Climbing

Anybody here a climber? Teach me about climbing.

what do you want to know senpai?

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How do I climb?

>find a cliff side or indoor wall
>climb
If you want to know about gear, you need to actually be there and do it yourself.

The lighter you are, the easier climbing is.
The one activity where being a gymnastics guru is considered a good thing.
You need to get really good at pull ups.
Grip strength is also essential.
The best way to get good is to climb easy walls, and move to progressively harder ones.

get a hangboard for training, helps alot. Don't over do it or your joints will regret it lol

use your toes on holds and keep your hips close to the wall as often. Legs are important.

Technique helps, but really it's just grip strength plain and simple. The better grip strength and grip endurance you have, the better climber you will be.

Also Climbing outdoors is way harder and will make you much stronger than gym climbing. Gym climbing is a fucking joke compared to outdoor. I always laughed a little at the people that spend day after day in the climbing gym and almost never went outside. The gym is just conditioning.

If you climb on the reg you will get bigger forearms than you ever have in your life. There is no person with stronger hands than a climber. Everything from the elbow down gets strong as fuck.

I would join up with some peeps that outdoor climb 1x to 2x a month. Try to make it a trip, the trips are fun. It's about the journey.

You'll need a harness, some shoes, some chalk, and a belay device. Without these things, people aren't gonna wanna take you with them, they don't want to be constantly giving you their gear.

Climbing has developed this "cool artsy" culture, similar to surfing, that is a little annoying. They have their lingo, and hipster style and shit.

I climbed for 2 years.

>The lighter you are, the easier climbing is

What's a typical weight for a good climber? I've always thought it would be something i would be good at. I'm 6' 170 and i ohp 165 and can do 15 slow strict pullups with full stops in between. I used to pole vault 15'6", which seems like something with transferable skills, but i weighed 145 when i was doing that.

Would i have to lose a considerable amount of weight to be a good climber?

My gym has a treadwall, is that any good? I've messed around on it a few times and I was dying after just a few minutes.

There's a touchstone gym near my work that is bouldering only, and another place that's not as convenient but has bouldering and rope walls. Is there much of a difference between the rope walls and bouldering walls?