mconnell wrote:Use of grunts and yelling also seems to be a requirement to be a sport climber. Watched (listened) to a guy doing that when 3 feet off the ground on a 5.6 route last weekend. Didn't seem to do much for his climbing, nor did it impress the girls climbing the route next to him.
Do you think Chris Sharma climbing 5.15 would impress girls? He yells quite a bit.
Yes there are. I met this kids at school and started climbing with him. He started climbing at a gym and that's how he got into it. I showed him this video and he got pretty embarrassed because of how similar it was to him. For instance, he chalks up multiple times even on short routes, he will break and chalk up. I haven't used my chalk bag since last summer.
My hands sweat a lot, I chalk up a lot. What's the problem with that?
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