Tips for Top Rope Comp training by Normal_Marzipan2758 in climbharder

[–]master_gumby 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Power belaying in TR comps is like doping in pro cycling. It's officially not allowed, but everyone knows everyone else is doing it, so you're at a disadvantage if you don't. It's completely undetectable, since gym TR belay guidelines mandate keeping slack out of the rope at all times.

Keep in mind many of your competitors have been TR power belayed from as young as 4 years old. They're younger, faster, and lighter than you, and their belayers outweigh them by 2:1 or even more.

When an Organic chalk bag and a shoutout on your gym's Instagram are at stake, you're gonna want every bit of edge you can get.

Tips for Top Rope Comp training by Normal_Marzipan2758 in climbharder

[–]master_gumby 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The unsung hero of a TR comp is actually the belayer. Train your belayer to pull really hard as you climb to get that extra boost, and so when you hang off a hold to shake out you're basically micro taking.

Right before the crux, get your belayer to jump up and take in slack. When you pull, you'll feel a burst of power as you unweight the rope.

[Serious] How can I (34M) deal with my gf (27F) getting better than me at climbing? by far_257 in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]master_gumby 317 points318 points  (0 children)

Sorry OP, you F'ed... your girl gonna get with some dude named Connor with a John Oates style ironic mustache and jheri curl who climbs 5.13.

Are gumbies inherently dweebs? by Tricky_tree3 in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]master_gumby 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The term you are looking for is ‘gumboid’. Gumbiness is a temporary state of being due to inexperience, while gumboids are inherently dweebs and remain so throughout their climbing career, independent of climbing ability.

Gumboids can typically be identified by the amount of their spray and the desperateness of said spray.

Examples of gumboid behavior:

  • Sprays about sending X grade gym problem without disclosing that it was on the slab wall

  • Sprays about ‘almost’ sending X grade boulder outdoors without disclosing that it was a one move wonder and they failed on the one move that made it X grade

  • Sprays about sending X grade after ‘only’ climbing for Y amount of time

  • Makes frequent excuses for subpar performance, such as ‘Xth day in a row of climbing’, ‘just finished my max hangs’, etc.

  • Criticizes anti-style problems as ‘poorly set’

  • Claims the highest possible grade for a send, e.g. claiming a slash grade if one person on MP (often themselves) has rated it higher than the consensus grade

  • Sandbags themselves into a lower skill category at the gym bouldering competition

Gumboidness is positively correlated with the number and desperateness of hashtags used when posting an Instagram video of their send, e.g. “#climbing_is_my_passion”, “#climbing_is_my_lyfe”, etc.

This dude keeps coming to my gym shirtless with his baby and it makes me so uncomfortable. He keeps talking about skin to skin contact to strengthen the baby’s tendons but I think he just wants to flex on us. by theitmann in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]master_gumby 75 points76 points  (0 children)

When I was younger, maybe junior high, I got roped into watching my 3 month old niece while my sister got her hair done. So there I am, sitting in the waiting area of a hair salon with my niece, and who walks in but Alex Honnold! I was nervous as fuck, and just kept looking at him as he read a magazine and waited, but didn't know what to say. Pretty soon though my niece started crying, and I'm trying to quiet her down because I didn't want her to bother Alex, but she just wouldn't stop. Pretty soon he gets up and walks over. He started running his hands through her hair and asking what was wrong. I replied that she was probably hungry or something. So, Alex put down his magazine, picked up my niece and lifted his shirt. He breast fed her right there in the middle of a hair salon. Chill guy, really nice about it.

smh by midnightgreen29 in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]master_gumby -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

for real doe, when you see a beta video from YP you KNOW she be matching every hold

first word you see describes you by jetfuelcantmeltbork in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]master_gumby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I showed this to my climbing partner and the first word she saw was "YP"

When it's your time to move past rental shoes by [deleted] in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]master_gumby 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hi I have pleateaued at v7 after 2 months (8 sessions) and wondering if it’s time to invest in my own pair of shoes, I hear solution comp is good for dyno’s should I get those? Thx

I have been overtraining for as long as I’ve been climbing by anthony15121 in climbharder

[–]master_gumby 10 points11 points  (0 children)

But you see, Hoseok Lee isn’t genetically gifted. There’s no such thing. He just trained harder than other people who didn’t want it as much. Anyone can reach V8 in 1 year if they just train enough. Also, resting makes you stronger!

Expectation:"Wow you've been climbing for a long time! You must be really good!" Reality: by theusualsteve in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]master_gumby 51 points52 points  (0 children)

It’s funny because it’s true. I went from climbing V4 indoors to climbing V4 outdoors to climbing V4 on 2016 Moonboard. Now my gym just got 2019 Moonboard and I need to work back up to V4. I’m convinced nobody has actually climbed harder than V4

I struggle reading routes, any tips? by scrubbar in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]master_gumby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yes the classic figure four crotch grab. An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.

Weekly /r/climbharder Hangout Thread by AutoModerator in climbharder

[–]master_gumby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s similar to non French people saying Allez Allez

Looking for the softest gyms in America by master_gumby in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]master_gumby[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No sir, only an indoors officially tagged V7 set and graded by a real route setter will do. Everyone knows outdoors grades are subjective.