It's ok. If they've been climbing all afternoon, they're probably too pumped to pick up their car keys when it's time to leave, let alone squeeze. (It's not clear how they are still able to grip well enough to keep climbing at this point, but that's the way it works)
I often said that rule to climbers with low experience cause they often give up in a middle of a climb cause they are afraid of failing on a big move or are simply feeling too tired to do the move : "do the move all the time, worse case you fall" (unless they are feeling a potential injure). If they fail I ask them if they would like to get an advice about the good way to do the move, most of time they take the advice. It is funny because often they have it good right after the advice, in that case result is all the time a smile...
I know this is all light hearted, but it’s worth keeping in mind you don’t always know what trying looks like. I fell when climbing a few years ago and snapped my leg in half. Bone sticking out the leg and everything. Sometimes it looks like I give up at the top of a route without appearing to try, but there was a big mental battle going on there you didn’t see.
that one is for lead climbing. you must always chalk up before tying in and then do it again (also now you just realised that you still need to put your shoes on).
Our resident beta sprayer usually only hangs out around the climbs he has already done so I can’t confirm this. I haven’t seen him actually climb very much other than to jump in and show people the beta he is trying to enforce.
If you see someone brush the holds of a climb, wait till they have their go. Don't climb it after they've brushed it. Unless they are brushing it for you because you're the cute girl climbing the V2 in the corner. Ask before giving any advice. Then give it sparingly. Unless you say 'wanna work this climb with me?' in which case you then discuss the climb. Totally agree that not getting a climb is because the holds were too slippery, wrong shoes, not enough skin, humidity, etcetera. It is never a lack of skill or effort. ha. Great video. Totally enjoyed it.
rule 12; always talk about the latest injury in smalltalk rule 13; try to get everyone you know into bouldering and invite them for a session rule 14; drink beer after the session, it has electrolytes (thats what we tell each other) rule 15; having your own customized waterbottle with you rule 16; always keep your shoes outside the backpack so they dont stench your bag, and everyone knows how cool you are rule 17; look at your skin and fondle with it after failing an attempt rule 18; brush holds for other people to be a chad rule 19; spot the cute girl when she is doing an overhang for no reason rule 20; if possible, campus the pink one in the corner rule 21; always share your opinion on grades rule 22; when somebody sends something and has nobody to share his accomplishment with, fist that dude /dudette, and share the stoke great video, only one correction/addition, in austria i have heard allez, vai, vamos but most famously and my most used phrase is "come on".
Another quick rule I learned the hard way: always brush the route if you can't flash it. Brushing is like chalk, it solves all your climbing related problems... (or at least makes you look like less of a beginner) Fantastic/accurate video bro :)
@@chaosengine4597 well, actually there is some theory behind that why it works better for you. If you brush it yourself, and not just a bit but really good(up to 2 min), you waste a lot of energy. But since mostly others are waiting you don't rest much afterwards and so you go into the best attempt in terms of route condition with a loss of energy. Time to write a science paper about more arguments...
If you are having trouble with a route you step back and “analyze” it for like 5 minutes (or while other people do it) but for half that time your looking at the chalky callouses on your hands
This is hilarious because people actually look and want to cheer you on etc. It's literally the completely opposite to the gym mentality where you NEVER scream or everyone will hate you
rule number 12: Always say "Nice" when you see someone stick a hold they'd been struggling to reach. Be sure to add extras I's and !'s depending on how long it took to reach. 2 pumps to stick? That's a 2-i "Niice!" 5+ pumps/tries to stick, that's at least 3 !'s "Nice!!!"
My friends pointed out that if I could send a route I'd call it fun, but if I couldn't do it yet I'd describe it as interesting instead. Anyone else do this?
Yep i do the same, because it's either a flash and a boring boulder i will never do again, except to gain fame when a big group is here or a boulder that i will have fun tryin again and again
Rule 12: dont steal a freshly brushed route (brushed by someone else that is) rule 13: downgrade harder climbs you barely finished ... "dude. softest V6 EVAAAAH" rule 14: the climbing to socializing ratio MUST NEVER be lower than 1 to 5 also. in germany we must be really bad for breaking rule #3. most of us say "komm schon" or "auf gehts" (come on / lets go)
haha come on is common in australia as well more of a once in a while you'll hear the gamba and alle and you just kinda look around and go...but.... your not french or Japanese lol
ooooo that freshly brushed route hits me to the core. Sooo many times I've brushed only for someone to hop on while I get chalked up T.T Though Im cool with it if they brush it back once they are done.
my first ever bouldering gym sesh happened earlier this week and i am very thankful for the knowledge to not try five times in a row! 😭 it was a great experience though and really appreciated everyone’s patience with me and am more than excited to go back💫💫
I got into climbing because it was one of the few activities where I don't feel judged for being a beginner! I'm a simple girl who just wants a fun way to workout where no one is mean or creepy toward me.
@@alyssahayes268 Being a man I can't really say anything about the people being creepy thing, but the part about feeling judged is usually mostly in your head. I was pretty self conscious as well when I went from working out at home to going to an actual gym. Every time I walked my fat self up to a bar for one of my sets of a grand total of two band assisted pull-ups I was convinced everyone else in the gym must be thinking I'm an absolute joke and be annoyed with me for daring to take up space for such a pathetic workout routine. But once you get used to being in the gym and find a steady routine that works for you it becomes easier to tune all of those thoughts out and just focus on lifting. With time you realize that basically nobody cares what you're doing or how much you're lifting. And if someone does pay any attention to you it's usually just because they're trying to gauge how much longer it'll take until they can use the equipment or they're simply looking around casually between sets. Of course there are gonna be people who try to give you unsolicited advice (usually they mean well though, been guilty of that myself a few times) or stare at you creepily but I wouldn't let that discourage you. Lifting can be a very fun and rewarding process. I don't want to tell anyone how to best work out of course, I'm just saying with regards to not being beginner-friendly, gyms tend to get a much worse rep than they deserve.
@@tulkasastaldo4114 I do lift at a regular gym too, but it definitely depends on what gym you're going to. One thing that sets climbing gyms apart though is that sometimes, people go out of their way to encourage you. At regular gyms, strangers don't push you to get 1 more rep or applaud when you finish a set, but people do cheer strangers on during their route and congratulate them when they're done. It can be hard for beginner athletes to get into a fun physical sport without that feeling of inadequacy or feeling like everyone is secretly judging you. But at climbing gyms, it seems easier to get over that (in my opinion) because of that intentionally positive culture.
I cant climb well but I always knew its just because the route setters at my gym are too high, the temperature is too low, my shirt has sleeves and everything is too slippery 😤 Its definitely not the lack of skill and training
lol. my first time ever at a climbing gym as an adult, I ended up at a bouldering gym (my roommate said "climbing gym", had no idea it was going to be bouldering til we got there), and on the third wall I attempted I fell from like 8 feet and completely shattered my ankle. Couldn't walk for 4 months, gonna have a fat metal plate in there til the day I die. Out of the entire climbing gym, not a single person asked if I was alright, nobody did anything to help, at most people looked at me with disgust and turned away. I saw one group laughing at me. An employee wandered up to me after about 10 minutes and asked if I wanted them to call an ambulance. I declined because I was in shock and was worried about money, so after a while my roommate noticed me and took me home. It was the most humiliating, dehumanizing experience of my life. I can't imagine how shit a person you have to be to see someone visibly in that much pain and just ignore it. If that's considered "good etiquette" in the climbing community, I strongly feel that the rest of society would be a lot better off without people like you.
@@methyod people like me? Jeez man I'm talking about if somebody punts off their project for the 8th time that day, not if they're sitting on the floor in pain. I'm sorry you broke your ankle but don't take it out on random people in the UA-cam comment section ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
When you send a boulder near your limit make sure you watch other climbers attempt the same route out of the corner of your eye and feel that sweet sweet victory when they fall off
You get 5 free passes on not remembering someone's name in the climbing community. I mean 5 times you climb multi trad with them, and then after that it's kinda unacceptable. Until then, so Dude!
Yea, I started climbing about 2 weeks ago after getting sucked down the youtube climbing rabbit-hole and I always feel like I'm doing too much for someone who can only barely do v2-v3
Haha dude im pretty curious as to how grading is around the world, i hear down here in aus its around the middle, states a bit soft and fontainebleu and japan pretty sandbagged..though thats only what ive heard
same as the beta sprayer lol, I actually think THIS is more annoying than the beta sprayer though, cause your on the wall you have your own beta in mind, and this guy is just yelling random shit to you until you fall
Since I am 77 years old, when some young dude fails to send a route and I come over and ask for a try and then blast up the wall as quickly as possible.
Only one you forgot. If your a kid in the team make sure to flash the random group of dudes project and the talk loudly to your friends about how good that warmup climb is. (ME)
My sole most essential highly important rule. Always, ALWAYS make sure, you're looking cool. This means, never try too hard and have the technique of a god/goddess. Then regardless of grade, you will look CoOL!!! ;p Nice vid dude.
In the boulder gym, never start conversations with "I see you climb, do you also do free solo?", "Why was Magnus Midtbo not in the Olympics?" or "Do you know who this Daniel Woods guy is?"
got on the wall today after letting a newbie have 6 try’s on her climb. She started grumbling to the woman next to her because i was in the way…. she’ll learn someday it’s okay
Don't stand where someone might fall. I took one of my non climber friends to the gym and Im injured now because I had to catch my fall on a hold because I woud have fallen on him. Also don't stand behind anyone.
Same thing happened to me over a year ago, I had a super sketchy land on a less than stellar section of the mats and my ankle is still a bit messed up from it (I can't squat and it's still super stiff) . On the bright side I can still climb though, but I definitely think telling the non climbers to stay away from the walls is one of the most important rules.
Exactly directed to ppl like you man, a lot of my friends have had the same issue, but the thing is its worse not even climbing because of ppl or just giving up half way instead of just giving it what youve got and not being strong enough. Everyone just wants to see you succeed and push your own limits. No one cares if its a v0. Happy sending my dude
appreciate it! yeah honestly youtubers get caught up in this little bubble of "My videos need to be 10 minutes long for the algorithm to promote it" my rule of thumb is your video should be as long or as short as it needs to be.. stop trying to add crap to it just to make it longer
#12 While resting between climbs, talking loudly and extensively about your planned outdoor climbing trips. #13 Go to the onsite sauna for a post climb steam and continue to talk loudly and extensively about your planned outdoor climbing trips.
I've been climbing for a month now and last night I got beta sprayed for the first time. It was irritating beyond anything I could have ever imagined LOL ... the dude said something twice and then on the third time, he literally WALKED UP to the problem to show me what to do. I couldn't believe it. Then i looked over at him 5 minutes later and he was inspecting and caressing one of the holds. It made me a lot less annoyed to learn that he had some sort of mental problem...
@@BeorOng like this? Or like this? I have no idea how to move my own body. I can't figure it out. I need unsolicited guidance. You know what, why don't I just get off the wall and let you show me?
@@BeorOng beta spraying inevitably makes you feel like a total goof that can't figure out anything on their own. But sometimes kids come to my gym on a field trip and they're freaking out on the auto belay next to me about how to get to the next jug, so I give them a foot placement tip to end their trauma lol
12. While screaming "PSSSSATT!" will make you appear cooler on the hard problem, remember: That problem will get flashed effortlessly by the 15 yo female comp climber.
One rule I like at our gym: Whenever there’s a new climb within the range of your friend group and one friend goes for a try you have to tell them that everyone flashed it.
if someone brushes the climb don't jump on it as they are putting their brush away. and if you do jump on just brush it again once you are done. The best way to get the cute girl struggling with the v2 in the corner is to go up flash it with ease. extra points if you make loudly say something about how its soft for the grade or a warm up.
Few from Australia. 1. Gyms are for picking up a partner. 2. If you've learnt to climb in a gym, stay in the gym.(there's enough idiots in the bush already) 3. Don't place bolts unless you will deck out . 4. Don't place bolts within 10 meters from the ground 5. There must be at least 7 meters between each bolt (rule 3 exception only applies for grades above 25 ) 6. Under no circumstances place a Bolt if you can place Natural pro. 7. If the walk into the crag is over half an hour, always tell people it's only 5 minutes. 8. Always tell people it's easier than it looks. 9. Bring your music and play it loud And finally 10. If you play loud music at the crag don't winge when a local (especially one of the old guard) boots your speaker into the bush, yells at you to go back to the fucking gym and grow a set of brass balls instead of using your stick clip to clip the first fucking bolt. (Usually at least ten metres up, unless you are at a woosy sports crag where the the bolts are placed at eye level and every meter after that) But most of all Have fun!
Rule 12: Most of the time you sit on the ground resting, analyzing routes or you're watching other climbers. Buut you're about to get up and do the next attempt in like 5 minutes (for half an hour😅)
I swear to god, I haven't had a single gym session where I didn't see a dude show/explain to the girl (presumably girlfriend) how to climb, like man, just let her climb!
@@zacharylaschober hahha my brother and I do this all the time.... when the beta sprayer says something and you look at each to her like wtf is he on about
@@tylerandleahcanadian3888 honestly I think its actually appreciated by new people to get advice, its just at a certain level you begin to enjoy the process of working things out yourself so when people give you that unsolicited advice you're just kind of like... I just want to try it my dude
Question: Why does it matter how many times in a row you try something if it's not busy? If somebody's working a spot hard, and they're getting really close to figuring it out, I just work somewhere else until they get it or give up. It seems like a slow way to progress if you're always having to interrupt every 2 tries to give someone else a try. Shouldn't it be more of a time thing, like no more than 5 minutes or something? I have no issue with letting someone work a problem for a bit uninterrupted. In a packed gym or crag I could see why it would be rude, but if there's other spots to work on, why should someone have only 2 tries to get it? As a skateboarder we recognize when someone's trying hard to get a specific trick or line and hold back to let them attempt until they get it or quit it.
more of a small jabby joke, but on the actual matter its totally dependant on context. If you're pretty close to getting it most climbers would just let you at it, but the issue also comes into play of if you're not getting it then you probably don't have strength either way and need the 5 minute rest which means you standing at the climb, caressing each hold going hmm... mmmm...ahhh..hmmm or dialing the moves in in your head while recovering strength just means other climbers cant climb the entire section you're on which could include 4-5 climbs for a whole 5 minutes that the person wasn't climbing anyway when essentially 4-5 other ppl could have tried the other problems then gone away. Climbers are usually pretty good at determining turns as well I'd say and know when someone is close or not but its more of a lack of awareness an courtesy on the person climbing that this is a dig at, where they know they're nowhere close, they have no strength left, and they wont let someone else take a 30 second turn so they can move on
You should at least verify. Take a step back and look around after your second attempt, if nobody steps up then you're free to go again. If you know someone is waiting it can be okay to ask them to let you try again, but not something I'd do every time. It's just about being respectful
@@TheQuicksilver115 for sure man, sometimes people are just really focused on their own projects that they forget to step back, sometimes just walking in front of them gives them a little cue that you want to go. Had a lot of noobie friends who just struggle to get on the wall because someone wont leave their spot and they're too shy/new to know to be a bit more aggressive in getting their turn in that's where this little joke came from. But 100% you want to do everything as respectfully as possible
Few more rules: 12. no power screams for any climb below 7a. Climbing on max effort without letting others show it is the name of the game. 13. If you flashed the route, your friends are not allowed to clap or give applause. 14. You don't give applause for sends that looked easy, even though you are impressed. 15. Don't wear chalk bags in boulder gyms. 16. Always stay positive, don't say things like "I will probably fall" before stepping into the problem.
I love the the belayers who give nonstop beta to their girl partner. At the end the whole gym knows the beta and the frustrated partner. Rule for me #1 have Fun, Dude!
Rule 12: if you see someone struggle on a route you can send, immediately go on that route, flash it, and walk away without saying anything or looking at them
Genuinely just asking but is bringing your own chalk bad ?, I’m a newbie and I bought cute bags because I enjoy my hobbies more if I cuteify them but now I’m not sure if it’s weird as a beginner ?
If you See someone struggling on a problem, always tell him that the next hold is a good one, even if you have no clue
Saying “It’s easy from there” which ends up making me fail most of the time
Guilt!
No it’s not if you don’t know the climb giving advice could make it harder
I have been on the receiving end of this a couple of times
Then you go for it and it's a negative slippery chalky sloper
Climbers don’t shake hands because the counteracting force of both insane grip strengths would probably break reality
And if a handshake is initiated then it turns into a test of strength to see who calls mercy first
@@antonkeiser2466 lol
It's ok. If they've been climbing all afternoon, they're probably too pumped to pick up their car keys when it's time to leave, let alone squeeze. (It's not clear how they are still able to grip well enough to keep climbing at this point, but that's the way it works)
Chalk + chalk = 100% cohesion
You will be bound for life
rule number 12: when a big group is trying a difficult boulder you have to do the boulder as well.
of course. what else?
Especially if you know you can flash it
@@ememememem592 man I actually always want to do that but also not want to look cocky haha
You gotta flex when you can
Even if that problem’s 3 grades higher than your max.
That last rule is actually amazing.
“No one cares if you’re bad. They only care if you don’t try”
True!
It's the same in skateboarding too
I first hear as "No one cares if you are fat" :), still true though
I often said that rule to climbers with low experience cause they often give up in a middle of a climb cause they are afraid of failing on a big move or are simply feeling too tired to do the move : "do the move all the time, worse case you fall" (unless they are feeling a potential injure). If they fail I ask them if they would like to get an advice about the good way to do the move, most of time they take the advice. It is funny because often they have it good right after the advice, in that case result is all the time a smile...
I know this is all light hearted, but it’s worth keeping in mind you don’t always know what trying looks like.
I fell when climbing a few years ago and snapped my leg in half. Bone sticking out the leg and everything.
Sometimes it looks like I give up at the top of a route without appearing to try, but there was a big mental battle going on there you didn’t see.
Don't forget chalking up after you've chalked up.
maybe one more just to be safe as well
my over-soaked cookie broke and splashed on my coffee while i read this fucking banger and laughed my ass off i hate this
I always chalk my chalk
that one is for lead climbing. you must always chalk up before tying in and then do it again (also now you just realised that you still need to put your shoes on).
if you dont look at your skin every 10s youre not a climber
hahaha
Lol I got a pick of 4 of my friends in the gym and 2 of us were staring at our hands the other 2 were miring some random climber lol
Haha love this one
Lol. So real. :v
"the beta sprayer should also not be able to send the climb as well" haha that's golden
if they can send it then I "HAVE" to listen right? haha
@@BeorOng also after they fail, just blame it on being tired
@@SuperCraft1999 haha "been a long day"
Our resident beta sprayer usually only hangs out around the climbs he has already done so I can’t confirm this. I haven’t seen him actually climb very much other than to jump in and show people the beta he is trying to enforce.
Something I do a lot: telling frustrated climbers that I struggled on that boulder as well
Yeah, if you are better than them it was hard for a 3, and if they are better than you it felt tough for a V3
You missed the rule of bragging how much downsizing you went on your new pair of shoes. Great vid!
Haha "you couldnt fit air into these badboys" thanks for watching dude =)
Oof I've been called out
@@amvnumber1018 hey in china they consider lily feet beautiful lol
I feel personally attacked right now haha
@@BeorOng damn, monday I bought new shoes and did this exactly :D
Never forget: climbing exclusively in shirts with your gym's logo/art will improve your technique by 100% and makes anything you do look cool.
hahah im planning my own line little range as well, gotta send in style you know
makes it look like you work there
Omg so true as I climb at summit (it’s in Texas sand Oklahoma) and I only wear my team shirts, gym shirts, and comp shirts
But climbing shirtless makes you look even cooler (at least if you're Magnus) and stronger too. Sooo.... your gym's logo tattooed in your back? 😂
Pain is temporary, the send is forever
as long as you got it for the gram anyway haha
I need that on a tshirt
If you see someone brush the holds of a climb, wait till they have their go. Don't climb it after they've brushed it. Unless they are brushing it for you because you're the cute girl climbing the V2 in the corner.
Ask before giving any advice. Then give it sparingly. Unless you say 'wanna work this climb with me?' in which case you then discuss the climb.
Totally agree that not getting a climb is because the holds were too slippery, wrong shoes, not enough skin, humidity, etcetera. It is never a lack of skill or effort. ha.
Great video. Totally enjoyed it.
haha appreciate the love dude!
Or that the gravity was just bad today (I mean really, the moon modifies more or less the gravity)
damn, i wish i was a cute girl
rule 12; always talk about the latest injury in smalltalk
rule 13; try to get everyone you know into bouldering and invite them for a session
rule 14; drink beer after the session, it has electrolytes
(thats what we tell each other)
rule 15; having your own customized waterbottle with you
rule 16; always keep your shoes outside the backpack so they dont stench your bag, and everyone knows how cool you are
rule 17; look at your skin and fondle with it after failing an attempt
rule 18; brush holds for other people to be a chad
rule 19; spot the cute girl when she is doing an overhang for no reason
rule 20; if possible, campus the pink one in the corner
rule 21; always share your opinion on grades
rule 22; when somebody sends something and has nobody to share his accomplishment with, fist that dude /dudette, and share the stoke
great video, only one correction/addition, in austria i have heard allez, vai, vamos but most famously and my most used phrase is "come on".
Rule 13 is on point
@@evalopigus6983 also rule 17
pink's in my gym are v5-v7, v3 are an achievement for me, so imma have to pass on 20
Gemma? :D
@@anitsamalashvili8441 Auf geeeehts, "Kumm scho", gehtschooooo, vui gaaaaas, gib eeeeaaaaaaam
Another quick rule I learned the hard way: always brush the route if you can't flash it. Brushing is like chalk, it solves all your climbing related problems... (or at least makes you look like less of a beginner)
Fantastic/accurate video bro :)
Haha this is too true
I am doing some empirical science. My theory: getting your project brushed by someone else makes you send it.
@@chaosengine4597 well, actually there is some theory behind that why it works better for you. If you brush it yourself, and not just a bit but really good(up to 2 min), you waste a lot of energy. But since mostly others are waiting you don't rest much afterwards and so you go into the best attempt in terms of route condition with a loss of energy.
Time to write a science paper about more arguments...
I always brush my routes to look like I know what I'm doing even if I dont get past the start 😂
if a group of new climbing is sending a route they cant complete, you must always flash that route and walk away without saying anything
I always make sure to do a couple other routes on that wall before I do theirs... but the goal is to show them how it's done haha.
@@humanimal5527 yes but you must climbing the route very slowly and very pristine
Once finishing that, you must also go get smacked by a problem of a higher grade
hahah nah you go up & campus it, then walk away n say nothing
If you can heelhook, you heelhook.
I feel the same with knee bars lol
you heelhook even if you can't heelhook
If you are having trouble with a route you step back and “analyze” it for like 5 minutes (or while other people do it) but for half that time your looking at the chalky callouses on your hands
Also: "if you don't scream while trying hard, you are not trying hard enough."
Haha gotta scream even if youre not, to make it seen like the climb is harder than it is
Rule number 12: Screaming is for V7 and above
Haha agreeeeeee
This is hilarious because people actually look and want to cheer you on etc. It's literally the completely opposite to the gym mentality where you NEVER scream or everyone will hate you
rule number 12: Always say "Nice" when you see someone stick a hold they'd been struggling to reach. Be sure to add extras I's and !'s depending on how long it took to reach. 2 pumps to stick? That's a 2-i "Niice!" 5+ pumps/tries to stick, that's at least 3 !'s "Nice!!!"
NIIICCCEEE!!!
My friends pointed out that if I could send a route I'd call it fun, but if I couldn't do it yet I'd describe it as interesting instead. Anyone else do this?
lol I sometimes catch myself doing that.
Yep i do the same, because it's either a flash and a boring boulder i will never do again, except to gain fame when a big group is here or a boulder that i will have fun tryin again and again
Rule 12: dont steal a freshly brushed route (brushed by someone else that is)
rule 13: downgrade harder climbs you barely finished ... "dude. softest V6 EVAAAAH"
rule 14: the climbing to socializing ratio MUST NEVER be lower than 1 to 5
also. in germany we must be really bad for breaking rule #3. most of us say "komm schon" or "auf gehts" (come on / lets go)
haha come on is common in australia as well more of a once in a while you'll hear the gamba and alle and you just kinda look around and go...but.... your not french or Japanese lol
ooooo that freshly brushed route hits me to the core. Sooo many times I've brushed only for someone to hop on while I get chalked up T.T
Though Im cool with it if they brush it back once they are done.
@@kizuku1166 I usually brush the whole climb for people and just look at em dead in the eye and say "now you have no excuses" haha
geht schon!
Zieh durch!
3 ATTEMPTS ALLOWED IF IT'S A DYNAMIC MOVE OFF THE START AND YOU ARE JUST GETTING A FEEL FOR THE MOTION.
Ooo controversial hahah
depends if someone is waiting already. communicate with them then ("can I try it once more?")
Nah I'd still personally do 2
my first ever bouldering gym sesh happened earlier this week and i am very thankful for the knowledge to not try five times in a row! 😭 it was a great experience though and really appreciated everyone’s patience with me and am more than excited to go back💫💫
I got into climbing because it was one of the few activities where I don't feel judged for being a beginner! I'm a simple girl who just wants a fun way to workout where no one is mean or creepy toward me.
Is that a problem with other sports?
@@benmall2190 it is at regular lifting gyms, and in many team sports if you're an adult
@@alyssahayes268 that's actually quite sad
@@alyssahayes268 Being a man I can't really say anything about the people being creepy thing, but the part about feeling judged is usually mostly in your head. I was pretty self conscious as well when I went from working out at home to going to an actual gym. Every time I walked my fat self up to a bar for one of my sets of a grand total of two band assisted pull-ups I was convinced everyone else in the gym must be thinking I'm an absolute joke and be annoyed with me for daring to take up space for such a pathetic workout routine.
But once you get used to being in the gym and find a steady routine that works for you it becomes easier to tune all of those thoughts out and just focus on lifting. With time you realize that basically nobody cares what you're doing or how much you're lifting. And if someone does pay any attention to you it's usually just because they're trying to gauge how much longer it'll take until they can use the equipment or they're simply looking around casually between sets.
Of course there are gonna be people who try to give you unsolicited advice (usually they mean well though, been guilty of that myself a few times) or stare at you creepily but I wouldn't let that discourage you. Lifting can be a very fun and rewarding process. I don't want to tell anyone how to best work out of course, I'm just saying with regards to not being beginner-friendly, gyms tend to get a much worse rep than they deserve.
@@tulkasastaldo4114 I do lift at a regular gym too, but it definitely depends on what gym you're going to. One thing that sets climbing gyms apart though is that sometimes, people go out of their way to encourage you. At regular gyms, strangers don't push you to get 1 more rep or applaud when you finish a set, but people do cheer strangers on during their route and congratulate them when they're done. It can be hard for beginner athletes to get into a fun physical sport without that feeling of inadequacy or feeling like everyone is secretly judging you. But at climbing gyms, it seems easier to get over that (in my opinion) because of that intentionally positive culture.
Always nice when a guy shows me a v2 in order for me to flash the v7 in that same corner I was accually looking at
«Climbers don’t shake, we fist each other» 😳
With liquid chalk.
🤣
I cant climb well but I always knew its just because the route setters at my gym are too high, the temperature is too low, my shirt has sleeves and everything is too slippery 😤 Its definitely not the lack of skill and training
Of course of course, sometimes the sun is just in my eyes as well...at 10pm...
"climbers dont shake, we fist each other"
-Beor Ong 2021
never forget
I completely missed it until this comment :D
If somebody takes a brutal fall, you have to look away when they get up so they aren't embarrassed.
lol. my first time ever at a climbing gym as an adult, I ended up at a bouldering gym (my roommate said "climbing gym", had no idea it was going to be bouldering til we got there), and on the third wall I attempted I fell from like 8 feet and completely shattered my ankle. Couldn't walk for 4 months, gonna have a fat metal plate in there til the day I die. Out of the entire climbing gym, not a single person asked if I was alright, nobody did anything to help, at most people looked at me with disgust and turned away. I saw one group laughing at me. An employee wandered up to me after about 10 minutes and asked if I wanted them to call an ambulance. I declined because I was in shock and was worried about money, so after a while my roommate noticed me and took me home.
It was the most humiliating, dehumanizing experience of my life. I can't imagine how shit a person you have to be to see someone visibly in that much pain and just ignore it. If that's considered "good etiquette" in the climbing community, I strongly feel that the rest of society would be a lot better off without people like you.
@@methyod people like me? Jeez man I'm talking about if somebody punts off their project for the 8th time that day, not if they're sitting on the floor in pain. I'm sorry you broke your ankle but don't take it out on random people in the UA-cam comment section ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i fell face first recently but at least i topped out and got a video of it😂
When you send a boulder near your limit make sure you watch other climbers attempt the same route out of the corner of your eye and feel that sweet sweet victory when they fall off
You get 5 free passes on not remembering someone's name in the climbing community. I mean 5 times you climb multi trad with them, and then after that it's kinda unacceptable. Until then, so Dude!
Haha now that i work at a gym im forced to remember names
Rule 12, there is no such thing as a
non-cheeky knee bar
I love "Noone cares if you fail, everyone cares if you don't try"
I walked into the climbing gym to do my first ever bouldering session and I was already waving my hands in the air like I was 'air climbing' lmao
Yea, I started climbing about 2 weeks ago after getting sucked down the youtube climbing rabbit-hole and I always feel like I'm doing too much for someone who can only barely do v2-v3
Must comment "That's a V2 in my gym" on every single youtube video of a send
Haha dude im pretty curious as to how grading is around the world, i hear down here in aus its around the middle, states a bit soft and fontainebleu and japan pretty sandbagged..though thats only what ive heard
You forgot about the guy who yells beta while you're struggling on a move. The louder he yells the more he knows.
same as the beta sprayer lol, I actually think THIS is more annoying than the beta sprayer though, cause your on the wall you have your own beta in mind, and this guy is just yelling random shit to you until you fall
just stand up and reach for it !
@@pixelcrust haha. "Keep going up!"
Since I am 77 years old, when some young dude fails to send a route and I come over and ask for a try and then blast up the wall as quickly as possible.
Only one you forgot. If your a kid in the team make sure to flash the random group of dudes project and the talk loudly to your friends about how good that warmup climb is. (ME)
My sole most essential highly important rule. Always, ALWAYS make sure, you're looking cool. This means, never try too hard and have the technique of a god/goddess. Then regardless of grade, you will look CoOL!!! ;p
Nice vid dude.
This hit me in ways I don't want to
how did i miss this comment! haha I would love this comment 5x more if I could... this is why I only do dynos...even the easiest ones =P
Rule #12, after you've been trying a route for a hour of two, someone will come by and flash it for ya...
In the boulder gym, never start conversations with "I see you climb, do you also do free solo?", "Why was Magnus Midtbo not in the Olympics?" or "Do you know who this Daniel Woods guy is?"
or "are your fingers as strong as legs"
got on the wall today after letting a newbie have 6 try’s on her climb. She started grumbling to the woman next to her because i was in the way…. she’ll learn someday it’s okay
I love how there's good rules and then funny ones with each other
Don't stand where someone might fall. I took one of my non climber friends to the gym and Im injured now because I had to catch my fall on a hold because I woud have fallen on him. Also don't stand behind anyone.
Same thing happened to me over a year ago, I had a super sketchy land on a less than stellar section of the mats and my ankle is still a bit messed up from it (I can't squat and it's still super stiff) . On the bright side I can still climb though, but I definitely think telling the non climbers to stay away from the walls is one of the most important rules.
The last rule makes me feel a little better about being a beginner and climbing in front of people lmao
Exactly directed to ppl like you man, a lot of my friends have had the same issue, but the thing is its worse not even climbing because of ppl or just giving up half way instead of just giving it what youve got and not being strong enough. Everyone just wants to see you succeed and push your own limits. No one cares if its a v0. Happy sending my dude
I would not have watched the video if it wasnt this short. I like the quick and easy entertainment 👍
appreciate it! yeah honestly youtubers get caught up in this little bubble of "My videos need to be 10 minutes long for the algorithm to promote it" my rule of thumb is your video should be as long or as short as it needs to be.. stop trying to add crap to it just to make it longer
#12 While resting between climbs, talking loudly and extensively about your planned outdoor climbing trips.
#13 Go to the onsite sauna for a post climb steam and continue to talk loudly and extensively about your planned outdoor climbing trips.
I love using the “some really tall guy set this” excuse 😭😭😂😂 Altho sometimes I swear it’s a genuine excuse 😂😂👌
Haha im 5'3 ill use it all day everyday
I've been climbing for a month now and last night I got beta sprayed for the first time. It was irritating beyond anything I could have ever imagined LOL ... the dude said something twice and then on the third time, he literally WALKED UP to the problem to show me what to do. I couldn't believe it. Then i looked over at him 5 minutes later and he was inspecting and caressing one of the holds. It made me a lot less annoyed to learn that he had some sort of mental problem...
I dont mind talking about it when im on the ground, but when im on the wall, all i better hear is come on
@@BeorOng like this? Or like this? I have no idea how to move my own body. I can't figure it out. I need unsolicited guidance. You know what, why don't I just get off the wall and let you show me?
@@tpstrat14 the best response is always "have you climbed it" so i can wait for the no and walk off
@@BeorOng beta spraying inevitably makes you feel like a total goof that can't figure out anything on their own. But sometimes kids come to my gym on a field trip and they're freaking out on the auto belay next to me about how to get to the next jug, so I give them a foot placement tip to end their trauma lol
12. While screaming "PSSSSATT!" will make you appear cooler on the hard problem, remember: That problem will get flashed effortlessly by the 15 yo female comp climber.
That was one of the shortest, funniest and yet most informative tubes ive seen....nice one DUDE!!
"walk it off" after a brutal fall is one of the most factual things i've seen
hahah I turn around and contemplate what im doing with my life instead though
Rule number 13. Lead climbers are better than you even if they are projecting a 5.9
and tradders are the elite
One rule I like at our gym:
Whenever there’s a new climb within the range of your friend group and one friend goes for a try you have to tell them that everyone flashed it.
if someone brushes the climb don't jump on it as they are putting their brush away. and if you do jump on just brush it again once you are done.
The best way to get the cute girl struggling with the v2 in the corner is to go up flash it with ease. extra points if you make loudly say something about how its soft for the grade or a warm up.
Alternatively if you wanna be subtle about it do the v3 next to it to show you can climb harder so she asks you for help
No kidding! Magus doesn’t own any shirts does he? 😂
just claps some chalk on his chest haha
he needs the shirts to fla them on the slopy, chalky, slimy holds to make em worse.
Most of it was way too accurate. Never had anyone at my gym speak in French/Japanese, though. Also, I think most of the women outclimb the men.
Few from Australia.
1. Gyms are for picking up a partner.
2. If you've learnt to climb in a gym, stay in the gym.(there's enough idiots in the bush already)
3. Don't place bolts unless you will deck out .
4. Don't place bolts within 10 meters from the ground
5. There must be at least 7 meters between each bolt (rule 3 exception only applies for grades above 25 )
6. Under no circumstances place a Bolt if you can place Natural pro.
7. If the walk into the crag is over half an hour, always tell people it's only 5 minutes.
8. Always tell people it's easier than it looks.
9. Bring your music and play it loud
And finally
10. If you play loud music at the crag don't winge when a local (especially one of the old guard) boots your speaker into the bush, yells at you to go back to the fucking gym and grow a set of brass balls instead of using your stick clip to clip the first fucking bolt. (Usually at least ten metres up, unless you are at a woosy sports crag where the the bolts are placed at eye level and every meter after that)
But most of all Have fun!
Rule 12: Most of the time you sit on the ground resting, analyzing routes or you're watching other climbers. Buut you're about to get up and do the next attempt in like 5 minutes (for half an hour😅)
Chalk, or as my friend calls it "climbing crack"
you know you cant have enough of it
I swear to god, I haven't had a single gym session where I didn't see a dude show/explain to the girl (presumably girlfriend) how to climb, like man, just let her climb!
haha coming from someone who knows some of the girls that get explained to...some of them have never met them ever....lol
What I always appreciate are new bros to the gym who give unsolicited beta to the friend of a known crusher who overhears and dismisses the beta.
@@zacharylaschober hahha my brother and I do this all the time.... when the beta sprayer says something and you look at each to her like wtf is he on about
My wife and I are begginers Nd we climb together and give eachother advice lol I feel like a 3rd person perspective helps a lot
@@tylerandleahcanadian3888 honestly I think its actually appreciated by new people to get advice, its just at a certain level you begin to enjoy the process of working things out yourself so when people give you that unsolicited advice you're just kind of like... I just want to try it my dude
not gonna lie I chalk up so much, I chalked up to belay my friend. I didn't hear the end of it
Good use of the Wilhelm scream.
ahhh a man of culture
That creepy face behind the woman, destroyed me hahah
I’m here for the ladies.
You forgot:
Leave your water bottle 10 miles away.
The choice of music was fitting, because I feel like this type of music is used in every UA-cam climbing video ever😂
Question: Why does it matter how many times in a row you try something if it's not busy? If somebody's working a spot hard, and they're getting really close to figuring it out, I just work somewhere else until they get it or give up. It seems like a slow way to progress if you're always having to interrupt every 2 tries to give someone else a try. Shouldn't it be more of a time thing, like no more than 5 minutes or something? I have no issue with letting someone work a problem for a bit uninterrupted. In a packed gym or crag I could see why it would be rude, but if there's other spots to work on, why should someone have only 2 tries to get it? As a skateboarder we recognize when someone's trying hard to get a specific trick or line and hold back to let them attempt until they get it or quit it.
more of a small jabby joke, but on the actual matter its totally dependant on context. If you're pretty close to getting it most climbers would just let you at it, but the issue also comes into play of if you're not getting it then you probably don't have strength either way and need the 5 minute rest which means you standing at the climb, caressing each hold going hmm... mmmm...ahhh..hmmm or dialing the moves in in your head while recovering strength just means other climbers cant climb the entire section you're on which could include 4-5 climbs for a whole 5 minutes that the person wasn't climbing anyway when essentially 4-5 other ppl could have tried the other problems then gone away.
Climbers are usually pretty good at determining turns as well I'd say and know when someone is close or not but its more of a lack of awareness an courtesy on the person climbing that this is a dig at, where they know they're nowhere close, they have no strength left, and they wont let someone else take a 30 second turn so they can move on
You should at least verify. Take a step back and look around after your second attempt, if nobody steps up then you're free to go again. If you know someone is waiting it can be okay to ask them to let you try again, but not something I'd do every time. It's just about being respectful
@@TheQuicksilver115 for sure man, sometimes people are just really focused on their own projects that they forget to step back, sometimes just walking in front of them gives them a little cue that you want to go. Had a lot of noobie friends who just struggle to get on the wall because someone wont leave their spot and they're too shy/new to know to be a bit more aggressive in getting their turn in that's where this little joke came from. But 100% you want to do everything as respectfully as possible
"we fist each other" that had me rolling 🤣🤣
In Germany you cheer each other on in English :) Glad to see in English speaking places they do another language too lol
great video!
also, fun fact:
In Hebrew, "Alleh" means "go up"
appreciate it my man, haha how appropriate
I laughed out loud when helping the girl in the creepiest way possible scene happened 😂😂
When you are Brushing a hold most of the time you had to go first.
Few more rules: 12. no power screams for any climb below 7a. Climbing on max effort without letting others show it is the name of the game.
13. If you flashed the route, your friends are not allowed to clap or give applause.
14. You don't give applause for sends that looked easy, even though you are impressed.
15. Don't wear chalk bags in boulder gyms.
16. Always stay positive, don't say things like "I will probably fall" before stepping into the problem.
Don’t climb right next to someone and don’t walk under people while they’re climbing
The fact that you mixed legitimate things with satire LMAO.
Nahhhh theyre all legit haha
I love the the belayers who give nonstop beta to their girl partner. At the end the whole gym knows the beta and the frustrated partner. Rule for me #1 have Fun, Dude!
100%
Rule #1: Shoes/Slips that have been used outside the Gym or in the restrooms should NOT be allowed within the climbing area
restrooms agree but shoes that have been used outside?! that's weird
Finally somebody who realizes that it’s practically impossible to mess up a fist bump
Me and my friends use "That's right" "way to go" "strong dude" to encourage each other
While encouraging other people, you must do so in French or Japanese, Great vid bro
Haha spanish is also acceptable, so yell out that venga! Appreciate the love
@@BeorOng Haha will do
@@BeorOng what about Norwegian, if you've watched far too many Magnus Midtbo videos? Kom igjen!
@@wellbornyouth haha I have to say I have not heard much Norwegian being shouted out
@@wellbornyouth i spam this with my friends too haha
Be patient, dont walk under people bouldering or climb top rope next to another climber especially if the routes cross.
"Climbers don't shake, we fist eachother" 😂
"climbers don't shake, we fist each other"
WE DO?!
You know we do
“Climbers don’t shake, we fist each other.” Please dont take this out of context
I feel so immature but this made me laugh
It’s ok, buddy, walk it off.
Dude! You gotta call him dude, dude. Not cool my dude.
So true! I've had a couple awkward moments when I didn't know whether or not to shake someone's hand
I think my shoulder just dislocated watching that dyno at the end
Accurate and funny. Although I never knew about the cheering... since I speak french, I am using one of the two allowed language by default.
haha, thats cheating
@@BeorOng Pretty sure it says in the rules, that French climbers need to use the Spanish "venga!".
@@audiojck1 ah touche lol that is a fair rule
That last one is pin point accurate : just try it, if you fail, you'll get it next time
Rule 12 always wear climbing shoes with socks
Just remember, CLIMBERS DON'T SHAKE, THEY FIST EACHOTHER
Rule 12 if you fail a climb somebody immediately spawns right behind you to show you it is done and rub it in
Rule 12: if you see someone struggle on a route you can send, immediately go on that route, flash it, and walk away without saying anything or looking at them
Instructions not clear for rule number 10. Apparently fisting wasn’t appropriate in the climbing gym.
When you fall off a boulder, say you’re wiped out even if your session has only been 30 minutes so far
Yup, the men always coming up to me to give me their "expertise" ...
how else are they supposed to flex? haha the only thing they have left is campusing in front of you and hoping that impresses you
"Rule no 6 : taking off your shirt give you + 5 strenght buff" What about the other half of the population?
Genuinely just asking but is bringing your own chalk bad ?, I’m a newbie and I bought cute bags because I enjoy my hobbies more if I cuteify them but now I’m not sure if it’s weird as a beginner ?
nah everyone around here sports the monster chalk bags or the pokemon ones these days lol
@@BeorOng Oo awesome thankyou !! :D
One more: If you spend more than 30s inspecting/feeling out holds, that counts as your turn
When you meet that dude/dudette always ask for the first question how long they are already in the gym
Falling climber has right of way.