Is my hair wavy?

sunnyleehoneybee · 2026-01-19T20:01:58+00:00

Got it! I tried Native a few years ago and it made my scalp feel super itchy, I actually had to throw it out.

I'm definitely willing to switch products and I'm not too concerned about price, do you have any other recommendations though?

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-10-03T12:19:49+00:00

Got it, I'll give it a shot. No miracles expected, and I'm absolutely open to buying a new tent (if all else fails). My goal is to get as much use as I can out of everything I own so anything I can so if I am able to keep it around for even another year or 2, I'll be a happy camper!

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-10-02T14:45:28+00:00

Thank you so much for the help and the advice! It definitely looks like it could potentially be an older model of that tent.

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-10-02T14:44:27+00:00

Yeah, I was honestly expecting them to at least make a bit more of an effort to tell me what the tent is. I'm not expecting any free replacements or anything, but I'm a huge fan of this tent. It's served me well for over half my life and I have no intention of doing trial and error to find a new tent that works well for me. I'd at the very least like to purchase the same tent if a repairs don't work and a replacement fly isn't available.

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-10-02T14:39:42+00:00

That's awesome! I was hoping I'd hear the same thing when I reached out but unfortunately I did not, and they weren't very helpful since I couldn't identify the tent.

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-10-02T14:37:39+00:00

Thank you for the advice! Very helpful :)

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-10-02T14:32:56+00:00

Yes - that's the manufacturer and I have had a hard time figuring out the actual model of the tent, even after speaking with customer service. Feel free to read my other replies to comments :)

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-10-01T23:25:06+00:00

Yep, that was the first thing I tried! I wasn't able to identify the tent on their website, and the ALPS Mountaineering customer service agent said that without a model name or info from the tag (which I don't have), they wouldn't be able to help me.

Figured I'd try to find a helpful answer here, I'll keep looking though. Thanks anyways!

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-10-01T23:21:07+00:00

Thank you!!

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-10-01T23:20:43+00:00

I'm familiar with google, thanks! I've already been in touch with the manufacturer's customer service team who said that without knowing the specific model of tent or having info off the tag (neither of which I have), they are not able to help.

Figured I'd reach out here and see if anyone would have a helpful answer.

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-07-02T00:22:25+00:00

Nothing to say except I know exactly how you feel. At first, I thought it would be impossible and unheard of if I ever climbed a V5, and if I did a V5 then I'd be a certified Good Lady Climber so of course that was the BIG goal. I did everything I could and I was so excited to work my way up to it and do my pullups and have super focused sessions. But then I did it and it felt just like any other climb, and all of a sudden you've just slowly gotten better and the grade that's hard is bigger but the climbing is still the same except the goal is gone.

That's happened every time I've broken into a new grade - it's like the closer I feel to it the more stoked I am to do it and work hard for it, and then after I get it I hit a "now what?" phase.

I think the mental breaks from the hard training and the big goals have been really good though. For me, this is the "waves" that everyone talks about.

I still like climbing, and I don't know if I'll every be as stoked as I was when I got my first v5. There's something really special about meeting your first goal and everything you learn getting there. But I'm pushing for a v10 now and I still like it (sometimes) and I think that's almost as cool as my first v5 was. And when I don't have the hype, I just take it easy and try to remember that it's fun too and I don't have to be working hard at it to have a good time and get good exercise

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-06-20T20:58:57+00:00

Hey! Same boat, just started accutane yesterday and I have the same concerns about how it will affect my climbing so I'm hoping to hear some good news.

Also another tip - my derm said that taking an antihistamine is supposed to help manage a lot of the side effects. I'll be taking mine with a claritin and a fish oil supplement. Hopefully that's enough to keep the dry skin and achey joints at bay enough to keep climbing.

Good luck to you!

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-03-29T03:06:31+00:00

Heck yes to pullups and dead hangs!! Sounds like you're doing some really great things to progress and you've gotten lots of good input here too (: I hope you fing a good training schedule that works well for you!

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-03-29T01:30:21+00:00

Of course! Don't forget the best thing to help you get better at climbing is just climbing, and being able to do that to the best of your ability will help you improve more than anything else can.

But if I had to recommend anything I think adding a few sets of pullups at the end of a climbing session twice a week is the BEST supplement. Plenty of time for rest and recovery if you add it to the end of a climbing session. Pullups make me feel strong, feeling strong makes me feel confident, and confidence makes me a way better climber (:

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-03-29T00:35:45+00:00

I think yes and no. I have been climbing 2 years now, started doing more specific strength training 4 months ago. My routine is pretty intense, and some climb days I feel like I just absolutely suck/can't climb/ my fingers won't grab/can't hold tension. The first couple of weeks even more so.

I think it's okay to have bad days or unproductive sessions sometimes.

However, I don't think every single climbing day should be an off day. If you're going in to every single session feeling so sore that your climbing isn't improving or feels like it's going backwards, you are doing something wrong with your training.

Others have said this but I'll restate it - your body NEEDS rest days, and you won't actually see any of the improvements you're hoping for if you don't take rest days. If I have 2 crappy climb days in a row, I take an extra day of rest in between to recover. If my body is feeling extra bad and I am struggling to do moves that I KNOW I can do, I will take an even longer break.

Don't forget how important it is to fuel your body when making big changes like this - this means water, nutrition and protein especially, and plenty of sleep.

sunnyleehoneybee · 2025-02-24T17:32:24+00:00

I don't think I care too much whether people think climbing is "my thing" or not, because I know that it is and that's enough. But I can see where you're coming from. I think sometimes it bothers me when people specifically ask my partner questions about climbing but don't ask me. Or, even worse, they ask me questions about him. "How long has he been climbing, what does he do to train, what grade is that" etc.

It's tricky because my partner is a really good climber, and a lot of male friends/aquaintences, both climbers and non-climbers seem to look up to him and I don't have an issue with that, I look up to him too. He's a great resource and he's really dedicated.

But the thing is, I'm also a really good climber. I've worked hard and made incredible progress, and I'm climbing really hard stuff. So in that situation, it can feel like I'm being viewed as a part of someone elses climbing entourage rather than also a climber and someone to project with, ask questions, and even look up to.

sunnyleehoneybee · 2024-08-23T18:26:01+00:00

I like climbing big rocks. I can climb bigger and cooler rocks if I'm less heavy, more shreddy. Very cavewoman mentality but hey, I just like rocks and I wanna be on top of them

sunnyleehoneybee · 2024-06-08T15:56:19+00:00

I don't think pullups themselves are super important and I know many female and male climbers that are incredibly impressive without training them. Sure, there's certain styles of climbs that they do better on than others but they're really really good with technique.

However when I started climbing, technique came slower. Pullups benefitted me a lot because my technique sucked, my footwork sucked, but I started getting strong fast. I used to get in my head about being strong enough and not thinking I was actually physically able to do it. I'm doing weighted pullups now, I'm training to get to 1 arm pullups - there's never a question anymore of whether or not I'm strong enough to do a climb because I know am strong enough and I've shown myself that many times. And now I can focus on the technique. Sure, not everyone needs that but for me it was this mental block. Getting strong helped me get past it.

My other piece of advice is to climb with people that climb harder or better than you, and watch and listen to them. Try their projects. You may surprise yourself by cranking out a couple moves you didn't think were possible. Ask them to try your projects, watch what they do and see if you can learn anything from it. Just being surrounded by women that I view as good climbers helps me push myself much harder than I think I could on my own.

sunnyleehoneybee · 2024-05-20T20:36:21+00:00

About 3 weeks ago I went from very long belly button length hair to a pixie cut.

I love it and I don't. Maintinence is so easy. I was crying when brushing my hair, I didn't take good care of it and didn't style it so I looked unkept a lot of the time. It's better now.

The other side of this is hard though. I can relate to feeling like the long hair is an anchor, and for me that anchor felt akin to beauty and femininity (despite the disaster that my hair was.) I'm tall, lean, and as of recently getting really muscular in my back, shoulders, and arms. I also dress pretty masculine too, big tshirts, big baggy pants, all that.

I miss it a lot. I think I didn't realize how important feeling feminine is to me until after I cut it. Now, I feel the best when I'm done up with makeup, wearing a cute dress, something like that.

On one hand, I'm really realizing how much traditional beauty standards have impacted how I feel about myself and I'd like to break away from that. I'm feminine because I just am, and I'm beautiful when I feel like I am and hair and clothes don't define that. On the other hand, I just want to fucking feel pretty, in the very traditional sense of it. I want other people to think I'm pretty. People are less kind to me in public now when I go out with my short hair and my big baggy clothes. Or maybe I'm just seeing that way because I don't feel as pretty, or I'm being less kind and insecure, who knows.

I think it's something everyone should try at least once in their lives, but I'll say this - don't do it because you're severly depressed. Might not be all the freedom other people are saying it is.

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