#leadclimbing — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #leadclimbing, aggregated by home.social.
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...So yesterday was "New Roof Day" at @WhiteSpiderClimbing - always a fun time as it doesn't happen so often. So many fun routes and a great set, but 5(ish) laps of the roof didn't leave enough left in the tank to try the hard ones; next time, maybe! Thanks to Jon for the belay, company, and enthusiasm.
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One from the "Try hard at White Spider" collection... Been a little broken since Nice; tweaked my elbow when I came back and it's been niggly since, so I've put the try-hard on hold a little. With the elbow complaining less, I figure it's time to apply a little and see. The cave was both a project and test - had had one session at it and struggled transitioning to the wall and also completing the final sequence but found it didn't tweak the elbow too much (no lockoffs!). Tuesday was cave day... Thursday was back to crimpy routes likely to tweak the elbow. Luckily the cave looks like it's up another month for another session, and the route seems doable with a little practice and try-hard. We'll see!
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Had a flash go at this one when it was fresh and the route card wasn't up yet and got a little sandbagged. Still, it seemed pretty do-able... The route card now says... "What number is this, Chip?" (<Monkees joke)... Let's see...
With the new, improved, Paul Stoneman on belay.
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Is 10 minutes enough time to recover between hard flash attenpts? Probably not, but oh, well! This one was just too tempting, and I was hoping the anecdotal evidence of it being easier wasn't wrong. Was it? Let's find out... Send or not?
Spoiler alert (or is it?): Thanks to Jon Koplin for keeping me alive with a solid catch!
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Loving the new @whitespiderclimbing compwall set; nice progression and interestingly different from recent sets. Did all the "easy" ones last week and the wall's mostly been out for other setting when I've been in since, so now it's time to try nearer the top of my flash-grade. This blue has big @gazparry energy (lacking footholds, especially the crux!)... Or maybe @alex_patterson_climbing was just channelling him! 😂 Great route either way!
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Fun, crimpy, mini-(hopefully)project from @YannGenoux @WhiteSpiderClimbing reckon I have a decent shot of sending in a couple more goes if I can just fix my dodgy shoulders, save a little energy, and nail that fifth clip...
With thanks to Jon and Shan for the belays
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Great new(ish now) routes from @EmmaTwyford - all three lines are really fun movement, right from the blue 5+ up to and including the green 7a I haven't sent (yet!). Even the swirly 7b looks try-able and fun. I always find the fortune-cookie pockets on this orange 6c almost exactly the wrong shape for my fingers, but the route is much fun that in this case it just makes it better. Proof positive that @WhiteSpider needs to get Emma in a bit more often; it's been too long since we had a nice variety of Emma's techy routes to play on.
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Happy to get this absolutely banging route (strong candidate for current "fave in the building") from Yann Genoux almost completely set with some of my (usually) least favourite holds, the Simpl volumes, which kinda need good body position unless you're super strong (I'm not!)
Took a mo:
Go 1; dogged all the moves
Go 2; pumped out at the big sloper on the penultimate volume
Go 3; pumped out setting up for the dyno and sent in 2 parts
Go 4; missed the dyno
Go 5...
Well worth the effort and so satisfying to send smoothly (apart from the last move...)
Excellent belay on goes 4 and 5 by Jeremy (and on go 3 by Shan)
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CW: Innsbruck 2024 LeadClimbing Finale Women
Amazing performance by Ai Mori with her top of the lead route in the finale. #AiPowered
And heart stopper clip to gold by Janja Garnbret with 2 seconds remaining on the clock.
#Innsbruck2024 #LeadClimbing #Finale #Women #climbing #SportsClimbing
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Hard is Easy's latest video on #climbing falls was just released! Part 1 of a *very* complicated topic.
Kudos to him for taking a topic with so many moving parts (literally) and condensing it into some key takeaways. Not an easy feat.
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I recently got the opportunity to take a #Mammut Smart out #climbing at Rattlesnake Point, and jotted down some thoughts.
tl;dr — I consider its grabbiness is a feature; its design purposefully counters at least two failure modes with the GriGri; carabiner choice matters.
Love it. Exceeded all expectations and then some. Serious contender to #grigri
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I recently got the opportunity to take a #Mammut Smart out #climbing at Rattlesnake Point, and jotted down some thoughts.
tl;dr — I consider its grabbiness is a feature; its design purposefully counters at least two failure modes with the GriGri; carabiner choice matters.
Love it. Exceeded all expectations and then some. Serious contender to #grigri
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I recently got the opportunity to take a #Mammut Smart out #climbing at Rattlesnake Point, and jotted down some thoughts.
tl;dr — I consider its grabbiness is a feature; its design purposefully counters at least two failure modes with the GriGri; carabiner choice matters.
Love it. Exceeded all expectations and then some. Serious contender to #grigri
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I recently got the opportunity to take a #Mammut Smart out #climbing at Rattlesnake Point, and jotted down some thoughts.
tl;dr — I consider its grabbiness is a feature; its design purposefully counters at least two failure modes with the GriGri; carabiner choice matters.
Love it. Exceeded all expectations and then some. Serious contender to #grigri
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I recently got the opportunity to take a #Mammut Smart out #climbing at Rattlesnake Point, and jotted down some thoughts.
tl;dr — I consider its grabbiness is a feature; its design purposefully counters at least two failure modes with the GriGri; carabiner choice matters.
Love it. Exceeded all expectations and then some. Serious contender to #grigri
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I never really post #climbing action shots, despite how much time I spend at the #ClimbingGym. Blue route was a surprisingly awkward 5.10, and the orange was a very soft 5.11 that I would suggest is also a 5.10. On-sighted them both!
Very happy with my progression the last few weeks. Currently able to flash the occasional V5 boulder, though I should mention my gym is notoriously soft on grades.
Planning to finally get #LeadClimbing certified soon. It is time!
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Topping out this overhang was so much fun and felt rewarding. I'm resting my arms before climbing out the overhang.
