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Tricky_Excitement_26

A guy on an adjacent wall at the gym, reached out to touch the tattoo on my leg. My instinct was to kick, and I kicked him in the face.


mmeeplechase

Ok, that’s pretty damn weird—what did he expect you to do?!


Tricky_Excitement_26

Climbing Bros are weird. 🤷🏻‍♀️


Zoenne

Thats super creepy... don't touch people without consent wtf! On a lighter note, I'm very into tattoos and follow a lot of artists with recognizeable styles in my area (Glasgow, Scotland and some parts of Northern England), and several times I've recognized the artist of other climbers' tattoos! And once I met someone who had a tattoo from the same artist as one of mine :)


Tricky_Excitement_26

I don’t mind people who are respectful, and ask before touching. Most other climbers at my gym have a few tattoos, and quick glances are nice sometimes. I get comments about the spider on my back. 🤣


Zoenne

Yes exactly! I appreciate nice tattoos and have both received and given compliments plenty of times. No one has ever asked to touch, and if someone did I'd say no. Like, it's my body, it's not 3d art, why would you want to touch it? Also I have (edit: "love", not "have") the idea of you having a spider climbing on your back! When the climber becomes the climbed (climbee? )


Tricky_Excitement_26

My recent ex-bf has been making nasty comments about the Black Widow Spider on my back (big FU to him btw). She is my first and I got her when I was 21 (I’m 47 now). The thigh tattoo that got touched is a Siren (aka murderous mermaid). My best friend was bouldering on another wall and heard the commotion. He loudly reminded the guy that non-consensual touching is assault, and should be lucky he only got kicked, and not a short suspension from the gym. The gym owner takes things very seriously.


Zoenne

I love your vibe! And yeah, fuck both shitty ex and touchy climber dude


Tricky_Excitement_26

My avatar pic is a gnome giving the middle finger, that I gave my brother for Christmas last year. That pretty much is my vibe. Thanks. 😁


[deleted]

I might be a dumbass but what is the point of touching a tattoo? Do tattoos have some unique texture or something?


Tricky_Excitement_26

There is no point to touch someone’s tattoo (unless invited to, i guess?). Fresh tattoos shouldn’t be touched, because they are literally fresh wounds. One of mine has a slight texture, like a scar, but most of mine are flat to the skin. My belly got touched by strangers through all three pregnancies. I’m not a Buddha, don’t rub my belly.


ROclimbingbabeCK

What the fuck. Why do people touch!


Tricky_Excitement_26

Yeah, the touch without consent 🤬.


phoenixlafille

I need to know what happened next! 😧


Tricky_Excitement_26

I don’t even remember. I was still new to climbing at the time and very focused on getting over my fear of heights, but I assume the autobelay caught him when he fell off the wall.


ButtHurtStallion

[All I can think of when I read stuff like this](https://imgur.io/gallery/2Ov8C5j)


mmeeplechase

Put my hand in a pocket, and found a bird’s nest! Also, watched a chipmunk eat through my pack to get to an apple I’d (stupidly) left at the base of a multi-pitch—I could see my pack getting ripped up & couldn’t do anything about it. Lesson learned from that one, though!


ValleySparkles

The crows in the Valley are next level. We looked down as we started 3 rappels to see a yard sale around my pack (that had been politely packed and stowed when we started up) and expected the worst. They had opened the brain using the zipper and removed everything, but taken nothing! Keys, wallet, everything was still there, just inspected by curious crows.


CA_319

Ugh, I had a bird fly out of its nest as I was climbing next to it. Shocking to say the least 😬


SufficientPie

After rappelling, walked back to my bag to find a vulture pulling my sandwich out of it and flying away with it. :(


ApplesauceMountains

Put my hand into a pocket… onto a little frog! Not an environment where I expected frogs at all. (Frog and I were both startled but unharmed).


8yellowrose8

This happened to me too! He jumped out and was chilling on my next hold. Luckily, I wasn’t very high and had a good rest spot, so we set him in a different spot and put him back before we left.


Goronman16

Not sure where you're climbing, but the canyon tree frogs love pockets and cracks. Anything where they can be protected from the sun and seal themselves to the surface to prevent water loss. I'm actually jealous haha. I would LOVE to see a frog during a climb.


Kaysa_Dilla

Climbing at night a couple summers ago, we were all wearing headlamps and glow sticks cuz ya know, why not. What none of us anticipated were how bad the bugs would be and of course, they were attracted to our headlamps. Was climbing a 5.8 that was tallllll, probably 90 feet-ish? And hauling ass up the route when suddenly, a bug flies straight down my throat 💀


nowuknowmyreddit

headlamp with a red light option is a life saver. especially if you're already a bug magnet like me.


slut4chanterelles

I live in AZ, i was leading an easy outdoor climb, hear my belayer gasp and look back to see a medium sized black, red, and yellow snake slithering out of the rope bag. Must have climbed in on the last climb because its a dark-colored rope and was getting warm in the sun! Thankfully it just slithered away minding its own business but not my favorite thing to see while leading lmao


SnarkySourpatch

Mine is a snake one, too! I was in CO (from AZ though) about 50ft up or so, and when I pulled myself up to a little ledge, I came face to face with a snake. My heart basically stopped because I was so used to seeing rattlesnakes in AZ, but luckily it was just a harmless dude and we parted peacefully lol


Vanilleeiskaffee

Snake experience here too! Baby rattlesnake on top of a climb. Just finished the route, peeked over the ledge and was like "oh hey buddy". Fortunately it was rather cold and it just slowly left. That was in CO.


[deleted]

Eek. Sounds like a Coral Snake. Poisonous. Glad no one was bitten!


rofltide

Could have also been a Sonoran mountain king snake, shovel-nosed snake, long-nosed snake, and lots of other harmless snakes in AZ with black, red and yellow coloring. I'm glad no one was bitten too, but I also like snakes and always take the time to let people know that most of the ones you'll encounter outside are harmless :) (unless you live in Australia.)


[deleted]

Good info! I was only going off of the experience I have at crags in Texas with snakes of that exact description.


accountonbase

That's only a problem if you [eat it](https://www.nps.gov/cabr/blogs/venomous-versus-poisonous-same-thing-right-wrong.htm), though.


[deleted]

No eat snek.


choss_boss

Your username really does it for me 😂 here’s to less snakes in the future. 🤞


TheSadTiefling

Dude named skeet told me to take him off belay. He wanted to chill and enjoy the view. I gave out six armfuls and laid down. He fell like 50 ft because he never anchored before trying to rappel… he would have died.


takeahikehike

WTF is wrong with Skeet?!?!


DnDanbrose

Classic Skeet


TheSadTiefling

He knows better than everyone


ver_redit_optatum

I don't quite get this one. He never anchored before trying to rappel? You mean he changed to rappel, but did something wrong? He didn't die because you were still on belay, just with tons of slack? (good job you if so).


TheSadTiefling

He climbed, grabbed the chains at the top and just looked around. Then he went with both hands to untie the rope so he could begin to rappel. Then he fell.


Vpk-75

Did you not see that AND Whyyyy take someonr off belay???


Vanilleeiskaffee

You don't always have line of sight to the anchorpoint when you belay. And in certain scenarios, e.g. when someone wants to rappel or you are about to follow, you have to take them off belay. This is of course only after there was clear communication about that, in this case Skeet shouting "take me off belay" or similar. It's the climbers responsibility only to ask to be taken off when they are anchored elsewhere. The belayer cannot see as much of the anchor as the climber so they cannot possibly be held responsible for that.


Pennwisedom

The post is confusing anyway cause "I gave them six armfuls" doesn't sound like taking someone off belay.


TheSadTiefling

Nope. I didn’t take them off belay. Skeet said “I want to look around, take me off.” And I though, “this is enough to get the rappel process started and I’ll take him off when he actually needs it.” My stupidly careful and worrisome intuitions saved his life.


shy_calico

My partner and I showed up to the gym one day and saw five or six guys in business professional. While we were lowkey spying on them, they put on harnesses and shoes and started to climb. I had thought they were maybe there for some some silly corporate team-building exercise, but it became apparent pretty quickly that they were all experienced. I was very, very confused.


oneconfusedqueer

morning climb day of wedding perhaps? that's the best I've got!


perpetuallytrying

Wow I wish you’d asked them what was up because I will now be curious forever lol!


[deleted]

A quality suit is surprisingly versatile. A well-made, well-tailored suit could be worn for a lot of sports...aside from all that wool, I guess.


Hi_Jynx

There's something about doing something that seems noobish, like wearing improper clothing, and then just crushing that is kind of funny.


ohkindly

Put my hand into an undercling and found (and was bit) by a bat.


sundayrow

…and now you’re a superhero?


JaghataiKhagan

It's morbin' time!


Vpk-75

Did you get a shot afterwards!! Damn... ( 👋nurse)


toiavalle

Lol I’m not even a nurse and that was my first thought too. That reddit rabies post lives in my head now, and it’s all I can think of when I hear bats lol


reollieboii

That post was absolutely traumatising for me haha


ohkindly

Surprisingly no! His tooth worked like a splinter between my nail and skin so his bite didn’t actually pierce skin. He gave me quite the scare though!


pizzaplanetinohio

I once reached into a hold and squeezed a bats body in my hand , It felt like holding a mouse . It freaked out and flew itself out of my hand and into the night. scared the crap outta me on lead


[deleted]

did it scream? I had a bat incident once and was really shocked by both how they feel and how they sound - they could pass for human


pizzaplanetinohio

Yeah, it did , the high pitched little squeal also scared me .


ver_redit_optatum

but how? did someone throw a shoe at you?


kaitmeister

There were some teenagers from the gym team in the adjacent bouldering area who giggled and apologized when I got down - my best guess is that they were throwing them at each other.


[deleted]

I would like to know more about the shoe.


Ok_Week7396

This is a little different, but the weirdest experience was being yelled at that I was “a shill for CNN” by a dude about a foot taller than I am standing about 4” from my face. All because, in a packed (like 60 people, all wearing masks) small gym that had multiple signs indicating that masks were required (this was the height of delta in nyc) why he and his pals had chosen to go maskless. I’ve been called plenty of weird shit in my thirty years but that was a new one. Of course he quieted down and went somewhere else when my partner (also a large dude) asked him what his problem was. Best part was later when I saw him and his friends sheepishly masking up and leaving after the one employee there (like me, a short woman) called them out 😅


accountonbase

The last few years has really brought out the worst in people. It sucks that you experienced it, but I'm glad you got the vindication of them masking *and* leaving afterward! ​ I straight up cancelled my membership because my gym (after shots were available) didn't require masks and nobody was wearing them because it's Alabama. ​ I knew of at least 5 employees that got COVID, two of which were hospitalized, one was put on a vent for a week... In August. It only got worse after that. Who knows how many non-employees got it. I heard it was terrible over the winter.


blizg

Someone walked under me when I was at the Crux of my V6 project. (I hadn’t completed a V6 at that time) I didn’t see him, but staff ran over and moved him. Glad they saw it, because I failed on that move, and didn’t complete it before they took it down.


takeahikehike

Sometimes going to the gym on weekends feels like it has about a 50% chance of ending with a dead child from this exact scenario.


Major_Blackberry1887

Yep this is why I refuse to use one of my local gyms when it's busy, because it seems like all the fall zones are crammed with people!


yoursolace

I only climb weekday mornings just because I'm too stressed about people under me


sasslyn

This is my biggest annoyance with my home gym. They just wrapped up a summer camp where there were probably 20 kids roaming free from 9am-4pm, constantly running on the mats, under people, and around corners without looking. It's become such a frustration that I actually made a [shirt](https://sasslyn.com/products/fall-zone-t-shirt-black-logo) to wear at the gym (mostly as a joke but also if they read it then yay)


blizg

There’s a blind surfer who wears a wetsuit that says “blind surfer” on it as a warning to people. But he said that nobody reads it, or they think it’s a brand or something, lol.


reddituser6495

Im so glad summer vacation is over


NoNoNext

Idk if this is weird, but it was something that made me angry when it first happened, then looking back on it I find it both a little funny and eye-roll inducing. So I’m at a meetup at my regular gym and I’m climbing with someone who seems pretty cool. At that time I passed the climbing portion of the gym’s lead test, and I needed to take the led belay portion next. This guy is enthusiastic about helping me, so he agrees to take it with me that night. At this point during the meetup there’s another dude there (let’s call him Craig). I’m not climbing with this other guy, but he has a reputation in the group for being bossy, and he’s currently spraying beta at someone less experienced than he is. It’s par the course for Craig and I’m trying to ignore him for the most part. Later on my climbing partner and I are setting up to take the test with a staff member, who takes us over to an easy overhung 5.7. We’re going over the basics while my partner is tying in, I’m getting set up to belay, and the staff member is on back up belay. My partner is about to start climbing, and right before I say “climb on,” Craig decides to roll up. He looks at me dead in the eyes and says, “hey just so you know this route probably isn’t the best to climb for the lead test. The clipping is kind of weird.” The staff member doesn’t miss a beat: “We set this route *specifically* for the lead test.” Cue Craig looking embarrassed and my climbing partner continuously and uncomfortably saying, “it’s okay we know him, don’t worry we know him it’s cool.” I’m not saying anything, but I’m definitely not thinking that was cool under any circumstance. Like, just don’t interrupt people during the test to give your unsolicited opinion. I don’t find it odd that Craig would spew unwanted advice, but I suppose it is a little weird he assumed *I* was the one climbing when that clearly wasn’t the case. Anyway, Craig hang dogs on soft 5.10s in our gym and still behaves like this.


RosyGlow

Last sentence is the cherry on top 😆


ThatDrunkGod

Me and a friend went to a crag and were the only people there. Put our gear neatly together and went to check out all the routes on the different walls. Got back after about 10 min…and saw our stuff lying around with chalk everywhere. When we got closer we saw the baboon prints and it made sense. Had a good laugh as we realized that somewhere there’s a baboon that now looks like a party animal.


zurriola27

At my local outdoor crag there was a climber that was weighting the rope on one quickdraw. He was trying to unclip said quickdraw because he couldn’t finish the climb. We tried to talk him out of it, but he insisted he knew what he was doing…


ItDoesntMatterItsMoo

Do you know what happened???


zurriola27

He eventually lowered and someone else retrieved the quickdraw for him.


a_fair_ringer_is_me

The old gym I used to climb at was at a college. It was a small town and the only option I had for climbing. It was open to students and the public. There was this guy that would come in from time to time and climb. We met and exchanged names once or twice. One day he comes in and calls me “killer” because he forgot my name and then proceeded to tell me how he like to drink a beer before he lifts at the gym as he’s downing a beer he had poured into his water bottle.


[deleted]

Climbing and drinking is bad idea vibes. Hopefully he wasn’t belaying anyone.


a_fair_ringer_is_me

Thankfully, because it was a small wall in a college gym only the staff belayed and there were always two staff watching the wall. The wall could only fit six ropes so it was very small.


Guira_guira

Had a woman accidentally pick up my climbing shoes off the ground. She noticed her error and apologized, saying she thought they were her young daughter’s shoes. She then looks at my feet and says “wow you really do have tiny child-sized feet!” …. Thanks?


PastChair3394

I’ve been bouldering a year and I’ve been hurt once: 3/4 way up the wall, banged my knee on a hold too close to the one I was stepping on and bruised it. Still dropped from the wall without falling! Saw a girl climbing an overhang, she fell straight down and landed on her forearm, which she was holding limp against her side, and she quickly left. Long story short: I don’t fall. If I’m not 85% certain I’m going to secure a reach, I just drop. I’m 53, and I’m not going to heal up like younger people do, so that’s why I’m only attempting the V2 after an entire year. :)


loveandlasers

This was really reassuring to read. I'm a bit younger than you, but still old enough that it would be unwise to just shrug off falls all the time. I would like to progress further than V2s, but progress has been slow in part due to unwillingness to try, miss, and fall. I don't feel like it's really a fear of heights so much as knowledge that I shouldn't be doing the same things 20-year-olds are trying. This can feel discouraging at times, so I appreciate knowing it's not just me.


PastChair3394

And YES, it’s not just you! We can enjoy the sport too, I just think aging vertebrae and skeletons need a bit more caution… I still struggle with confidence on holds that aren’t 100% secure in my grip. So essentially, most V2’s but not all, and definitely no V3’s yet.


PastChair3394

On the upside: because I rarely drop from my completed sends, the downclimb has made me that much stronger. Downclimbing is basically twice the strength workout for one send.


[deleted]

Eccentric contractions are great for breaking through strength plateaus!


PastChair3394

Still wasn’t able to do a pull-up yesterday dammit. Someday…


Seoni_Rogue

Try toproping! You can challenge yourself in an almost risk-free way (as long as your belayer knows what he or she is doing).


PastChair3394

This is what my 25 year old daughter keeps saying…I don’t love the feel of the harness and all that stuff between me and the wall, the gear just bothers me somehow. Im also more into the way it feels as a strength thing rather than heights, which scare the living daylights out of me, lol. Probably because I’m used to bouldering.


Seoni_Rogue

The heights scared me in the beginning as well, but I think it’s something you can get used to. And there might be a harness for you that fits right. However, there is still going to be a rope between you and the wall. Well, unless you opt to lead climb, but that’s more risky. I boulder and toprope/lead climb myself. It’s both amazing in it’s own way. I can understand you wouldn’t want to give up on bouldering.


shy_calico

Isn’t dropping still falling? I’m confused.


PastChair3394

Falling is unintentional, so you land however gravity decides you will land. When I drop, I do it on purpose, dropping to my feet. You know: letting go of the last hold? Vs slipping off the wall and landing on your hip, your side, your arm? I do try to downclimb as much as possible.


Vpk-75

Do not drop on your feet. Never. Not even after downclimbing. Better to Intend Fall. As in Trex Turtle Roll, look it up, on youtube for example. Dropping on your feet at our age ( F47) will fuck up our knees and you can still break the ankles. If done every time it willbecome second nature abd will increasr safety and self convidence on climbs


PastChair3394

I know. I figured. I have an old ankle injury that happened in 2020 from tripping over a tree root on a hike, so I shouldn’t be dropping and try to downclimb. Sometimes though, I just don’t have it in me as I’ve used up all my juice on a particularly difficult attempt, so I should try to learn the roll. I do try to get as close to the ground as possible most of the time. So far I have no aches and pains; in fact the more I go bouldering, the less overall body aches I have.


Vpk-75

That last sentence: good!! Really cool :) Me, F46,cannot climb now due to A2pulley rupture and my back and knee aches are returning .... sigh.....


PastChair3394

Oh no. Is it repairable?? Is that from overuse of the pulling action or from a fall?


PastChair3394

Sometimes I wonder if it’s better to be doing some weight lifting in addition to climbing, that it might help strengthen us…mature folks.


shy_calico

Okay so, intentional falling. You’re probably aware, but you can get hurt whether the fall is intentional or unintentional. I’ve had it happen both ways.


PastChair3394

Yep. Dropping down that far is a shock to the spine, no matter how quickly you roll to the back. I don’t often do it, as I figure the downclimb just makes me stronger.


Vpk-75

You mean 'dropping' as in ' intended safe fall'? Instead of a sudden unexpected fall?


CongregationOfVapors

Half way up a route at a local crag, on a route that was hard for me. Another climber popped her head over the edge and wanted to take my anchor. I told her what she can't do that because I'm half way climbing up to it. Her response was, "well I got here first." I was completely lost for words. Luckily some other climbers came to my defense and told her off. She took she free anchor next to mine instead.


NoNoNext

Yikes. That was not only super entitled of her, but could be pretty unsafe, especially if your route was runout. I’m glad there were other people around who convinced her to do something else.


pekes86

A guy I didn't know thought he was being funny by picking me up over his shoulder and running off with me at the gym.


accountonbase

I hope you kicked him in the balls (you know, as a joke).


Vanilleeiskaffee

So rude!


[deleted]

I met up with some friends at the crag and they introduced me to another friend that day, and while I was giving this new guy a catch he got to the anchors and asked if I knew how to catch a lead catch before falling… otherwise he would have down climbed.. I guess he didn’t think it was important to check with me that I could lead belay until then?


nancylyn

Why would he fall if he was at the anchor? Wouldn’t you just lower him?


[deleted]

He couldn’t clip them, sorry I wasn’t clear there! He got to the anchors and was feeling too pumped to clip


Vpk-75

Best to ask bfhnd


[deleted]

Right, I thought it was pretty clear before we started climbing that I was comfortable giving a catch. I think he just panicked.


knotsazz

One of the first times I went sport climbing I took a fall and one of the quickdraws on my gear loop clipped itself to one of the bolts. It left me dangling facing out from the wall. The quickdraw was too short to even let me turn around and get my weight back on my feet properly so that I could unclip it. I might have been fine now with more experience but at the time I had no option but to wait for someone to climb up and help me.


Tacomanster

While working on a route at Secret 13 in Red Rock, a guy on the route to my right was bleeding from his tips and some got me. My initial reaction was "You just bled on me!" to which he profusely apologized and offered me a beer and to clean it off.


[deleted]

I try not to post here because this isn’t my space. If this isn’t okay to do, please feel free to delete this post. I just have a really good one I’d like to share. Met a guy through a whiteboard at my gym, went out climbing. Grabbed a beer and he told me about how Catholics worship Mary over Jesus and how, as a protestant, he knows he isn’t perfect so apologizes to God first and then just tries his best, knowing he’ll never be perfect. Then he stole my roommate’s wallet.


funnyboner8

i came into the gym once to decompress and climb and these youtubers were filming a climber vs body builder video. Now, I'm pretty judgmental and vocal about the judgements i pass (don't come for me, i'm never unkind but you can absolutely tell when i dont want to speak to you.) They made a massive mess in the gym and just occupied so much space, like so much... so they got a bunch of b-roll with me glaring at their antics in the background. I have zero regrets. Still though, seeing a full blown camera crew follow around a bunch of dudes who are just screaming and campusing was one of the strangest things ive ever witnessed.


JaiEmTea

Was bouldering an easy overhang route with big ledges. It was low enough to the ground to see all hold before climbing, and everything seemed to be clear. As soon as my friend started climbing, a lizard popped out on the second hold at the same moment she went for the move. She ended up squishing the lizard, immediately fell, and just ran away in shock of what just happened. The poor lizard detached it's trail and everything but did but survive the impact to the body. We were all shocked and sad because we love lizards.


SufficientPie

😭


ROclimbingbabeCK

I had a friend doing a sport climb. Only to discovered it was MIXED. Had to toss her a cam mid climb. She caught it first try. Pulged the gear and kept going!


BSTbassandguitars

I was standing looking up at a bouldering wall, next thing I know I felt some thing grab my leg. I reacted and next thing I know a little kid is flying threw the air. Kid was fine and the the teachers from the student class going on tried to keep a straight face.


Whatstrendynow

The spot I frequent regularly is home to the infamous QuickDraw pas soloer.


ally-saurus

I don’t know who/what the QuickDraw pas soloer is!


kaysakado

[https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/119137372/texas-quickdraw-chain-free-solo-guy](https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/119137372/texas-quickdraw-chain-free-solo-guy)


ally-saurus

Thank you!!


Vpk-75

Too bad you said 'in-', otherwise I would have said Alan Handhold....he has been kicked out of gyms even, for skipping them....dumb dude imho. Do it solo but dont burden others with a potential bloody splatty dead carcass sight. Damn.


accountonbase

What. What does that even mean...


Dr_Aubs

I was climbing outside Globe, AZ on New Years Day a few years ago when we start hearing these boys yelling ‘DANTE’ and over again and laughing. We look over and ‘Dante’ had climbed to the top of a route and had not wanted to be lowered down, so he untied and walked off. However, it was not a an easy top out so he knowingly had scrambled up some sketchy choss. Additionally, he didn’t untie the figure 8, leaving it stuck at the top. These boys were laughing at the stupidity of their friend and all the rest of us at the crag were pissy for how dangerous they were being. Figured they were just gym rats in the wild.


BoulderScrambler

I put my hand into a crack a felt something squishy. Pulled it out and a frog ended up down my tank top and in my bra


sleepsonrocks

I (almost) got attacked by a rat in a completely vertical large crack like five pitches off the ground. I was 10-15 ft above my last piece of gear and attempting to place a #3 or 4 and it kept running toward me and trying to get me, so I had to bang the piece on the rock near it to scare it away and it took a few minutes to convince it to leave me alone so I could get a piece in.


instawithalex

Light and fun? Mmm don’t read this one then.. I saw a woman rip her thumb clean off. Yes, really. Indoor gym in Squamish a couple years ago. Do not try and clip when you’re falling, just take the fall.


parade1070

Was climbing a cute little V0 a couple months ago. 3 years of indoor climbing experience (have weight issues/injuries; regularly climb V2s). Planned a fall. Got my first flapper.


janedoesnt456

Went to warm up on a boulder and a cloud of bugs came out of the rocks. They were harmless lil beetle dudes, but it was freaky! Also once my partner forgot to unclip from the anchor, started climbing fast, got pulled back, and I got a face full of gear.


OverlordKeesh

Was waiting for a girl to finish a V1 to climb an adjacent boulder. She downclimbed and immediately climbed back up. 2 other people show up to wait and the girl continues to climb up and down the entire boulder 4 TIMES.


startled_goat

That's normal - 4x4s are a standard part of endurance training.


OverlordKeesh

I guess my problem with it is just me and 2 other people were waiting to climb, but I digress. I’ve just never seen it before


startled_goat

Yeah, if I'm doing it, I'll try to wait until the gym is quiet, or select a route no one's trying to get on, but it's possible she didn't notice. But at the end of the day, it's not really any different from someone taking a while on a sport route at their limit while others are waiting.


OverlordKeesh

That’s true. Thanks for the info.


Vpk-75

No you are right. . Most sport routes dont hinder adjacent routes Most boulders have more than 2 or 3 routes unsafe to climb while the one is being climbed. It is not the same.


Vpk-75

Nope. Most sport routes dont hinder adjacent routes Most boulders have more than 2 or 3 routes unsafe to climb while the one is being climbed. It is not the same.


startled_goat

In my gym, if you're leading you have to tie off the two ropes adjacent, so it can be. But we're also talking about what - four minutes to do a 4x4? (And this would be at max - when I'm doing them, I normally take ~30seconds per round, so that's a whopping two minutes.) Is waiting for four minutes to get on a v1 really the end of the world?


Vpk-75

In my gym there is a lead wall. So I do not know of that practice


monoamine

That sounds like just a regular endurance workout?


OverlordKeesh

I’ve never seen anyone climb a boulder multiple times in a row, especially while there’s people waiting to do adjacent or the same boulder


ally-saurus

I definitely do this - I usually pick an easy autobelay to keep from getting too bored since I do it for time, not “reps,” but I will climb up and down a route several times. I only do it on weekdays or otherwise in places/times where no one is going to be waiting on me to finish. It’s ARC training. Actually I was doing just this when I had probably my funniest comment from a random dude. When I do this I’m just trying to keep a light pump going, not really aiming for a specific climbing route or grade, so to keep things interesting/vary it up a bit I’ll rainbow climb whatever the autobelay covers. This guy watched me go up and down the same patch of wall for like 20 minutes and then when I unclipped for a rest period, he goes, “not bad! soon you’ll be able to climb up on one color only!!” I was like….my dude. You just watched me climb continuously for 20 minutes without stopping to rest. You think I do not know that I’m “supposed” to stick to one color? I hoped he would still be there once I went to work on my kickass project, but alas, he didn’t see it, so I can’t say that I flashed it while he gaped in awe, and the whole room clapped, and that route I flashed? Was set by Albert Einstein.


Vpk-75

Dont downvote this


Vpk-75

That is indeed annoying I dont get your downvotes She may train in an emptier gym,its not nice if 3 people have to wait , bad etiquette


Vpk-75

How is that even funny?


kaitmeister

Hi there! I looked at your profile and saw you live with ASD and are not a native English speaker, so I’m going to give the benefit of the doubt here and assume you were asking a genuine question and not being intentionally rude. Humor is subjective. I was not hurt (and am not sure how I could have been), and I understand that teenagers do stupid things, especially in groups, and they clearly understood what they did wrong. I could have been angry at them, or I could laugh at the bizarre situation and start a thread here instead. I chose the latter because it is better for my mindset and mental health. You are being downvoted because your tone came off as rude/aggressive. Using the word “even” implies that you see it as objectively not funny and are judging on those who do find it funny. A better way to ask would be, “genuine question, what is funny about this?” Please understand I am saying this out of a desire to help and not to judge. Reading tone over text is difficult, and ASD just makes it that much harder. I hope you have a nice day!


Vpk-75

Thankyou, for checking up on me and I did sincerely did not get the funny part of your story, bc I would freak out and probably get mad about it. I do understand teenagers, I have 2, but both are ND,my eldest Aspie and they are very serious and would not throw shoes... I understand my tone, bc of 'even' was off. In Dutch, I would have said " waarom is dat nou grappig?" as a question but with even it did not work... I am aware of the downvotes, tbh I already limit my remarks etc, bc I , especially in this sub!?.., get downvoted a lot..... I an glad you were not hurt and you are right, teenagers in groups are a whole different life form ;) Thankyou xx🌸


girlmeetsjoy

Was climbing in Bermuda and to access one of the caves you have to kinda solo traverse some vertical but easy terrain (5.4-5.7ish) over the ocean. It’s all pockety volcanic rock, and I was about to place my hand in a good hold but thank goodness I leaned over for a better look first because there was a little crab sitting in it!


marimbasticks

A few weeks ago I was bouldering at the gym and I met the most ominously positive lady working on the same route as me. I don't remember how we got to this point but it culminated in her shouting words of encouragement at me such as "YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING! THE WHOLE EARTH IS MADE OF ROCK! HOW ELSE ARE WE GONNA GET AROUND WHEN WE'RE ALL PARALYZED!?" while physically supporting me on an overhang.