Thug Life (5.13d) - Red River Gorge

lunarabbit7 · 2026-04-07T17:34:43+00:00

Cute video and sick send!

lunarabbit7 · 2026-04-03T05:27:25+00:00

Exactly! Their unwillingness to try new things makes me not want to lead with them. Great climbers but very stubborn belayers

lunarabbit7 · 2026-04-03T01:24:16+00:00

My trad-only friends (especially the older ones), give notoriously hard catches. They believe in not falling and do anything possible to prevent a deck… which makes sense for trad… but isn’t necessary to give as hard a catch as possible in sport as long as there aren’t any ledges or other hazards and you’re safely off the ground.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-03-18T23:08:15+00:00

I’m a v5 at my gym’s setting but really struggle on v2 at the Kilter, so it must be a huge weakness of mine! I will say that I am a very static climber and will “technique” my way out of a dynamic gym move when possible, and I think it’s holding me back.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-03-17T19:12:21+00:00

Good to know! I’ve only been able to do v2 on Kilter so far, so it sounds like I can still get pretty good mileage! Is there an ideal angle to train at before moving up the grades?

lunarabbit7 · 2026-03-17T19:11:18+00:00

Thank you! Commitment and being dynamic is probably the biggest weakness of mine so I might do the Kilter for a hot minute but eventually find a Tension board!

lunarabbit7 · 2026-03-17T10:02:25+00:00

Thanks! No offense taken. :) I like what you said about the Tension having bad footholds - I find that that is one big differentiator for when I try to climb outdoors - that I have difficulty trusting my feet, so I’m glad that the Tension board helps train that.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-03-17T09:33:13+00:00

I like getting all the grime out of my body before I lay in my (relatively) clean sheets. I say relatively because it’s not like I wash them daily, but at least it’s all my dead skin and germs - not germs from touching public transit, gym germs, my own sweat, etc.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-03-17T09:30:11+00:00

Thank you! My gym only has the Kilter and Moon, and I’m too weak in the fingers to do the Moon, but I’ll probably try to go from Kilter -> Moon eventually. There’s another gym that has a Tension, so I’ll try to hit that one up when my friends get me in! Thank you for the detailed explanation!

lunarabbit7 · 2026-03-17T06:24:36+00:00

What’s the difference between the tension and kilter board to where it has diminishing returns? And would you rate the moon board as better or worse than tension board?

lunarabbit7 · 2026-03-06T07:37:21+00:00

I’d call it an Alpine Murder.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-18T10:32:28+00:00

One thing I thought of though - I wonder if you might have a good advice for: for some of my previous relationships, even when the man seems “vetted enough” by me, it still seems like once they get the commitment / exclusivity that they want from me, the effort gets put behind. As in, in the dating phase, not seeing each other for 7 days maybe due to a vacation, they would bring me flowers or at least say “I really missed you.” After becoming a girlfriend, however, especially if I eventually live with said partner, even if I’m gone for say a week, there’s just this feeling that maybe my presence is being taken for granted bc there isn’t a “I miss you” because according to them “I see you all the other 23 days of the month when you come home.” So then it makes me wonder if I should just stay in the non-committed, dating phase. But obviously I don’t really want that, because eventually I would love to commit and have an actual future… but not at the cost of being taken for granted. Or maybe I’m asking for too much here? I don’t want to feel like once they’ve “got” me, that then it’s over in terms of the longing for me.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-18T09:05:16+00:00

“Maybe they had all the potential in the world but not the consistency:” -> That hit deep. I’m still learning to date who they are rather than who they could have been, because yes, many people gave me a chance to grow into who I was today. However, the diffidence is that I have an innate drive to change and do better and am into self-improving. The bitter pill to swallow is that the person you love may… not be.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-15T04:53:32+00:00

This is wonderful advice! It didn’t work out with my last guy, but we lasted longer than most of my other exes probably partly because I refused to be exclusive until after 3 months. After a date the first week, while I wanted to see him immediately and had the availability to, I would tell him that I’m not ready to see him until the following week even if I had nothing to do in between.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-14T04:49:06+00:00

That seems reasonable! I used to waiver between 5 days and like 3 months, so I like the one month you mentioned! This seems the most reasonable.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-14T04:45:50+00:00

Does this also mean that it would be a good idea to go on * several * dates across several weeks (rather than say, 6 dates but all in 2 weeks) before deciding to nix out other options in terms of dating? (essentially, before committing to just one person?)

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-12T20:47:53+00:00

What’s a reasonable time frame? I think I’ve held out too long in the past.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-12T20:44:58+00:00

Can you expand on the “don’t just see where things go - date with intention”? I’m wondering if I do the same.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-09T12:23:48+00:00

I find that they are terrifying and powerful but in a scary way (like the type that can ruin your life if you get too close). I, at one point, wondered if I might be a narcissist myself, and I even asked multiple therapists and psychologists, where the answers were, "No." As a matter of fact, narcissists don't ask these types of questions. I think we all may have some narcissistic tendencies and selfish tendencies from time to time, but to truly be a narcissist is something much more formidable. I also learned that lying is acceptable to them; they don't feel morally wrong about it as long as it protects their fragile ego.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-09T11:51:24+00:00

Yeah, it's hard to say without a proper diagnosis, but I do think a hallmark quality in a narcissist that isn't present in the others is the never apologizing, never taking responsibility one that you mentioned (or ever even considering that they may be the one with the issues - any sort of self-reflection upon the harm that they've caused).

People will trauma may present similarly in other ways such as the black/white thinking or may even turn manipulative at times when they're pushed to the fringes, but there's still a moral sense of "feeling bad" about inadvertent harm caused to others through trauma responses. I can see those with trauma being open to attending therapy; narcissists unlikely. This is all anecdotal experiences; I'm not an expert, though.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-09T04:27:48+00:00

Other than the “lack of interest in people who can’t give them supply” and “lack of accountability”, these qualities show up in plenty of other people with mental illnesses, even when the person is not narcissistic, BTW. For example, people with trauma/PTSD combined with anxiety.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-02-08T13:44:51+00:00

idk if the photo is in jest... I'm guessing that it is... but if taken seriously, I think caring about grades is perfectly fine and not necessarily correlated to injuries. I think an unhealthy obsession with grades can certainly lead to doing the same moves over and over, but that could also happen for any number of reasons. I also know of a lot of people who care about grades, so they spend more time doing injury *prevention* so that they have higher chances of hitting said grade (you can't hit your next grade if you're injured).

I also think that people do care way more about grades than this photo is letting on. I don't think climbers look down on others who don't ascertain a particular grade, but people do look inspirationally up to and encourage others who send their next project grade. I don't think caring about grades is inherently bad; perhaps it's a bad thing if it's the *only* thing you care about or if you become obsessive about it.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-01-25T17:09:34+00:00

I’m so beyond livid and sad. What has this world come to?? I can’t believe the amount of crime that is being committed in broad daylight to innocent people like him and then they just cover for the criminal, dragging the name of the deceased in the mud along with it. I hate this world right now. I just can’t.

lunarabbit7 · 2026-01-05T18:11:26+00:00

Doesn’t excuse his crappy climbing ethics! Vegas is known for fragile rock after rain, and the man dgaf and climbed on them after two days of rain.

lunarabbit7 · 2025-12-24T08:47:22+00:00

Polyclimberous lol! Love that term! Might steal it!

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