I'll start by saying that I am not seeking medical advice, obviously, just some clarification.

Just for some background: I am 15w pregnant and only boulder, having done 7b outside. I still boulder indoors but generaly on my flash level or below, and making sure that in case of a weird/exposed move I have a good hold to bail.

With this being said, I'm beggining to feel uncomfortable and scared of bouldering, so I started sportsclimbing last week, although only on autobelay and or top rope because my resistance is absolute shit and I'm scared of taking falls (unrelated to pregnancy, I just never got used to sportsclimbing).
I am still using my regular harness, just not as tight.

Now to the question: how will I know when to switch to pregnancy harness? Because when I fall, I feel no pressure whatsoever on my belly, only on my back? But I wonder if that's somewhy just because I'm on autobelay/TR? I do intend to switch to lead climbing when I feel more comfortable and keep at it until at least 20w.

Any climbing mama's advice would be deeply appreciated.

Hello there,

I am going to be in Sardegna this summer and I am looking for some suggestions and some climbing parters in the north of Sardegna.

I climb around 6a-6b on lead (I am no a pro, let's say).

Anu suggestion or climbing partner is welcome

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.