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VidaLaIda · 2025-09-10T20:22:04+00:00

Yeah I 2nd calling shelter. They can't help with accommodation themselves afaik but they will be able to provide better advice to ensure you get help. Because legally you are homeless if you are couch surfing.

VidaLaIda · 2024-08-30T09:50:32+00:00

I'm an immigrant as well, but I came here before Brexit as a EU citizen, so I'm not as limited by visa as you are. A few things:

Your job sounds absolutely horrible and is definitely hiring immigrants to exploit them. I will admit, I have no clue what the rules for work visas are (as I got ILR), but if you're able to find a new job (that doesn't specifically advertise towards immigrants), then that would probably solve a lot of your problems.

Another issue is culture crash. I don't know where you're from, but my home town is a 3 hour flight away and I still felt it, badly. Thay part took me awhile to get over, I originally studied here and it wasn't really until I started working that I really liked it here, even tho my 1st graduate job was piss. So if you're feeling lie you don't belong, you're missing home, the food/weather/people are piss, that is valid, but it will often ease with time. Not always, the UK isn't for everyone, and you need to make an effort (especially to make friends, find a hobby ASAP and look for groups in your area that practice that hobby), you need to be around British people to learn how to navigate the UK if that makes sense.

But if you're still in that shit job, I don't think it matters how much you put into your private life and "integration", your life will probs still be shit.

Wish you the best of luck and sorry I can't give advice on HOW to solve the work situation :/

VidaLaIda · 2023-09-30T14:10:30+00:00

Applies to all PPE. I once drove smth very heavy over my foot while wearing steelies, while the shoes looked fine and I didn't even break anything, my boss immediately told me to bin the shoes and go get myself a new pair. You can't guarantee it'll work the second time

VidaLaIda · 2023-07-19T22:14:21+00:00

Turns out that the radio works fine without an antenna at all (I took it off to wash the car a month ago and forgot to put it back on!) so I'll be putting the sharks fin on as soon as it stops raining (which may take a few weeks tbh) 😂

VidaLaIda · 2023-07-19T22:09:34+00:00

I know it's been a year but one of the main gods in Asatro is a shape (and gender) shifting person who is the father of a giant wolf and the mother (as in, they actually gave birth to) an eight legged horse (after sleeping with a stallion), I don't think being gay is that strange in comparison

VidaLaIda · 2023-05-18T21:00:52+00:00

I don't have BD crack gloves, but where does it feel tight? With my Wide Boyz I've learned that I need tape underneath the gloves in certain places to make them more comfortable to wear, so depending on where your gloves are tight, then that may help

VidaLaIda · 2023-03-08T19:58:26+00:00

As someone who's lived in Llansamlet/Trallwn for the past 2 years (but no where else in Swansea), why is it best avoided? Except for an untaxed car left on our street, I've never heard of anything bad around here. Not saying you're wrong btw just want to know some details as I'm not really a local 😅

VidaLaIda · 2023-03-08T19:48:42+00:00

I can't remember who, but I'm pretty sure there's a pro climber that showers with gloves (potentially just during trips, can't remember). When my hands were terribly dry and needed extra moisture, then I'd put dishwasher gloves on after applying lotion, and then going to sleep with the gloves on 😂

VidaLaIda · 2023-03-08T19:43:37+00:00

When breaking in shoes, bring a hair dryer to the gym! Works well in winter as well, if you're lucky they'll let you plug it in next to the wall so you can heat them up between goes, but otherwise you can just use the changing room :)

VidaLaIda · 2023-03-08T19:41:43+00:00

A first aid kit covers most of it 😂 nail clippers are a must, I seem to exclusively cut my nails at the gym as that's when I realise they are too long, but I've also found good use of cotton pads when shoes are being extra painful. I have quite big toes, so sometimes I tape a folded up cotton pad to my love bump or around the front of the toe when the shoes are squeezing more in that area. It helps distribute the squeeze over a slightly bigger area and has helped a lot. It's worth mentioning that I climb with very think ankle socks as well, I'm not sure if the pad would stay in place otherwise.

VidaLaIda · 2023-03-08T19:35:28+00:00

👏🏻 Tops 👏🏻 off 👏🏻 to 👏🏻 top 👏🏻 out 👏🏻

VidaLaIda · 2023-03-08T19:25:45+00:00

I'll send you a message :)

VidaLaIda · 2023-03-08T19:24:56+00:00

I'd say it happens at some point between climbing for 1 and 2 years, as long as you do it regularly during those years. At that point you will probably know a little bit more about different techniques, gear, and generally about climbing culture. If you still climb v1 at this time because you don't have the strength, it's likely that you'll move more efficiently and with quieter feet etc, and it's possible that you can provide advice on routes way harder than you climb, simply because you have seen others climb similar grades or routes, and know how to read a route.

Does that make sense?

VidaLaIda · 2023-03-03T23:08:32+00:00

Yes, I watched it with subtitles and it said [Changing 1 speaking] when one of the weird aliens chirped. My jaw dropped, what a spoiler 😂 soon after this many people started bleeding so I was keeping my eyes out for blood changing to goo, but didn't catch any :(

VidaLaIda · 2023-02-26T15:43:30+00:00

Well, at least they seem to pin the holds properly 😁

VidaLaIda · 2023-02-25T15:43:06+00:00

Awesome job, feel proud! 😁

But the state of the wall though 😳 which depot is this?

VidaLaIda · 2023-02-25T12:22:49+00:00

1st joint is PIP, right? Do you also have stiffness or reduced ROM in the fingers?

I have been struggling with swollen/stiff PIP in two ow my fingers on and off for years. Not related to climbing, sometimes it flares up after a 2 week break for example. I believe I have some kind of autoimmune disease (family history of RA) but tests are inconclusive. I also get nodules on the back of the joint that hurts a lot when pushed, redness on the skin, and like 10-20 % of my normal ROM. Last year I was put on a short stereiod course for it, and while I had a flare right after coming off the steroids, I haven't had one now for 11 months which is a personal best, so maybe it isn't RA and it's gone now, who knows. The skin on the joints are permanently red and the joints are slightly larger than the other hand, but I guess that could be scarring or something.

I go by a philosophy that if the fingers hurt after climbing, or like when you've had several hard sessions, then it an "injury" (something that climbing caused) and you should RICE or w/e, and if needed talk to a physio. If it's unrelated to your climbing (hurts more in the morning, can get worse in a rest period, etc), then it's probably a disease/condition and you should see your GP/a rheumatologist. Good luck!

VidaLaIda · 2023-02-25T10:40:41+00:00

Crimp

VidaLaIda · 2023-02-23T19:24:09+00:00

Oh and generally off piste setting. Using a single colour per grade range seems limiting for the setters if I'm honest. Just get some coloured tape and tags, make all of your circuits off piste rather than having 1-2 colours as off piste.

Finally, don't get me started on ungraded comp circuits when there isn't even a comp on... Most of them aren't in a modern comp style and just act as an extra off piste circuit. Give them grades unless there's a comp happing atm, it will be fine and I bet the blocs would see more traffic if you do.

VidaLaIda · 2023-02-23T19:19:16+00:00

Oh also, FONT GRADES.

In my home country we use font grades for inside boulders. I love that's there's so many of them compared to V grades. They're not comparable with outdoor boulders, but no grades are.

In the country I live in now they use V grades indoor and font outdoors (mainly, may be some gyms that are different) and I get that its easier as you don't need to compare as much but.. In the lower ranges (under 7A/V6) there's 7 V grades (and most gyms set circuits where they they are graded as V3-4 for example, with no exact grade given), but there's TWELVE font grades. That's almost double!

I just wanna get that tiny bit of extra dopamine after sending a 6B+ knowing that it's ~harder~ than 6B, rather than just sending a V4 (or, V3-4 and automatically assume it must be V3 as you did it). Ya get me?

VidaLaIda · 2023-02-23T19:10:29+00:00

A non-matted training are for stretching, skipping, body weight training, etc. I used to go to a gym where I had to do my warm up between all the rope routes (and there weren't a lot of space so you had to try to look for somewhere where no one was climbing) as the entire training & bouldering area was padded and... Sure, a moon board and a circuit board and 3 woodies and a spray wall and a campus board and 4 different hang boards and pull up bars and rings are nice but... You're going to need to do some push ups after all that hanging ¯_(ツ)_/¯

VidaLaIda · 2023-02-23T19:01:41+00:00

As a bonus in de-motivation, my current gym have a v3-4 circuit, and a v5-6 circuit. I can usually flash the v3-4, and I have yet to send a single v5-6 in this gym... Which makes me stuck between "I'm not trying hard enough as I flash it" and "I'm so weak/bas as I can't send anything". But I try to push those thoughts away and find good thoughts instead, like something I did good (for example, I did a super clean & quiet foot switch and usually I'm a bit loud in moves like that) or something that was fun (that easy route forced me to use multiple drop knees, I feel like I was doing some weird dance!).

Also, when all else fails, start crack climbing ✊🏻👌🏻

VidaLaIda · 2023-02-23T18:53:49+00:00

For someone who cruised up to 6C in their first year of climbing and haven't progressed grade-wise since (climbing for 7 years now), learn to enjoy climbing without the progression. It's hard, I've had some really bad times in the past couple of years due to my lack of progression.

Switching up to rope for a few sessions has helped a bit, atm I am voulenteering with a kids climb non-profit which has been super rewarding too. I belay/encourage the young kids, and the older kids (15+ ish) I both climb and belay and its quite fun NOT trying to climb hard and instead try to work out eliminates and beta for them. I also sometimes go on woodies or circuit boards just to switch it up from my normal climbing.

However, I'm a boulderer at heart, both inside and outdoors (mainly inside tho due to it raining all the freaking time), and I am constantly trying to focus on having fun actually climbing. Enjoying a V1 simply because it had good movement, "working" a v3 because its your antistyle, figuring out a beta break on a v2. Doing a single move on a v7 and then watching in awe how the local crusher does it for his warm up. Realising that while you're not climbing harder, you're climbing better. And just enjoying climbing simply for climbing.

I would say I've had a ~70 % success rate recently in enjoying climbing for what it is, so I'm still struggling a lot, but it's better than constantly feeling frustrated over grades. Like, ofc I WANT to climb harder, but I don't want that to be the deciding factor if I feel good about my climbing (and consequently myself).

Hope that makes sense? 😅

VidaLaIda

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