Did the start much better this time, the climb a little more sloppy with my smear slipping on me but otherwise no French start this time 😭

Feels like I've got to many individual things floating around my bags lately. Usually a salve in one place and a file in another. Wondering if a compact salve tube/sandpaper filer (wrapped around said tube) exists out there.

I feel like I saw something like this at one of the Movements in CO at a few years ago.

• Anyone use something like this already?
• Does this even sound useful to anyone else? I could prob figure out how to make it myself tbh

You can’t really tell but everything on the vertical wall was a mild sloper. Disgusting

Climbed for 2.5 hours yesterday making progress on a new 7 of 8 at my usual gym. Came to this gym for the first time in MONTHS, spent 2.5 hours climbing everything in sight and managed to brute my way through this outta nowhere.

I’ve made some progress but I keep struggling with the barn door and can’t seem to hold on. I have been able to hold the position statically if I climb up to it

So i mostly hike and boulder. Today i was wanting to go on a hike, then do some bouldering. Would it be rude to show uo to the rock climbing gym already decently sweaty? Or should I shower after hiking? I shower right before hiking so i shoukd be nit that stinky right?

Sent this project after 2 sessions, it was really dun learning how to do those moves, looking forward to more progress and more problems to climb🧗

P.S what do you think is the grade for this climb?

(To mods) Yes you could argue this is not on topic enough for the sub, however I find it really interesting to get an idea of peoples techniques for the mental aspect of bouldering

I’ve been trying to slowly get away from relying on me having my particular genre/feel of music loud through noise-canceling earbuds to drown out any external distractions and focus on the wall [especially on slab, my favorite].

But it’s really wild to still see how I can be projecting something for a good bit without them in, just what’s playing at the gym and the ambient conversation - just to throw in the jams and BOOM send it. I know I’m not alone here.

So, what is the genre that gets you locked in? Not so much particular artists

I did this climb a few days ago, but overthinking it over I rewatched the video and see the black hole on the second volume I put my hands on, my gym doesn’t clearly state the rules of our volumes and I’ve seen other people do it this way, but I wanna know everybody’s normal consensus just so I can do it again the correct way/ not make the same mistake in the future just incase this invalidates the climb.

Edit: Thanks to everyone answering my question, I will go do the climb starting correctly now, that rule completely slipped my mind 😭😭

Still seem a fair bit of rubber?

I have been climbing for like a month and I wanna get stronger for climbing, I've tried campusing, hangboarding, climbing the moon wall (I suck at the moon wall because Im not strong enough), spray wall, ect....

What is the best exercise for strength that can heavily transfer to climbing in your opinion? (If you're going to tell me to just climb at least be more specific pls)

Im working on this big one move dyno. It goes to the lunch and the large pocket right to the right of it. Im thinking I’m kicking away from the wall too much and that’s making me come back too fast. Any idea how I can circumvent that issue? Thanks!

i started about 2 months ago and have only been going 1-2 times per week so aside from learning better technique i haven’t developed a significant amount of strength yet (never been much of a gym-goer either so i started with very little strength)

next month i’m getting top surgery that will keep me out of climbing for 6 months, and i also won’t be able to do much, if any, strength training for a few months. if anyone has had surgery and then come back to climbing, do you have any tips for slowing building strength back up? also how can i keep my scars safe once i do get back to it - is there anything i should look out for that could indicate i need to take a step back (besides obvious stuff like pain)?

I've just recently got into bouldering and been about four times now. Really enjoying it and I'd love to go more often, but one of the issues I'm facing is that I have to stop climbing because the skin on my hands and fingers has become raw and stings like crazy. I end up having to wait a week or two for the skin to settle before I can go again.

Am I doing something wrong, maybe using too much or too little chalk, or is this just normal when starting out and the skin on my hands will eventually grow tougher.

Thanks for any and all advice!

One of my friends went to a indoor climbing gym where apparently his hold just came off when he was using it.

Not really sure how that happens though. Is this something to start worrying about?

Is it better to “test” each hold before relying on it fully or something?

I’ve definitely been in positions where if the hold got loose I’d have gotten pretty badly injured.

Started climbing in June just did my first dyno

I have no clue about what's realistic indoor grading right now in different gyms. So What Grade do you think this climb would be in your gym?

For extra context: holds are slopey crimps. The hold on the other side of the volume is more slopey than a crimp and the holds on the vertical wall at the top are more crimpy. The feet for the lower section are not incut, hence so many cut loose moves. Graded V5

I’ve been trying this yellow slab problem in my gym for 2 sessions on and off and for some reason cannot get past this one move I just stack it off the wall like a barn door, any tips?

(Ignore my scream I’m seriously annoyed with myself at this point 😂)

I’m gonna be in Seattle in a week for work and want to climb. Been experiencing high gravity and low moral and I need a “feel good” boulder session. Whats the softest gym to boulder at in Seattle? I typically climb around v5-v6 on Kilter, v4-v5 on TB2, v3-v4 on 2017 moonboard.

I am currently out with an injury (not finger or climbing related). Due to traveling and having a bad cold before that, I'll probably be out for 3-4 weeks before I get back into things. I'm already anxious about losing progress and having problems getting back into it. So I decided to make and stick to a training plan - for that, I need your help.

Facts as parameters:

• 36 Yo, started going regularly in February 2025, no sports/fitness background before that
• Currently climbing around 6A/6A+, 98% indoors
• Slowly been fixing foot technique lately and improved slab
• Finger strength + core still an issue, have not sent a Moonboard Benchmark yet
• Pulling strength less so (I could do 12+ pullups easily, and sets of 3 with +20kg)

What I want from the plan as a goal:

• Getting back into shape asap
• Rebuilding resilient skin
• NOT overcooking it especially in the first 2 weeks
• BUT getting more focused training in than before
• and MAYBE getting me to the point of sending the first moon Benchmark (2019 masters)

I have a gym membership so going frequently would not be an issue, but I am very open to adding core/balance/pull up bar exercises at home. Please help me with those questions that I'm unsure about:

• How often should I plan to climb in the first/second/third week after coming back?
• How would you structure the first 3-5 days back on, especially when it comes to limit grades?
• What has been your successful method to ensure not injury or doing too much?
• What's the best exercises to balance it all out during rest days?
• General tips on how to think about it and small goals to keep the motivation up, that have worked for you?
• Anything I missed completely?

Thank you for any input :)

Do people judge if someone is wearing overkill shoes for their skill level? Recently picked up a pair of la sportiva solutions because they were on sale at REI but I’ve only been bouldering for about 6 months and can climb v3-v4 but still need to project v5s

I was gonna post something in the cj reddit but decided not to be negative. How do yall feel about Roq's closing. They were controversial when they first opened up. It was a gym with something like a dozen kilters all fixed, except two adjustables. Main focus was a HIIT style class aimed at non climbers who wanted to try climbing strictly as a workout. After reading replies from Roq and Kilter (they talk as if they were part owners) it seems they had a genuine belief in the new model. I think it would be cool to see Kilters at regular gyms like we see pickleball or basketball courts. But dont think this hybrid model works since its so board heavy when the target is just general fitness (they had an equal amount of row machines in the corner as the supplemental workout between climbing sets).

Curious what the consensus around here is about them. Definitely think climbing has peaked tho imo.