20 sats \ 7 replies \ @gnilma 9 Jul 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports- Meta Takeover-Day 5 meta
Agree. In fact, I think they should have a medal for each bouldering, lead climbing, and speed climbing, and one for overall climbing. I mean there’s 9999 medals for swimming, running, gymnastics etc, why only 1 for climbing? I guess it’s still a new Olympics event and they’re still figuring things out?
I guess it’s still a new Olympics event and they’re still figuring things out?
I certainly hope so. I love watching it. It's really interesting how hands start to sweat just by watching people climb
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Do you climb yourself?
I’m into climbing because my daughter have been climbing since 7yr old. Minus the 1 year where all the gyms got shut down, this would be her 4th year climbing. I have turned into quite the belay slave over the years, but would get on the wall from time to time on the auto belay. Can’t wait till she turns 16 and can start belaying me. We also love to spend time on the bouldering wall, trying to figure out boulder problems.
We only do indoor gyms though and have no experience climbing outdoors. Should really get out there and try it out one day, since we live just a bit over 1hr drive from Squamish, BC, Canada.
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I used to go indoor climbing quite regularly for a year or two with a friend of mine when we were still studying together. We did take the top rope course together and also wanted to learn lead climbing after 1-2 years of top rope experience. We also went bouldering with more friends. That was the most fun I had in my life while doing sports and I've also noticed quite some progress over time. I also liked how you had to trust each other with your life. It's a rare bonding experience.
But then we both moved away and now I have no one to climb with anymore. I went bouldering for a few months in this new city but then the periodic lockdowns killed my habit. Very sad
Now I try to lose some weight before I try to hit the bouldering gym again. I tried it a few times already but I get very tired fast now so it's not worth to pay the entry (which also increased over time thanks to inflation). So I think with less weight I can try to get into bouldering again
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Damn. Didn't know there were so many climbing fans on SN. I don't really follow it but I am fascinated by it. I watched the Free Solo documentary (amazing) last year and went down a climbing rabbit hole for a few days.
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Alex Honnold is just built different. If you’re interested, you can check out this video where Magnus Midtbo (one of Norway’s best climber back in the day) went soloing with Honnold. You can see how casual and chill Honnold is, doing climbs or standing on small ledges, filming with one hand, casually chatting, doing all that while without a rope. The guy just has no fear…
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Cool. Will check it out.
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Climbing is awesome! It's also good mental training. Maybe that's even the best part about it.
I also think climbers have the best physique in terms of aesthetics. Very lean but still strong af
But I don't know much about other sports. So I guess I am very biased.
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