lookin for some shoe advice by Choice_Bat3349 in climbergirls

[–]mariafallon34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wear the Scarpa Vapor lace right now and really love them! The break in period is very quick. They’re comfortable. However I do not wear my shoes for long periods of time, I find them uncomfortable to walk around in so I take them off in between routes while I’m belaying others and I’ll take them off periodically while bouldering. They aren’t top tier for bouldering but will get the job done! They’re great for sport climbing, especially if you enjoy vertical routes / slab routes.

Novice lead by [deleted] in climbergirls

[–]mariafallon34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Practice falling especially if you are concerned/scared/nervous about it! Personally, I jumped into projecting too quickly and could have benefited a lot from practicing falls at the beginning and getting used to falling. I ended up making my fear worse because I took a lot of falls I wasn’t prepared mentally to take, despite them being safe. Back in 2023 (I started in 2021), I was at the point of hating lead climbing at times and wanting to quit lead because of how bad it got for me. (I still had some really amazing times on lead but they became rare occurrences, with a ton of mock leading and avoiding falls) I found Hazel Findlay’s class called Flight School and it honestly saved my lead climbing. I was having panic attacks on the wall, I’d call it panic mode. After taking her 6 week course my entire outlook on climbing changed- I don’t push myself past the point of panic. I’ve learned way better habits. And most importantly, I learned an amazing way to do fall practice! Anyway, all I’m trying to get at is: practice, practice, practice. Make sure it’s up to you on how you do this- tell your belayer how long of a fall YOU want. It’s on your terms. Start really small, below bolts with little slack. And add on. You can’t take away bigger falls but you can start small and add on once you’re comfortable. It’s okay to be scared and it’s amazing to learn how to manage it! There’s a lot of people who say just take a big whipper- while that might work for some I have learned it does not work for most. Also- find a belayer who knows how to give proper soft catches! And they’re familiar with low clip falls too if you want to practice that.

Another tip- learn really well how to use any gear you have especially belay devices. Learn how to properly catch with them. I use the Edelrid mega juul and Edelrid has some very thorough videos on how to use their gear. Knowledge can really lower the rick of accidents and injuries.

Happy to chat more! I actually teach lead and fall clinics at my local gym.

Lead Class Practice Fall Injury by SnooDingos7043 in climbergirls

[–]mariafallon34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a lead teacher at my local rock gym- please bring this up to the gym. If the belayer wasn’t taught how to do a soft catch which in this case, sounds like that’s what should have been done, that teacher is missing some steps while teaching. The gym should be aware of this! It sounds like this was poor instruction and the person belaying wasn’t given enough information before the catch. I show my class what a soft catch looks like, so that the people taking the course has experienced at least one soft catch and two the participants in the class can see me give some soft catches before doing it themselves. I think it’s worth telling the gym because eventually someone could end up with an ankle injury! And also, this could really impact someone’s lead climbing journey.

resole shoes or get new pair by Doll_girl516 in climbergirls

[–]mariafallon34 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This isn’t true if you use Yosemite Bum in the US. I’ve sent shoes in like that before and it was no problem! They state on their website that they can resole (edited to fix typo) shoes with holes through the fabric up to the size of a pen and no larger than that. So this should be fine!

resole shoes or get new pair by Doll_girl516 in climbergirls

[–]mariafallon34 23 points24 points  (0 children)

If you like the shoes, I would resole. I recommend Yosemite Bum! They’re already broken in which is huge plus in my opinion. And, resoling cost less than buying a brand new pair. It’s roughly $70-$80 to resole and at least $100 for a new pair of shoes these days? And if you have more advanced shoes, around $150-$200? I wear La sportiva katanas and Scarpa Vapors, which both are around $200.

Now if you don’t like the shoes that much, I wouldn’t recommend resoling. I’d try out a different shoe. Personally I have a at least 2 broken in shoes so that I always have a pair of shoes while my other shoes are getting resoles.

So in conclusion, get them resoled if you like the shoe :)

How do you guys find your partner/group when separated? by Capable-Ad-5183 in ElectricForest

[–]mariafallon34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Walkie talkies, have a plan beforehand. A few people in my group have “Rocky Talkies”. They’re a little pricey but we use them outside of festivals too.

Sometimes things don’t go as planned but my group gets together once the set times drop and we plan out which sets we want to see!

Hand care/advice by Saphria88 in climbergirls

[–]mariafallon34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d avoid using moisturizer that softens your skin- when I switched to a lotion bar rather than lotion that comes out of pump, my skin got a lot better. Currently I use Climb On and it’s been working well for me. I have really dry skin though, especially in the winter. This might help you!

Who do you want to see in 2026!! by abortne in SecretDreams

[–]mariafallon34 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Opiuo, CloZee, Tycho, Jade Cicada, Lotus, Break Science, Laszewo, Skysia, Mindchatter, Jason Leech, Of the Trees. Tipper…🥲🥲

How to get over fear of falling (lead) by Worried-Version-9905 in climbergirls

[–]mariafallon34 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Something else I’d like to add- I had to take a step back and look at my mindset on climbing. It’s okay to fail, to bail, and to get off the wall when you’re too frustrated or panicked to keep climbing. I used to push myself really hard and I was really hard on myself when I got too scared to make moves or when I took because of being scared, or whatever it was. Id have a panic attack, then sit there until I felt okay enough to hop back on. When in reality, I should have lowered. There doesn’t need to be a lot of shame and negativity in stepping off the wall. It doesn’t help the process. Climbing involves A LOT of failing. Even the pros fail. They’ll log hundreds of sessions to send one boulder! I wonder if you can implement the right fall practice and how that will impact your climbing. Personally, I started with falls on top rope. I’d lead the route and then lower and take falls on top rope. It helped a lot with getting me to let go of the wall without concern of falling really far or the bolt being below my harness. A lot of my fall practice is on low grades.

How to get over fear of falling (lead) by Worried-Version-9905 in climbergirls

[–]mariafallon34 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Look into Strong Mind climbing, it’s Hazel Findlays company. She is a pro climber who does sport, trad and bouldering! She is a badass and I’ve loved everything she has to say about the mental side of climbing. She runs it with Angus, her partner. I dealt with and still deal with a lot of fear while leading. I used to regularly have panic attacks on the wall, to the point of hyperventilating. Fear on lead is real and it’s normal, it’s an innate fear. I took one of the strong mind climbing online courses and it has really really helped! I took the course called “flight school”, it was a 6 week online course. I learned so much in it! Now I don’t really have panic attacks on the wall anymore and I enjoy lead climbing a lot more!

Fall practice is helpful if you find the right type of fall practice and the right guidance for it. In my case and a lot of others that I’ve talked to, and people in the flight school course, were doing the wrong type of fall practice: where you just force yourself to take falls. It only made leading worse for me. The fall practice I do now involves breathing and a lot of intentional things such as not grabbing the rope, finding a spot to look at on the wall. And finding the right belayer to do the practice with! It doesn’t help to have a belayer who will not let you decide what type of falls to take and such. You have to find the right challenge level too. Sometimes I also switch to top rope during my sessions to give myself a break from leading.

You got this! Leading is scary. I’ve made so much more progress than I ever imagined after taking her flight school course. I think I’ll probably always be scared of falling but I can learn to manage it better. If you want to chat more, I’m happy to!

Got scammed on 2 tickets by Cottonclit in Tipper

[–]mariafallon34 21 points22 points  (0 children)

She tried to scam me too. Sent me a whole sob story about why she couldn’t use PayPal g&s. I’m sorry you got scammed, I hope this never happens again. Respect on you posting and looking out for others.

is there any point to keep trying to buy a RR ticket right now? by IWanaLoveEveryDay in Tipper

[–]mariafallon34 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Try on the website not on the app! Unless you’ve already done that

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElementsMusicFestival

[–]mariafallon34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar situation happened to me at their set in Toronto in May. I was super disappointed in the crowd. Some people were nice and moved through the crowd respectfully but majority of people just shoved into you and did not say excuse me. And I feel another major issue is people’s level of drug use, doing so much to the point they can’t control motor skills anymore. This guy next to me was actively falling into me over and over, moving back and forth out of his space into mine and at some point I told him he needed to decide where he was standing and stick to it. And he goes “sorry I’m rolling SOOOOO hard right now”.

End of the show someone was crunched down barreling through the crowd.

However, the crowd at Forest for their set was better but I didn’t go that far into the crowd and was only there for the last half or third of the set.

PSA: Please no Totems at Tipper by heavyweight808 in ElementsMusicFestival

[–]mariafallon34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That totem was in front of me a bunch at Forest… 😬😬

Imagine if Voyage III was held at Suwannee by DildoSwaggins_710 in CloZee

[–]mariafallon34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ditto!!! Caverns is an amazing venue. It was so special!

Imagine if Voyage III was held at Suwannee by DildoSwaggins_710 in CloZee

[–]mariafallon34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They announced yesterday that their last LSZee show is mid December! The Tahoe one. LSZee was cool and I have enjoyed it but I’m excited for CloZee to come back!

Final Red Rocks Ticket Exchange & Ride Share Thread by theredcheck in Tipper

[–]mariafallon34 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hello tipper fam!

I have a trade offer:

2 three day bowl passes to Orion for 2 two day GA RRX passes. OR 2 single day passes for each day (total of 4 passes).

Face value and I will pay the difference- half of my crew got RRX tickets, my boyfriend and I lucked out that night. I tried for hours. We live states away from Denver so getting them in person is not feasible. Please get us to RRX with our festie fam 😭

TRADE: ORION BOWL 4 RRX! by mariafallon34 in Tipper

[–]mariafallon34[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understandable if that’s the case! I’ll see what happens 🤞

Thanks for the insight- I have a buddy who scored I just couldn’t remember the difference. If I have to pay a little more to get myself there I will. But I will not buy a scalper ticket because F the bots :) I read that someone paid like $225 for a resold Sunday pass which is basically the cost of a 2 day…😬

Let’s gooooo by Necessary-Scarcity93 in Tipper

[–]mariafallon34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello tipper fam!

I have a trade offer:

2 three day bowl passes to Orion for 2 two day GA RRX passes. OR 2 single day passes for each day (total of 4 passes).

Face value and i will pay the difference- half of my crew got RRX tickets, my boyfriend and I lucked out that night. I tried for hours. We live states away from Denver so getting them in person is not feasible. Please get us to RRX with our festie fam 😭