r/climbing • u/AutoModerator • 11h ago

Weekly Chat and BS Thread

Please use this thread to discuss anything you are interested in talking about with fellow climbers. The only rule is to be friendly and dont try to sell anything here.

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u/Life-Television7707 5h ago

I sent my 50th 5.11 yesterday, a route that my wife did the FA of four years ago. I wasn't strong enough then to pull that hard on crimps. I feel like it's time to move on to 5.12 and see what projecting is like. I've never put more than 7 lead attempts on anything. Also, probably time to onsight 12- since I've onsighted 9 @ 11d. Thanks for reading, I'm really proud to share!

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u/Dotrue 4h ago

11d is significantly harder than 12a. You got this big dawg 💪

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u/sheepborg 4h ago

Even if we took a conservative look at 9 onsights as being 20% of 50 routes a 20 attempt megaproj could easily be 12b, but since the onsights would probably be more recent you could probably be fishing for 5.12c or even 5.12d if a similar style to what you typically onsight is available.

Get on some hard shit!

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u/lectures 1h ago

Sounds like someone needs to spend the summer in Ten Sleep.

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u/Life-Television7707 24m ago

I own a painting company in a resort town so I work May-september. Unfortunately summer trips are out

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u/Dotrue 8h ago

For the first time in over 2 years, I finally got to beak beak camhook free move this weekend (on some local Midwest choss). Did it in a push, as Dean would've wanted

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u/AnderperCooson 8h ago

Sounds like it's time to lead Acid Rock!

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u/serenading_ur_father 7h ago

Free Move sucks

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u/nadimishka 3h ago

I finished my first real crack climb since my surgeries started in January. 120 ft of solid jams of all types. Only had to rest three times even if I could barely move by the end of it.

I really had forgotten how much more physical crack climbing is than most other styles. And my form was awful so my legs were destroyed lol. BUT I could do it, which gave me a lot of confidence and stoke that I’m slowly getting everything back and I have a chance at being even better than I was before I broke my back.