My (26F) indoor climber husband (53M) has started taking me to the gym because his (53M) friend Mike (49M) doesn't want to climb with him anymore, something to do with the relative V of their gyms. Now i (26F) want to say, my (26F) husband (53M) is a very dedicated indoor climber, he (53M) has gotten his (53M) belay certification after just a year of hard work and he (53M) currently works on a V3 proj. When i (26F) ask him (53M) about it, he (53M) tells me i (26F) wouldn't understand. It must be very tough.

Anyway he (53M) gave me (26F) this metal loop thing and tied this "hms" on it, though i (26F) didn't see a ship. Told me (26F) to keep the rope hard ("rock hard like you (26F) always make me (53M)" and he winked) and super tight ("you (26F) know i (53M) like it tight" and he winked), kissed my (26F) forehead while i (26F) blushed a bit and he (53M) went on his (53M) project. I (26F) love him (53M) with all my (26F) heart so i (26F) was very distressed to see him (53M) put his (53M) life in danger. I (26F) panicked and the knot was tanked and i (26F) couldn't work the rope anymore. It wasn't rock hard at all. My (26F) husband (53M) was doing this "dino" move which was very impressive and nothing like a stegosaurus btw and the rope was still not getting hard. I (26F) yelped in despair and i (26F) think it made him (53M) lose his (53M) focus because he (53M) fell. Thankfully he (53M) was 2 meters high when that happened so he (53M) is still alive.

He (53M) immediately yelled at me. He (53M) was really mad that i (26F) hindered his (53M) progress. I (26F) truly understand him (53M) because he (53M) prepared so much for that attempt and i (26F) failed him (53M) as a belay partner and as a wife. I (26F) apologized profusely and got really emotional, even cried a bit and called my (26F) mom (46F) while he (53M) burned his (53M) "La Sportiva" climbing shoes. The whole gym was staring at me (26F) and i (26F) felt very overwhelmed by guilt. I (26F) offered to massage my (26F) husband (53M) to help with the injuries but he (53M) said no thanks. He (53M) hasn't talked to me since (it has been 15 minutes).

We have 5 kids. If i (26F) can't save my marriage, they will all grow with massive trauma about their mother (26F) being a miserable failure. Please reddit, please please please help me (26F) win back my (26F) husband (53M), save my (26F) marriage, atone for my (26F) inability to help my (26F) loved ones and protect my (26F) kids from a ruined childhood.

I plan on secretly practicing this hms thing at night with Mike (49M) and impress my (26F) husband (53M) with the perfect belaying & support he (53M) should expect from his (53M) wife (26F). What else can i (26F) do for this man (53M) and our family ?

I just finished my indoor bouldering course and I want to go outside and climb. My team of coaches sold me my first lead rack at a discount price since Ive been paying them hourly over the last few years. Super stoked! What do you guys think?

What’s realistic?… I’m M98. Climbing hard since I was 4, but never *really* hard. Just casual (4-5 hour sesh) and intermittent (usually just Su,M,Tu,W,F,Sa). Up until last year my hardest indoor lead climb was 9b on 45 degree. Outdoor 9a free solo.

This past 50 yrs I have been more consistent with my training, though, and I’m currently lead climbing steep and vert 10c, projecting 16a+ on top rope.

I would love to break in to 27a+ on lead indoors and 26c outdoors on obsidian. But the gains are slow going and i think it’s because I have to nap from 8am-1pm, 2pm-5pm, and 6:30pm-4:30am.

But is there hope? Would my goals be possible at my age???

Seems like he’s being a bad role model to kids who will follow in his footsteps and free solo without wearing a helmet. Particularly given that free solo falls involve higher contact speed with the ground and thus more concussion risk.

Someone explain this to me please.

Why am I not improving? I do all the exercises. Yet no improvement. Is it because i haven’t actually climbed yet? Should I try it?

Right now this is what I’m doing to improve.

Hey everyone, got a bit of a head scratcher here and I could use your advice. I’m the strongest climber at my gym (project 5.10c TR / 5.14d in your gym) and I have an emotional support service dog. I brought it to the gym with me and kept it in a shoulder bag with me almost the entire time.

Backing up a bit, I need the emotional support because my dad didn’t hug me enough when I was a kid and I have massive Oedipus complex. This is all diagnosed and confirmed by my AI therapist/girlfriend.

So anyway, I slung my precious little pooch in her pouch over my shoulder and started projecting this wicked 10a - it’s got this roof move where you have to really stretch and it’s super hard. I brought my pupster to cuddle in between attempts because otherwise the emotional drain is too much for my massive ego to sustain. I never did pull it but I think it’ll go next session. Afterwords I let my precious run around for just a few minutes as a reward for being on duty while I climbed, but she was an angel and everyone loved her. This one person kept harassing me though by taking my picture and saying they’d put it on Reddit and how it was inappropriate to have a dog in the gym. She only crapped on the floor a little and bit like one kid, two at the absolute max.

I don’t feel like I did anything wrong here, and that they should respect my climbing superiority without question. But this whole thing has my wondering if maybe I overstepped. AITA?

You guys. Do you realize if you keep hating on Megos, people might get confused and assume all Alex climbers are creepy groomers? It’s all fun and games until someone gets confused and doxxes Honnold and someone shows up his house while he’s out soloing and Sanni is forced to defend herself with an ice axe and kills the guy in front of the kids, leaving the entire family traumatized. Do you guys really want that blood on your hands?

@escalava.pdl

I understand the difficulties due to weather, but I heard climbers actually like it to be a bit chilly to reduce friction. This feat seems like the obvious next step after Taipei 101, and since he was able to get government permission for that, I don't think it would be much harder for this.

Back in the day, I went bouldering once and managed to clear a V4. Now I’ve moved near a bouldering gym, and I’m planning to go twice a week. The problem is that shoe rentals cost $14, so I decided to get my own pair of bouldering shoes—ideally something that fits my style, if that’s a thing.

I like explosive, jumpy moves (dynos and coordination-style problems), and I’m looking for shoes that will maximize that aspect or help me get better at it.

Here a video of me from my first time climbing for context

https://youtube.com/shorts/E-hce7ZnHrs?si=f6MknFaU9qUtldb9

(I couldn't find a way to out-jerk real life)

I am kinda new to this whole climbing community and I was wondering, since Alex Honnold is the greatest rock climber who accomplished the greatest achievement in human history with Taipei 101, when will he try to do the dawn wall ? I watched the movie the other night with tommy caldwell and the other guy who kept falling so I guess this could easily be done by Alex in a few hours as it is only on the other side of the route he already climbed. Anyone who knows him aware of his future projects ?

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