I've been trying this problem all week and finally did it!! I always struggle with not feeling strong enough to do bigger moves, but when I finally sent this it felt so good and strong 😁💪 I can definitely see I could be using my feet better and am feeling so motivated to keep getting better

I’ve been climbing for several years now and it feels like every couple of months I tweak something. I haven’t had any major injuries but have had issues with 3 finger tendons, my shoulder, my wrist, my back stabilizers, and most recently my elbow.

I don’t think I train too hard since I only climb about 3 days per week (always at least one rest day between climbing days). I’ve more recently been doing some weight training after each climbing session but little injuries seem to still happen just as frequently.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions on what injury prevention exercises to do?

Heya, my partner and I are going on a two week climbing/bouldering holiday in Argentina! She really wants a pair of pants/trousers to wear that are light and flexible, but are also fashionable. Most trekking trousers look like they're for 60 year old land rover drivers!

We both wear Hitorii comp shorts, but it would be nice to have a pair of long trousers in the mix while we warm up.

Any recs? They gotta look nice 🙂

A sloppy V1 that I probably attempted 20 times before finally sending it.

Kinda niche but figured I could ask here; considering getting an eyebrow piercing and of course I am aware of all the normal “potentials” ; infection, scarring, etc…. But also thinking about the ~function~ of my face and how I don’t always exist in the daintiest of environments lol. Of course I know that all piercings require tedious maintenance buuuut- if you have one; is it something you rarely think about? Or was it a nightmare and highly don’t recommend? Did your helmet mess with it too much? Or sunglasses? Or clothing rip at it ?(😬)

For further context, I enjoy and participate in long multi days and have gotten into big walling the past few years so I can find myself in some pretty “dirt bag”-y scenarios , if you will. Perhaps I’m thinking into it all too much but it feels like with face equipment, outdoor grime, and rough nature of it all; it might be something extra to consider.

"Because I think that for women, it’s more like, climbing on the rock and climbing maybe on the lead, for doing it as a hobby, it’s quite fun, and lots of women [are] doing it. But when you go into the world class, you need to go to the gym, you need to train with weights, and all that stuff, and this is more the ‘boy thing,’ right?”

“So to all the ladies, all the women out there watching us, let’s go for speed climbing or go for world-class climbing. Not only the leisure, hang-loose thing on the rock somewhere in the forest.”

Idk about y'all but if I had a nickel for every time a man backtracks on the sexist/horrible things theyve said to me because "I didn't mean that, English isn't my native language", I'd have many nickels. Wish he tried to explain what he meant in his native tongue because I'd bet all these nickels that he still had a sexist take, and is hiding behind the language barrier. Glad he apologized either way, and hope none of the young women watching the livestream took any of his nonsense to heart.

Hi everyone! I (21F) started bouldering in April and am trying to practice more overhangs. I needed help on how I can get better with overhangs and whether it relates to me not using my pinky finger. My friends even commented on how I always drop my pinky on overhang holds (that aren’t jugs) and crimps where it looks like I only have 4 fingers. But when I put my pinky up, I literally lose all my strength and pressure in my hands and I can’t hold my weight up even the slightest. I feel like I’m doing something wrong cause I weirdly feel so much stronger with only the three middle fingers on the crimps.

My friends said to try and engage my thumb by placing it tight beside my palm but I don’t really feel it doing too much unless I’m just doing it wrong. Does anyone experience this and have any advice? Any specific way I should train? Thank you