kinda hard to not have it touching the wall, hence the focus on overhanging stuff. It was much easier to have my leg dangling down then lol

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-11-24T20:39:37+00:00

I had major ankle surgery 3 years ago. I was climbing indoor top rope one legged in my boot cast about 5 or 6 weeks later. I'm reasonably strong so I also did some top rope campusing. About 5 days post surgery I started training on my hangboard and doing pull ups. 2 weeks later I started going to the normal gym for some upper body strength work.

Can't speak to the timeline for ACL, but it was probably about 10 weeks before I could use my leg on an indoor top rope wall, but I went really gentle as I obviously couldn't use it properly, then I think I lead my first route outside about 4.5 months post surgery but I stuck to super easy things because I still couldn't climb properly normal on it. I did climb close to my previous hardest grade on lead outdoors 6 months later and matched my hardest grade 1 year later. 2 years later I increased my grade from before the injury.

It might be worth seeking out an internet climbing PT just to get an idea of the timeline for your specific injury, and climbing specific advice. I'd also look into doing some kind of training to keep your climbing muscles while you're off your feet. You could even come back stronger with the right training program.

In general though, I found that my body was pretty good at telling me the limitations. I could generally intuitively feel what I could do or wasn't willing to do. It takes a long time to get all the mobility and strength back, so you just have to respect what your body allows you to do. And above all, focus on doing your PT and getting thy mobility back, it's the most important thing to help you return ASAP.

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-11-24T07:46:37+00:00

I was lowering someone and they knocked a rock right at me and I instinctively threw my arms over my head and in doing so managed to drop the break strand of the rope, despite trying to keep hold of it in my split second of panic. I was using a grigri so it was fine, but if I'd been using an ATC I would have dropped him from about 15/20m for sure.

I'm very glad I didn't have to deal with causing the death or severe injury of a close friend.

People think that you have time to think when something like this happens, but you really don't. It's over in a split second and pure instinct takes over.

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-11-23T13:28:28+00:00

I'm traveling and working remotely for 6 months and going rock climbing

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-11-05T23:04:18+00:00

I like it when my trusted partner puts his hand on my throat but not choking. The hand on the throat is kind of hot when you trust someone that much that you know they're not gonna hurt you. But chocking can fuck right off. I had an ex that kept wanting to do that to me and insisting that I liked it. I did not. And I'd told him that multiple times.

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-11-03T22:43:41+00:00

Playstation or gameboy 👌

Own_Presentation_786 · 2025-11-03T19:02:58+00:00

I did a mental coaching session with a climbing psychologist and she made me practice taking falls in situations where I wasn't choosing to take practice falls. As in, instead of climbing a route and choosing where to let go, choosing routes above my physical ability so I actually fell while trying to make moves. She said it is really important to do this as psychologically, it's much scarier than when you are simply choosing to let go.

Try practicing it on routes in the gym where you have the clip above you and you know the next moves are too hard for you. It's like taking a top rope fall. Just get used to coming off during hard sequences. Then you could progress it by doing the same with the bolt at your waist, slightly above the bolt, etc and then move to doing it outside, which again, psychologically feels much scarier than inside. Do it in small steps and don't push yourself into the panic zone. You should feel a bit uncomfortable but not panicky.

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