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Climbing Mag Back in Print

For people who miss print copies of Climbing, Climbing Ascent is back on the news stands

3 Comments
2024/05/12
19:56 UTC
2

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.

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NEW-ish

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7 Comments
2024/05/12
11:00 UTC
7

What's the World's Hardest Mantle?

1 Comment
2024/05/11
21:14 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
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NEW-ish

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0 Comments
2024/05/11
11:00 UTC
97

Chris Sharma and Dave Graham's first attempts at Off The Wagon (V14) in 2004

10 Comments
2024/05/11
06:19 UTC
3,328

Chart of the results of me trying to find an outdoor sport climbing partner this weekend

103 Comments
2024/05/10
23:45 UTC
4

Weekly New Climber 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.

Check out this curated list of climbing tutorials!

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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!

107 Comments
2024/05/10
14:00 UTC
4

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/CompetitionClimbing
  • /r/ClimbingPorn
  • /r/ClimbingVids
  • /r/IceClimbing
  • /r/Mountaineering
  • /r/RockClimbing
  • /r/Routesetters
  • /r/TradClimbing
  • /r/urbanclimbing

NEW-ish

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

12 Comments
2024/05/10
11:00 UTC
66

Evening hangdogging on Vertigo

6 Comments
2024/05/09
18:16 UTC
18

Tropical Lines | The North Face (South America's first 5.15)

3 Comments
2024/05/09
17:58 UTC
152

Trigger Finger 5.9+ Garden of the Gods | Does anybody else feel that 'oldschool' runouts make you a better climber?

114 Comments
2024/05/09
17:23 UTC
30

New Vid of Felipe Camargo's FAs in Brazil last Year

11 Comments
2024/05/09
16:51 UTC
132

Drew Ruana gets the 2nd ascent of Ice Knife Sit V16

14 Comments
2024/05/09
11:12 UTC
2

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
  • /r/TradClimbing
  • /r/urbanclimbing

NEW-ish

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

24 Comments
2024/05/09
11:00 UTC
5

Mine - NRG

0 Comments
2024/05/09
10:25 UTC
106

One of the nicer shots I got during my stay in Joshua Tree. Campfire Crag in Indian Cove.

7 Comments
2024/05/08
17:55 UTC
62

Climber showing his stoke as he leads up the top part of Mikes Book's on Intersection Rock in Joshua Tree

8 Comments
2024/05/08
17:47 UTC
6

First time doing DWS, Sa Punta, Ibiza. Summer time, 7b

Hard route to scout and read, got through most of the heel hook traverse and couldn’t make the next move. Glad I tried it, safe to say I’m not a 7b climber yet but still had a blast!

5 Comments
2024/05/08
14:46 UTC
23

at the local gem of a crag Hanging Mountain, trying to bang out every line at Squirrel Wall

8 Comments
2024/05/08
12:57 UTC
2

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
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  • /r/ClimbingCircleJerk
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NEW-ish

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6 Comments
2024/05/08
11:00 UTC
879

Finding my feet

I am new to climbing and at two months in I had my first outdoor trad climbing experience in a kloof in the Magaliesberg (South Africa). This video shows the start of the first pitch (3 pitches). I followed a very experienced climber on this beautiful route. I am still gaining confidence to climb outside but I feel highly motivated to do so. Currently my enthusiasm exceeds my abilities but I am training at the climbing gym to change that. I would love to connect with other adaptive climbers.

85 Comments
2024/05/08
10:07 UTC
4

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
  • /r/ClimbingVids
  • /r/IceClimbing
  • /r/Mountaineering
  • /r/RockClimbing
  • /r/Routesetters
  • /r/TradClimbing
  • /r/urbanclimbing

NEW-ish

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

28 Comments
2024/05/07
11:00 UTC
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