epb

I know the disadvantages in regards to the height of a climber. I was wondering about hand and finger size specifically. As far as height goes though, I think that it kind of equals itself out...some routes may be alittle hard for a small guy some a little harder for a short guy. Some routes even have two ratings when the difference in height makes a major difference. However small hands and fingers would seem to be nothing but advantages (on face climbs at least).

yeah, I was thinking about bringing my grip master to class..however I though people might get the wrong idea

Figger Eight...this one is for you

I was wondering if a hang board is the way to go...however I have no wear to hang it. My walls are plaster, and I can't drill into them

I don't know man, a pull up contest could get quite embarssing. BTW I'm really weighing in at 300 and the only climbing I do is up the stairs to my bedroom. That is when I'm not to durnk to make it off the counch.

Gymnasts. I took this girl out climbing back in highschool. She never climbed a day in her life. She was a gymnasts, and a hell of a good one. SHe had trouble at first getting the hang of things but when she learned how to move on the rock she was ace. On here 4th time out she was climbing 5.12's at smith (on TR)...her and my midget buddy (see my post on "Little fingers Big fingers") . I felt pathetic. It tooks me years of training to climb 5.12's, and she was pulling 5.12's her 4th time out!!! LUckily she didn't have that great of apassion for climbing..or things could have got very embarassing for me when she starting to climb 5.14's her second week out. This kind of shit depresses me...I need a drink [ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: epb ]

The shit would be to be a heavyweight and still be able to pull off endless pullups and all that jazz. That way you can atleast have some luck with the ladies.

It's all in proportion though man. The little guy may not have to lift as much, but in respect to his body weight he is doing a hella of a lot more work than th ebig guy only pulling off a 3 or 3. The little guy after all has smaller arms and muscles.

The Needles SD rock! I thought it was pretty cool when a helicopter would fly through the valleys and I would be up on a wall looking down at it! On one occasion a helicopter came back and hovered off in the distance for some fat ass tourist to take pictures of us climbing. I thought that was cool. Slightly dodgy, but cool. I really wish I could have gotta a hold of the flicks the fat bastard took. That would rock! I could trade off with him the picture I took of him and the helicopter. [ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: epb ]

Man I wish more people would insult me so I could have an excuse to use all the cool little gremlins.

Paul Derick = Seed Spitter. I understand derick. It's like Dan Larson and his pipe, he just can't climb with out it...regardless of whether his partner Scott'Adidas (aka Scot'teryx) can handle all the smoke on the route.

I was climbing at Smith a while make with a midget buddy of mine..dude wears like a size 4 shoe and has hands like half the size of mine. Since Smith is mostly face climbing and many 5.12's are barely overhanging if at all, therefire grip strength (and hand size???) play the major role on the climb. As far as reach goes, it has its pros and cons. However hand size seems to mean a lot when it comes to climbing. Like a finger tip crimper for me is a bucket for my mate, and a one finger pocket is a two for him. Is seems liek it would be a lot easer for a person with tiny hands to rock up that 5.12 face climb than a person with gorilla paws? (however, I know this is not always the case). I was wondering about this when I heard about some 10 year old kid climbing 5.12's. Shit, a 5.12 at smith would be all buckets for a 10 year old, as it was for my mate. What's up with this any how? Should there be likw two ratings or something, one for gorilla people another for the little people? (BTW I couldn't really care less about the whole rating thing, I'm just wondering what's up with the whole hand size thing)

Do you actually do a set regime with it?

That's raw man.

>>Folks, it's safer in the hills than it is around the house<< True to that mate.

Anyone ever do any grip or finger strengthing exercises? On rock I find my fingers and hands go limp before my arms for the most part. I used to have a gripmaster and all, but I gave up on it. Any ideas?

yeah pretty catchy. BTW Between the cobras and the rages...I'd go for the rages, cobras are overkill for general use. I know you get proform so your probally not to interested but the rambo II's rock, and you can pick up a pair for 220 (~110 each)! at sportsextreme. [ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: epb ]

Marcus your right about not going back down to a dead hang on each pullup. For the reason giving by courtney's theory of time under tension. When you go back to a dead hang, you release the tension. Thats's no good. [ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: epb ]

I'm into it being a genetic thing, like I said before...it makes for a good excuse . It kind of makes sense though. I find the hardest thing about doing one arms (attempting them that is) is just the body position. Your body swings in, and tweeks all your shit out. Not to comfy.

Sorry I guess I'm not as slow on the keyboard as I though . Caveman seriously, highschool wouldn't be a bad idea. However, I would go back to Kindergarden myself, when I was still short enogh to look up teh teacher's dress.

hey, your not playing fair man. You edited that post after I replied with a little spray. >>I only said that it is their major source of income, do you disagree with that???<< Nope. >>With out any type of modernization, Nepal faces depelating their natural reasources. There second major source of income is in the export of raw materials, of which they have few of significant value. So I suppose you would rather see it turn into a deforested strip mine than a industrial landfil...<< The export of raw materials has more of an effect on nepals enviromental status and depletion of tehir naturl resources than the lifes of the rural nepales people and hill tribes.

hey, your not playing fair man. You edited that post after I replied with alittle spray.

Sorry I got alittle carried away. If you have something to add, I'm all ears.

yeah yeah yeah.

no luck. Oh well.