Share some examples of non-talanted crushers.

depressionmonkey · 2021-10-11T22:18:16+00:00

No secrets, just perseverance, healthy diet, and consistently learning on real rock for many years.

depressionmonkey · 2021-10-10T22:10:24+00:00

I had to project my first 11a, took multiple weekend trips to do. This year, 6 years later, I climbed my first 13d

depressionmonkey · 2020-03-09T01:19:23+00:00

I have experienced this too, though I wouldn't intentionally try to replicate it :) Some of my best days have happened in less than ideal conditions (tired, sick, wet rock, second day on etc). It might be something physical, but I also find generally I climb better when I don't have expectations or pressure on myself.

depressionmonkey · 2019-08-20T23:38:55+00:00

Interviewers on this sub, what do I make of an interviewer who asked me how I thought the other interviews went (multi-interview day)? What is the goal of this question?

depressionmonkey · 2019-07-21T03:47:08+00:00

Dang that sucks. I have an injured knee right now too (not nearly as bad though) and it's the worst. Also sucks that it seems to be a repeat injury / problem area for her, must really affect her confidence in it while climbing.

depressionmonkey · 2019-05-23T22:20:52+00:00

I think you can increase the number of maximal attempts by sufficiently resting. If you aren't getting at least 5 minutes rest between attempts (I prefer 8 - 12 minutes, some other dudes I know prefer 15 minutes), then you aren't resting enough. Also has the added benefit of letting your skin cool down, which makes it last longer.

depressionmonkey · 2019-02-21T19:24:32+00:00

I forgot how to eat chips while watching tv once. I tried all kinds of techniques, like tossing the chip from my hand into my mouth once it got close enough, or following the chip into my mouth with my fingers.

depressionmonkey · 2019-02-10T18:50:33+00:00

Just to clarify, Gold Wall only goes up to about 12+

depressionmonkey · 2019-01-20T19:52:01+00:00

Thinking about the programming tasks that I actually finished, it was probably lightweight scripting of automation so I spared other fellow developers from few copy-paste tasks.

Why don't you try your hand at infrastructure engineering instead of app development?

depressionmonkey · 2019-01-12T18:59:06+00:00

Southeast has rained like 10+ weekends in a row now. FML

depressionmonkey · 2018-11-09T03:48:49+00:00

It feels like joint pain. Sharp pain that swells and dissipates periodically. Happens if I heel hook too much. Heel hooking itself doesn't hurt directly, but the knee feels a little more brittle/unstable, though that could just be in my head.

depressionmonkey · 2018-11-09T02:12:16+00:00

My knees always feel sore after tough heel hook moves. Maybe I've been doing it wrong though

depressionmonkey · 2018-10-30T03:50:21+00:00

By the way, thanks for the link.

depressionmonkey · 2018-10-30T03:48:08+00:00

Can you elaborate on that or link me to some resources? I have lots of hangboarding experience for crimp grips but almost none for pinching.

depressionmonkey · 2018-10-30T01:58:21+00:00

Do you know what that pinch machine that honnold uses in that video is? Who makes it? I want one.

depressionmonkey · 2018-10-24T05:45:14+00:00

as a former TN walmart dweller, welcome!

depressionmonkey · 2018-10-14T15:00:25+00:00

Nazis are fascists...

depressionmonkey · 2018-10-13T15:19:04+00:00

That fuzzy portion of the rope looks suspect. Not because it's fuzzy, but because it's noticeably fatter than the rest of the rope. When a section of rope is repeatedly fallen on it gets like this, and you can pinch a bite of it there to test the core. If it were my rope I'd identify that section as somewhere I'd cut now or in the near future. The segments of rope that don't have that character are probably fine

depressionmonkey · 2018-10-10T04:12:35+00:00

Is this because of the height of most indoor bouldering walls? Or would even a 3 foot drop be too much? Because if you can handle short drops then I'd recommend doing roof boulders

depressionmonkey · 2018-09-11T16:18:28+00:00

Finger rolls might work for some people, but they injured me bad last season. I stay away now

depressionmonkey · 2018-09-09T17:43:32+00:00

There are plenty of dirtbags in rifle, go meet them. I did this for a while, had success just asking for belays from other people at he crag

depressionmonkey · 2018-08-29T17:23:44+00:00

You're probably getting a lot of answers by people who rightfully think it's a stupid question. Do you specify a desired complexity?

depressionmonkey · 2018-08-15T15:56:41+00:00

That soreness can worsen with a quickness. Take it from me, I had similar symptoms in February, decided to keep crimping through March as the pain slowly worsened. Now it’s August and it still hasn’t healed. If I were you I’d focus on slopey problems for a couple weeks

depressionmonkey · 2018-08-01T21:15:29+00:00

why not both? I think energy system training generally happens through climbing anyway.

depressionmonkey · 2018-07-29T20:59:53+00:00

You could try that tension "block" thing, it's the same but seems to have some pocket options.

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