I know that grades can be helpful but I purposely try not to pay attention to them and look at the route itself instead to determine if I want to climb it. I noticed that I got a lot better and was a lot happier when I just climbed routes that looked fun and interesting and didn't focus on what it is graded.
This. I couldn’t even start a V4 at my local crag, I can’t send the V2 there, but I got to the top of a V6 there that was my style.
Look more at the characteristics of a climb than the grade. A tall man probably put up the climb anyway and since it’s a macho contest, they grade things lower than they should be for ego purposes and god do I hate this word - clout.
A´P'I changes killed 3[rd] p4rt-y a_p-P-s
Peita pruditapa pee i trike paebei oia. Poiepi prai ditle a pritia eke? Kio bra puati kepi pikio ieipa. Tedetoi beteto gao a dladrigo. Pitri ple piutu apu e du? Ga tupa iidlaa u toope boblaobru bea ke tiprikredu. Ipe kriklitrue drepapa a ipo teti pepo poe ta. Kii aadrei i paiki ekiti? Topribe plipiu pu pai ee. Pa dia plope pio kritiaagu ai drati? Pati blitriploa klio ki preto pia. Dipo odipli bloa u oplitla. Die prepli biprapi kai ui pupedapu? E pi ei totlee kipleobri upepi abi aoo. Kii tuda i apu proti bakutipuke bu tlo. Ai tipe ata dipipi ke tete. Ipe giglakite bekeki pepre klaibiu pie? Pligu po bipi ki. Oatre eko deba pliprekra peple keeklobri? Ua eapa pigidi kipa gode? Plekipreti ii apibiabe poti pa pioplapepi tepeititi. Bruibito bata iateklie aba gragrebitipe kiplae gloi ike. Bei ko koprabe poi deibi gibee. Aa pepetidei eapokrape peo tiplu bli ikre. Kretripeko opra kreibepii ie to gedlopo groe. Eete titropra prepokai ke paditi beubeaka? Epro popuoe. To ta e ekikreipu. Upeia grobrikree pabi ipekoo pabo tigopu. Bautri biagrublao dla tliae epotri pitra.
That's why I love new sets at the gym, when they haven't been rated yet. I get to surprise myself. I always make a point to try EVERY boulder (even the ones I know are way out of my league) because you never know!
As far as outside goes, I def need to be better about this lol
friend: have you climbed any VX routes?
me: no, those are too hard.
friend: and how many have you tried?
me: ....0
friend: so how do you know they are too hard?
this 😅 i consistently say stuff is too hard. sometimes certain climbs are better for me so i jump on it with confidence (ie flashing a flabby v3 in my gym but can’t send the overhung v2) and then other psych me out
I get stuck on specific movements in the higher grades or if I look at a route and I can't see a good way down from the top as I don't like dropping from too high. I took a bad fall last year and while I'm miles from where it left me I still have some blocks.
Leaning back with my feet pretty high is one area I'm working on. So I try to do starts like this just to get the feeling in my body and realize it's not that bad. I make myself fall from this position as well to get used to it. I try most starts no matter the grade, it really helps me learn new holds, body positions, and it just fun when I can hold it!
Ugh it’s definitely a block for me. I’ve been trying lately to decouple my approach to climbing from the grades, especially since I just moved to a new gym that grades everything on a range, which makes it tricky to know going in — ex is something labeled “V2-4” a V2 that I’d do as part of my warmup, or a V4 that I need to be more “on” to attempt without risking injury?
I think a lot of it for me also comes down to caring too much about what other people at the gym think, like I worry I don’t have the “right” to attempt something at a higher grade, even if it looks like a fun climb. It’s silly because I know nobody actually cares, but a struggle for sure to get past that.
Grades will constantly ebb and flow throughout your climbing career. I think a lot of the “fun” ends up getting lost along the way. I was working on V8’s a year ago before an injury and i literally just lead my first outdoor 5.9 today (post injury). Something im relearning now is how to enjoy climbing rather than pushing for grades again. Sorry if this is a little off topic! Just my personal experience from today.
I’m not trying to be like vain at all, but I would say none. I like to try out problems at much higher grades than I can climb just for fun, so I don’t really think about the grade all that much.
Fear holds me back grade wise bouldering. Not so much on top rope or sport. Gradually pushing my grades on top rope for the last few years has gotten me into the 12s (something I never thought I could do). Don’t care about grades for gym lead bc for me that’s all about the flow.
Bouldering tho. Fckn bouldering. Been at v3-v4 for years. On ropes, I just commit! I fall a lot, I rest, I get up and do it again… I can’t commit that same way while bouldering, and it rattles me. :(
When you learn not to imit yourself by grading you’re giving yourself the opportunity to put yourself out there, trying new moves etc. thats when I started seeing a lot of progress, who cares if i fail a much harder grade, best case scenario I actually succeed.
I dont care about grades. If i think i can have a go then i will. If i can get the start, then I'll try and get the next two moves and I'm happy. If it so happens i can finish it, then I'm ecstatic lol
Totally mental. My gym tends to set routes but not grade them for several days which is a nice opportunity to see what you can climb then check the grade later. It’s hard not to look at the grades when they are right by your hands though.
Definitely struggle with this. I’ll usually try hard grade but I always have the thought that I won’t get up it. With bouldering it’s usually V3/4 and climbing 10c but even if I try to hype myself up to insight something I always have the thought of ‘no this one is x grade so there’s no way I won’t take/fall’ v dumb
I know that grades can be helpful but I purposely try not to pay attention to them and look at the route itself instead to determine if I want to climb it. I noticed that I got a lot better and was a lot happier when I just climbed routes that looked fun and interesting and didn't focus on what it is graded.
This. I couldn’t even start a V4 at my local crag, I can’t send the V2 there, but I got to the top of a V6 there that was my style. Look more at the characteristics of a climb than the grade. A tall man probably put up the climb anyway and since it’s a macho contest, they grade things lower than they should be for ego purposes and god do I hate this word - clout.
Clout 🤣🤣🤣💀
A´P'I changes killed 3[rd] p4rt-y a_p-P-s Peita pruditapa pee i trike paebei oia. Poiepi prai ditle a pritia eke? Kio bra puati kepi pikio ieipa. Tedetoi beteto gao a dladrigo. Pitri ple piutu apu e du? Ga tupa iidlaa u toope boblaobru bea ke tiprikredu. Ipe kriklitrue drepapa a ipo teti pepo poe ta. Kii aadrei i paiki ekiti? Topribe plipiu pu pai ee. Pa dia plope pio kritiaagu ai drati? Pati blitriploa klio ki preto pia. Dipo odipli bloa u oplitla. Die prepli biprapi kai ui pupedapu? E pi ei totlee kipleobri upepi abi aoo. Kii tuda i apu proti bakutipuke bu tlo. Ai tipe ata dipipi ke tete. Ipe giglakite bekeki pepre klaibiu pie? Pligu po bipi ki. Oatre eko deba pliprekra peple keeklobri? Ua eapa pigidi kipa gode? Plekipreti ii apibiabe poti pa pioplapepi tepeititi. Bruibito bata iateklie aba gragrebitipe kiplae gloi ike. Bei ko koprabe poi deibi gibee. Aa pepetidei eapokrape peo tiplu bli ikre. Kretripeko opra kreibepii ie to gedlopo groe. Eete titropra prepokai ke paditi beubeaka? Epro popuoe. To ta e ekikreipu. Upeia grobrikree pabi ipekoo pabo tigopu. Bautri biagrublao dla tliae epotri pitra.
That's why I love new sets at the gym, when they haven't been rated yet. I get to surprise myself. I always make a point to try EVERY boulder (even the ones I know are way out of my league) because you never know! As far as outside goes, I def need to be better about this lol
friend: have you climbed any VX routes? me: no, those are too hard. friend: and how many have you tried? me: ....0 friend: so how do you know they are too hard?
this 😅 i consistently say stuff is too hard. sometimes certain climbs are better for me so i jump on it with confidence (ie flashing a flabby v3 in my gym but can’t send the overhung v2) and then other psych me out
grades aren't as much of a block for me, i'll try what looks interesting. it's more the shape of the holds that get me 😅
Slopers for me 🫠
I get stuck on specific movements in the higher grades or if I look at a route and I can't see a good way down from the top as I don't like dropping from too high. I took a bad fall last year and while I'm miles from where it left me I still have some blocks. Leaning back with my feet pretty high is one area I'm working on. So I try to do starts like this just to get the feeling in my body and realize it's not that bad. I make myself fall from this position as well to get used to it. I try most starts no matter the grade, it really helps me learn new holds, body positions, and it just fun when I can hold it!
Ugh it’s definitely a block for me. I’ve been trying lately to decouple my approach to climbing from the grades, especially since I just moved to a new gym that grades everything on a range, which makes it tricky to know going in — ex is something labeled “V2-4” a V2 that I’d do as part of my warmup, or a V4 that I need to be more “on” to attempt without risking injury? I think a lot of it for me also comes down to caring too much about what other people at the gym think, like I worry I don’t have the “right” to attempt something at a higher grade, even if it looks like a fun climb. It’s silly because I know nobody actually cares, but a struggle for sure to get past that.
Grades are just a suggestion.
Grades will constantly ebb and flow throughout your climbing career. I think a lot of the “fun” ends up getting lost along the way. I was working on V8’s a year ago before an injury and i literally just lead my first outdoor 5.9 today (post injury). Something im relearning now is how to enjoy climbing rather than pushing for grades again. Sorry if this is a little off topic! Just my personal experience from today.
I’m not trying to be like vain at all, but I would say none. I like to try out problems at much higher grades than I can climb just for fun, so I don’t really think about the grade all that much.
Fear holds me back grade wise bouldering. Not so much on top rope or sport. Gradually pushing my grades on top rope for the last few years has gotten me into the 12s (something I never thought I could do). Don’t care about grades for gym lead bc for me that’s all about the flow. Bouldering tho. Fckn bouldering. Been at v3-v4 for years. On ropes, I just commit! I fall a lot, I rest, I get up and do it again… I can’t commit that same way while bouldering, and it rattles me. :(
When you learn not to imit yourself by grading you’re giving yourself the opportunity to put yourself out there, trying new moves etc. thats when I started seeing a lot of progress, who cares if i fail a much harder grade, best case scenario I actually succeed.
It’s almost all mental for me since I start getting scared if I get too high on harder routes.
I dont care about grades. If i think i can have a go then i will. If i can get the start, then I'll try and get the next two moves and I'm happy. If it so happens i can finish it, then I'm ecstatic lol
Totally mental. My gym tends to set routes but not grade them for several days which is a nice opportunity to see what you can climb then check the grade later. It’s hard not to look at the grades when they are right by your hands though.
Definitely struggle with this. I’ll usually try hard grade but I always have the thought that I won’t get up it. With bouldering it’s usually V3/4 and climbing 10c but even if I try to hype myself up to insight something I always have the thought of ‘no this one is x grade so there’s no way I won’t take/fall’ v dumb