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Daily Discussion Thread: spray/memes/chat/whatever allowed

Welcome to /r/climbing's Daily Discussion Thread, a thread for questions and comments everyone wants to make but don't warrant their own thread.

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NEW-ish

If you have a more serious question about climbing gear, technique, systems, etc. check out our Weekly New Climber Thread.

3 Comments
2024/11/09
12:00 UTC

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two differently scary pitches of The Winter 5.10d Gunks NY

3 Comments
2024/11/08
20:46 UTC

514

I designed this sticker for my local climbing gym

16 Comments
2024/11/08
18:57 UTC

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Weekly Question Thread: Ask your questions in this thread please

Please sort comments by 'new' to find questions that would otherwise be buried.

In this thread you can ask any climbing related question that you may have. This thread will be posted again every Friday so there should always be an opportunity to ask your question and have it answered. If you're an experienced climber and want to contribute to the community, these threads are a great opportunity for that. We were all new to climbing at some point, so be respectful of everyone looking to improve their knowledge. Check out our subreddit wiki that has tons of useful info for new climbers. You can see it HERE

Some examples of potential questions could be; "How do I get stronger?", "How to select my first harness?", or "How does aid climbing work?"

If you see a new climber related question posted in another subReddit or in this subreddit, then please politely link them to this thread.

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Prior Friday New Climber Thread posts (earlier name for the same type of thread

A handy guide for purchasing your first rope

A handy guide to everything you ever wanted to know about climbing shoes!

Ask away!

36 Comments
2024/11/08
15:00 UTC

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Daily Discussion Thread: spray/memes/chat/whatever allowed

Welcome to /r/climbing's Daily Discussion Thread, a thread for questions and comments everyone wants to make but don't warrant their own thread.

Please note: if you see a post that is of low quality hit report under the post for automoderator action.

Have a question about what color carabiner speaks to your soul? Want to talk some smack about pebble wrestlers? Wondering how chalk buckets work? Really proud of that thing you did? Just discover a meme older than most of our users? Awesome! Post that noise here.

New if you are unaware, there are many other climbing subreddits. Here are links to them, please check them out! They need your posts and comments.

  • /r/Alpinism
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  • /r/ClimbHarder
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  • /r/ClimbingCircleJerk
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NEW-ish

If you have a more serious question about climbing gear, technique, systems, etc. check out our Weekly New Climber Thread.

0 Comments
2024/11/08
12:00 UTC

167

Plot showing the history of all 9A/V17 ascents up until November 2024 (Inspired by earlier post by u/-Exocet- ; Data from https://climbing-history.org)

53 Comments
2024/11/08
11:45 UTC

447

"Bote Impossível" (The Impossible Dyno) Got the First Repetition after 18 years! The line was originally bolted, Daniel Coçada had done a first ascent as a boulder in 2006. Video is climber Felipe Ho yesterday

32 Comments
2024/11/08
02:46 UTC

137

Finding new lines in Rio de Janeiro West Zone (Trad)

34 Comments
2024/11/08
00:10 UTC

585

Kalymnos, Greece (OC)

15 Comments
2024/11/07
14:05 UTC

1

Daily Discussion Thread: spray/memes/chat/whatever allowed

Welcome to /r/climbing's Daily Discussion Thread, a thread for questions and comments everyone wants to make but don't warrant their own thread.

Please note: if you see a post that is of low quality hit report under the post for automoderator action.

Have a question about what color carabiner speaks to your soul? Want to talk some smack about pebble wrestlers? Wondering how chalk buckets work? Really proud of that thing you did? Just discover a meme older than most of our users? Awesome! Post that noise here.

New if you are unaware, there are many other climbing subreddits. Here are links to them, please check them out! They need your posts and comments.

  • /r/Alpinism
  • /r/Bouldering
  • /r/Buildering
  • /r/Caving
  • /r/ClimbHarder
  • /r/Climbergirls
  • /r/ClimbingCircleJerk
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  • /r/ClimbingPorn
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  • /r/urbanclimbing

NEW-ish

If you have a more serious question about climbing gear, technique, systems, etc. check out our Weekly New Climber Thread.

0 Comments
2024/11/07
12:00 UTC

20

Burlesque - NRG

1 Comment
2024/11/07
11:00 UTC

4

Lynn Hill talks about the impact of shoes on footwork

5 Comments
2024/11/06
17:55 UTC

9

Miroir d'Argentine - Papageno (Swiss classic)

1 Comment
2024/11/06
14:06 UTC

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Daily Discussion Thread: spray/memes/chat/whatever allowed

Welcome to /r/climbing's Daily Discussion Thread, a thread for questions and comments everyone wants to make but don't warrant their own thread.

Please note: if you see a post that is of low quality hit report under the post for automoderator action.

Have a question about what color carabiner speaks to your soul? Want to talk some smack about pebble wrestlers? Wondering how chalk buckets work? Really proud of that thing you did? Just discover a meme older than most of our users? Awesome! Post that noise here.

New if you are unaware, there are many other climbing subreddits. Here are links to them, please check them out! They need your posts and comments.

  • /r/Alpinism
  • /r/Bouldering
  • /r/Buildering
  • /r/Caving
  • /r/ClimbHarder
  • /r/Climbergirls
  • /r/ClimbingCircleJerk
  • /r/Climbingpartners
  • /r/CompetitionClimbing
  • /r/ClimbingPorn
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  • /r/Mountaineering
  • /r/RockClimbing
  • /r/Routesetters
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  • /r/urbanclimbing

NEW-ish

If you have a more serious question about climbing gear, technique, systems, etc. check out our Weekly New Climber Thread.

8 Comments
2024/11/06
12:00 UTC

4

Mr. Gnomerson - Darnell Hollow

1 Comment
2024/11/06
11:23 UTC

169

Quartz Mountain, Oklahoma

13 Comments
2024/11/05
19:51 UTC

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Daily Discussion Thread: spray/memes/chat/whatever allowed

Welcome to /r/climbing's Daily Discussion Thread, a thread for questions and comments everyone wants to make but don't warrant their own thread.

Please note: if you see a post that is of low quality hit report under the post for automoderator action.

Have a question about what color carabiner speaks to your soul? Want to talk some smack about pebble wrestlers? Wondering how chalk buckets work? Really proud of that thing you did? Just discover a meme older than most of our users? Awesome! Post that noise here.

New if you are unaware, there are many other climbing subreddits. Here are links to them, please check them out! They need your posts and comments.

  • /r/Alpinism
  • /r/Bouldering
  • /r/Buildering
  • /r/Caving
  • /r/ClimbHarder
  • /r/Climbergirls
  • /r/ClimbingCircleJerk
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NEW-ish

If you have a more serious question about climbing gear, technique, systems, etc. check out our Weekly New Climber Thread.

1 Comment
2024/11/05
12:00 UTC

1,771

3 Year goal of climbing The Nose on El Capitan realized this summer.

93 Comments
2024/11/04
22:30 UTC

411

Took this photo of "The Fist" sector in the evening

23 Comments
2024/11/04
16:44 UTC

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Daily Discussion Thread: spray/memes/chat/whatever allowed

Welcome to /r/climbing's Daily Discussion Thread, a thread for questions and comments everyone wants to make but don't warrant their own thread.

Please note: if you see a post that is of low quality hit report under the post for automoderator action.

Have a question about what color carabiner speaks to your soul? Want to talk some smack about pebble wrestlers? Wondering how chalk buckets work? Really proud of that thing you did? Just discover a meme older than most of our users? Awesome! Post that noise here.

New if you are unaware, there are many other climbing subreddits. Here are links to them, please check them out! They need your posts and comments.

  • /r/Alpinism
  • /r/Bouldering
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  • /r/Caving
  • /r/ClimbHarder
  • /r/Climbergirls
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  • /r/urbanclimbing

NEW-ish

If you have a more serious question about climbing gear, technique, systems, etc. check out our Weekly New Climber Thread.

11 Comments
2024/11/04
12:01 UTC

45

Cochise Bouldering: Dominatrix Without Mercy (V5 R)

3 Comments
2024/11/03
23:17 UTC

89

Oh the irony

The irony- graffiti in spray paint at a popular crag 🙄

173 Comments
2024/11/03
17:51 UTC

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