just wondering if there are any other climbers in the uni community
im pretty new to the sport
come and talk about anything
ive done some rock climbing. i wouldent say im an avid climber but ive done a little.
Iv done a little but I feel I may be doing quite a bit more because theres this girl I like who climbs 
nice. get good and show off! haha good luck.
Is this about indoor or outdoor climbing?
I’ve been climbing indoors for quite some time now (2 to 3 years, I believe), and love it. Toronto has so many great gyms, its hard not to take to the sport immediately.
And is it just me, or are rock climbing and unicycling complimentary in their skills? Rock climbing improves strength, while unicycling improves balance, both of which greatly compliment each other. Perfect!
I agree, rock climbing keeps me stonger while unicycling gives me more fitness and balance.
I mainly focus on outdoor climbing but when i cant i go indoors
im fairly new to climbing but over my summer break im going to be training up in both climbing and unicycling
What are anyones highest level of climb? where have you climbed before?
I’ve been climbing for 5 years or so now. Good times. I’m not a great climber yet, and I probably never will be, as I don’t put a lot of time and effort into it anymore. I toprope 5.10 and lead 5.8.
I don’t know much about the sport at all, but I have gone Deep Water Soloing a bunch in Summersville, WV. It is always fun climbing out there and since I don’t have any gear, freeclimbing over water lets me experience the sport somewhat safely and cheap. I want to take some courses though and learn about it so that I don’t have to wait till summer to climb each year hah. After taking a few courses and trying it out once or twice I will decide wether to commit to buying all the gear or not.
prior to kiddos I climbed a lot.
led/onsight 5.12ab red point 12cds
some memorable trad moments… but mostly sandstone sport.
My wife proposed to me rock climbing…(if i had said no, i would not be here today… she was belaying)
now, id be lucky to onsight a 5.10d finger strength has gone…
Muni is about perfect for my free time alloted in the shcedule each wekk, but once the kiddos fit harness and can follow direcvtions/ AND show interest, then off well all go…
Corbin and I have been climbing for years. Lucky me, one of the world’s most famous climbing venues (Yosemite National Park) is just a few hours from my doorstep. We’ve got baby cliffs all the way to 3000 ft. big walls, and everything in between. Just 1 hr. to the north, Touolumne Meadows offers a plethora of high-altitude alpine peaks for the adventurer… climbs that’ll give you views most people only see from the window of an airplane.
Like unicycling, there are always challenges to be overcome in the sport; no matter how experienced you are, there will always be climbs that will test your limits… of endurance, strength, technical ability and courage. No other experience has frightened me more than climbing, and at the same time, no other experience has been more exhilarating or rewarding. I guess the two feelings go hand in hand.
That being said, there is much, much more to climbing than “chasing numbers”. A climb’s rating doesn’t tell you a whole lot about the experience one has in climbing it… there are climbs that lack protection or are difficult to route-find and features that require special technique (such as offwidths).
The Yosemite Valley has had climbs established 10, 20, 30 years ago. The ratings then aren’t like the ratings now. I’ve seen “5.12 sport climbers” flail on a 5.10 finger crack, be completely baffled by 5.9 offwidth, and piss their pants on an old-school 5.8 climb with 40+ feet between protection. As I said, numbers don’t tell the whole story.
I’d say the hardest climb I’ve been on was the NE Buttress of Higher Cathedral. Eleven steep, steep pitches with everything from delicate face climbing to burly offwidths and squeeze chimneys. And it’s only rated 5.9. I’ve done lots of 5.10s and even a few 5.11s, but the NEBoHC trumps them all.
There’s tons of balance involved in rock climbing… just ask Kris. Rumor has it he was a climber before becoming the world’s greatest unicyclist.
I dont d omuch but Im pretty decent , but it is so much fun
i concur with maestro about the number chasing game… there is quite a bit of range within a number especially when you factor in climbing style(personal), rock type, climb type, lead type or top rope, etc… however, the number system does place a climb within a ballpark, albeit a fairly large ballpark. (and ballparks are typically generalizable for the same crag/site)
My “hardest” climb was 5.10- trad lead at city of rocks, the crack went from off width (very short stint thankfully) to hand/fist to finger… to nothing. the climbing was not so hard, but the gear placement was awkward, and then there was a huge run out i did not know about at the top. Psychologically hard. for me at least.
My favorite climb was a boulder problem… total slopers… took me over a year to finally get it consistently… short and fun.
I too enjoy climbing. Living in Maine the local crags aren’t the best, but Acadia National Park has some spectacular 2-3 pitch climbs. Over the summer I got on the Whitney Gilman Ridge, one of the most well known ridge climbs in the East, located at Cannon Cliff in New Hampshire. This fall I did the Armadillo in Baxter State Park at Katahdin. It was very exposed and very fun. Here’s a trip report that someone put together.
Rumney in New Hampshire is great for sport climbing with definitely a lifetime’s worth of climbs…
Climb on.
I climb quite often, most weeks if and when i climb. Only ever second people though, up to E2 outdoors, sort of 5b as the max. I love it, but its becoming an obsession, training and fitness wise! only ever climbed indoors once! but want to do some training indoors now as well. I lead 2 scrambles, as a bit of practice, learning, but thats it leading! Going to Scotland in March, Winter Mountaineering, walking and climbing. Scared though!! :o
i like rock climbing, i just dont go often. 
there is a club near where i live in the univercity sports center and i have done alot of the walls there, or all except the overhangs and chinenys, i have never, and probably never get to the top of them:(
if you want to improve on streangth and ballance do parkour (free running) that is fun and can be done any where there are buildings, towns or cities, every where basicaly:D
I go climbing 3 times a week at an indoor climbing hall.
I especialy do bouldering, realy like the technical aspect of it.
Plus: it’s realy fun and a very good training for your body muscles.
Peter M
im part of the british mountaineering council now so i get a 10% discount in over 600 outdoors and camping shops!! i really need to go climbing again, i havent been in ages.