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Aug 27, 2023
It can be pretty difficult and hard an you, but it really depends on how good you are at listening to your body and giving it the amount of rest it needs.
If you can do this well enough, climbing won't be that hard on you, it will just be hard in general, as a sport.
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Aug 27, 2023
I sort of unlocked the v6's after 6 months actually. It was a pretty solid v6, and after that, it was as if this whole new world opened up and I was able to climb even more v6's. Of course not all, but some, and others I was able to do a few moves, while before I was struggling a lot on v5's.
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Aug 26, 2023
Lead climbing multiple times a week, this is what helped me overcome my fear of heights, at least while climbing.
I found a friend to climb with, and we climbed 3 times a week. The frequent climbing amount really helped boost my confidence in being up so high, and my confidence in the gear and the knots and everything else.
Though, this didnt last long, as soon after we stopped lead climbing so often, my nervousness came back, and so did the fear eventually. Now I lead climb once in a while, and its hell for me. The fear just takes over once I get to a certain height.
Maybe if I would have climbed more during that time I climbed 3 times a week, meaning, doing it for months or a year, then maybe I would be more immune to the fear of heights, but, unfortunately it only lasted about a month or two. But during that time, towards the end, I was fearless.
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Aug 19, 2023
How do you define a good body? Climbing can definitely make you stronger, but it wont necessarily change the way you look.
But then again, it depends on your definition of a good body.
If a stronger body counts as a good body alone, then yes, climbing can give you a good body.
Climbing most likely wont, for most people:
- Cause you to lose weight
- Put on a significant amount of muscle mass and size
Of course, climbing can motivate you to make these things happen, but climbing alone usually does not cause this.
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Aug 19, 2023
Generally, no. Climbing shoes are supposed to be pretty tight.
I wear climbing shoes slightly bigger than my street shoe size, and I still cannot wiggle my toes.
I can slightly move them up and down a little, but not so much that I would consider it wiggling them.
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This is a really general question. It depends on a few things:
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Why kind of climbing are you referring to?
If its bouldering, then you can climb on your own, but if sport climbing, then you require one more person to belay you. -
Why are you climbing?
Assuming the reference is to bouldering, then the question is why you are climbing. If you are climbing to just detach your mind from the day and to just be physically active, then yea, you could climb alone, and it may be better also if you just don't want to deal with people.
On the other hand, if you are bouldering with the goal of improving, then I would say both options are important for your progress. Climbing with other people, especially those that climb better than you, can really give you more insight into climbing, more ideas, betas, experience, and just more growth in general. Climbing alone is still important in my opinion though because it's when you are alone that you can actually practice all that you have learned with others.
That's my take on climbing with people vs climbing alone.
Extra point:
I personally find it quite hard to have a proper bouldering session with some friends. Instead of climbing hard routes, we end up just messing around.
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Rock climbing doesn't really get you big and bulky. It can make you stronger though, just without the massive body size.
There are some people who tend to grow and bulk up faster than others, at least to a certain size. They may get some more muscle mass than others, but for the most part, you muscle mass won't really increase that much.
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