Roof pulls are always my weakness. There's no feet? Taller people reach out usable part of that side pull. Stronger people campus. I'm neither taller or stronger. My only thoughts were to maybe lock off next time, but every ounce of my being is required to keep the body tension that keeps my feet stuck in that wall. Anything for me?

These were my main shoes last year, but I used to wear Vapor’s for the first 5 or so years indoor and outdoor! Left to right TC pros (for crack climbing) 5.10 mocsassains (slip on warm up/ chill shoes) Skwamas (my try hard shoe) I’ve been using unparalleled Quincy’s for the last 5 or so months and really liking them too. Curious what everyone else is wearing??

I recently had an interesting conversation with somebody about motivation (whether it's something one should build) and it really got me thinking about motivation and the space around it. Before I ask questions, I'm going to share my personal experience. I have an okay relationship with motivation, I like it because it makes the doing easier and I can do things without it, but I realized that the first thing I do before the task at hand is search for motivation. What does this really mean? I think that, even though I can succeed without it, I use motivation as a crutch, I don't keep my mind on the task until I do it (this is fine, but what my mind is on isn't) but rather on what my reason for doing it is, I don't think about why it has to be done; I think about what positives are there that make me want to do it. I think my motivations are mostly reliant on people. Not only do I crave to be seen in a good light like most people, I also want to see those around me flourish. With this in mind, most of the time I look for an interpersonal motivation before I try to set out to a task. What is your relationship with motivation? What motivates you? How do you fare without motivation?

Overhang, slab, dynos what do you like the most? Personally I like variety and a nice long route (if on rope) with balance focused movement and some try hard moves on a roof. I also love climbing on aretes!! What about y’all?

I’m excited to be apart of this group! Message me if you are in SoCal! 1. What gym/where you climb now - Hangar18, Flow Stone / IE outdoors 2. What you want to learn here - technique 3. One climbing GOAL you have for the next year - level up to V3-V4 4. Why you love climbing - physical aspect for sure, but also love the feeling of accomplishment! & meeting great ppl :)