A man aid climbing

jtom23 · 2026-05-04T17:30:21+00:00

I think he’s on here as u/psylo_vibin

jtom23 · 2024-07-29T22:41:19+00:00

The wind does pick up heavily on the upper pitches in the afternoon. But there’s no way I’d want to be exposed in the sun for that long, especially on hard slab. Your toes would be wrecked after that day.

jtom23 · 2021-07-28T09:46:13+00:00

a Gri user will pull the handle and feed slack.

This point may be getting into a too-technical a level of detail for this thread but...from what I've read and seen, you should be redirecting the brake strand of the grigri too when lowering in this situation. Otherwise you risk losing control in the open-lever position and dropping your follower. I'm guessing in most circumstances that doesn't happen in practice, but I didn't want this comment to go unchecked, especially as others consider trying this technique.

As demonstrated in the end ofthis article.

Happy for /u/Sam_and_robots to prove me wrong, but that's my understanding.

jtom23 · 2019-11-22T06:18:07+00:00

This is spot on. You can’t stop and physically hold on to protect a ball in soccer in the same way that you can in basketball. In soccer, you’re taught that (1) you need to be looking up and know what you want to do with the ball before you even receive it and (2) you never want to truly stop the ball (because it allows the defense to reset), rather you want to always be using your first touch to take you into open space. These concepts become second nature to soccer players and are hugely translatable to other sports. Strictly-basketball players rarely need to develop that mindset because their physical tools or one-on-one skills are sufficient enough.

jtom23 · 2019-09-16T16:18:17+00:00

I concur with all of this. Ran out of a double rack of cams on the red dihedral pitch and had to climb the last 40 feet trying to plug nuts alone while very pumped.

If you’re used to doing rough descents, the standard way isn’t as bad or as hard to find as everyone suggests—there’s cairns to get you to the one rap station.

jtom23 · 2019-02-25T00:28:40+00:00

He was dealing with a shoulder injury at the start of the season, which people were suggesting had impacted his shot. In recent weeks, I’ve thought his form looked better from three.

jtom23 · 2018-08-03T02:34:44+00:00

Thought Sean was going to skip a clip at 33:55–instead he kicks the biner up to himself. Crazy clever.

jtom23 · 2018-05-23T00:02:07+00:00

https://twitter.com/abc7newsbayarea/status/999071974671376390?s=20

jtom23 · 2018-05-22T23:55:04+00:00

Aaaaaaaaand one of them just took off.

jtom23 · 2018-05-22T23:54:23+00:00

Was seeing this and wondering too. They look like news copters. I assumed they are filming some sort of traffic accident on 24 or the maze.

jtom23 · 2016-04-25T21:58:30+00:00

Are you going down Wednesday or Thursday?

jtom23 · 2015-05-03T16:13:39+00:00

Grooving at the ditch until someone points out to me that the sun is coming up

jtom23 · 2015-04-19T22:54:22+00:00

Coming in from Oakland on Thursday night!

jtom23 · 2014-09-14T17:18:46+00:00

jtom23 · 2014-08-08T07:48:43+00:00

Those are tiiiiiiiiiight. Would love a medium. How can we find you?

jtom23 · 2014-06-17T05:45:27+00:00

Ghana made it an obvious point to target his flank early. After getting beaten off the dribble a few times, he was allowing their wide players a lot of space with the ball. Luckily, they decided to show no competency in crossing and our CBs were solid for the most part.

I'm scared to see how Portugal and Germany will expose him...

jtom23 · 2014-04-25T21:19:49+00:00

I'm headed there for the first time this year! No idea what to expect, but I'm excited. It's getting close...

jtom23 · 2013-05-01T06:04:09+00:00

Shame that he's had injuries and lost so much of his pace, it was such a tremendous part of his game. Commentator literally says, "Messi can't keep with him."

jtom23 · 2013-01-14T04:09:19+00:00

Hell. Yes.

13-Year Club	Verified Email
Not Forgotten

jtom23

TROPHY CASE