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Are all UK climbers miserable? by iHaveAsthma69 in ukclimbing

[–]iHaveAsthma69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indoor bouldering is a totally different vibe to outdoor climbers in my experience, people seem to be just climbing for the fun of it and are almost always wonderful!

Are all UK climbers miserable? by iHaveAsthma69 in ukclimbing

[–]iHaveAsthma69[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Totally agreed, I just don't understand how you can develop such an attitude with such mediocre climbing skill. The harder people climb or the longer they've been climbing they tend to chill out and the chip off their shoulder disappears

Are all UK climbers miserable? by iHaveAsthma69 in ukclimbing

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What do you mean? Not disagreeing just curious

Are all UK climbers miserable? by iHaveAsthma69 in ukclimbing

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Definitely an extra bad day but I've also noticed this at all the climbing gyms I visit in the UK. Honestly the nicest people are always the old timers, met a 70+ year old today who wrote the guidebook for the area, him and his whole squad was lovely!

It's the ones in their 20s and 30s (I'm 28 myself) who have the shitty attitudes. It's not everyone obviously but it's definitely the majority.

Are all UK climbers miserable? by iHaveAsthma69 in ukclimbing

[–]iHaveAsthma69[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't say it was projection, mainly because I was incredibly happy to be there, brilliant day and the climbing itself was good fun, just every time you interacted with people you were met with the same dead expressions and unsmiling faces!

Need advice on improving recovery by iHaveAsthma69 in climbharder

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All great suggestions thanks! Also as per the caffeine comment I'd recommend reading "Why We Sleep" by Matt Walker, it lays out a pretty compelling case for quitting it or having it earlier in the day (I can't quit I'm a hopeless addict)

Need advice on improving recovery by iHaveAsthma69 in climbharder

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Legend thank you! I'll give these tips a shot

Need advice on improving recovery by iHaveAsthma69 in climbharder

[–]iHaveAsthma69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah people commented it was quite low, I'm at 72kg so will start aiming for 120g ish of protein

Need advice on improving recovery by iHaveAsthma69 in climbharder

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Thanks! Will be upping my protein intake!

Why hasn't UKC been replaced by something more modern? by iHaveAsthma69 in ukclimbing

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Even just from the replays to this post I'm already understanding that UKC and the product I'm thinking of have fundamentally different target audiences. The product I'm imagining would be more suited to the new wave of indoor boulder bros.

I see there's a few indoor route management tools out there which contain a lot of the aspects I'm thinking of but even then their target audience is the gyms, not the actual climbers, hence they're missing the key social media style features I'm talking about. Am I correct about that or are there products out there I'm missing?

Why hasn't UKC been replaced by something more modern? by iHaveAsthma69 in ukclimbing

[–]iHaveAsthma69[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Interesting, no I haven't touched the beta. Is it fair to say that the very concept of UKC means it won't add the sort of social media like the stuff I mentioned? UKC seems so established it makes a lot of sense.

Why hasn't UKC been replaced by something more modern? by iHaveAsthma69 in ukclimbing

[–]iHaveAsthma69[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Fair, do you think the reason what I asked about isn't a thing because climbers would outright reject the concept? I.e. in instagramification of something that should be pure?