Is indoor rock climbing safe reddit. Hey everyone! I've been bouldering for little over a year now, mostly indoor. Reply reply More replies Jaypav1 • Outdoor roped climbing within a reasonable drive from Lancaster: Safe Harbor, Sex Wall (harder), Chickies Rock (trad and sketchy) and Birdsboro. Your arms will hold your body to the wall, not support your weight. But I find indoor route climbing absolutely impossible. I only bouldered a couple times at this college gym, and I use to go with friends and everyone there were in groups. 4M subscribers in the climbing community. The 619 votes, 549 comments. Biking and Crossfit are probably more dangerous than indoor rock climbing though, thanks to cars and dynamic movement with weights, respectively. Make sure your pads are well placed, you can roll an ankle or blow a knee and apparently fracture your spine. I strongly encourage you to give it a shot. Also about to try via ferrata, climbing outdoors on a fixed-rope route. Summer is probably the worst time to go to either but Stables will be more open/less overgrown and easier to navigate. Though I want to try an actual bouldering gym, I'm not sure if it's considered weird or not to do it alone. Having a regular climbing buddy can make a world of difference. The home of Climbing on reddit. Any harnesses carried by a reputable retailer (not amazon, they get fake shit sold there) will be rated to the same standard for strength. It's extremely rare to get a serious acute injury while running, those are typically chronic and more comparable with people straining a pulley or tennis elbow. I have been getting intense muscle strains in my arms, namely the tops of my firearms, my inner elbow crease, and even around my elbow. Another note, find someone to climb with. I was wondering if anyone had pointers on how to limit injuries in your arms while indoor climbing. Indoor bouldering is pretty safe, but it can go pretty bad if you are unlucky. A good friend actually managed to get a vertebral fracture while indoor bouldering yesterday and I know of one of the workers at my gym that managed to do the same (while climbing in another gym). 1. Your feet are shaped differently than mine, what's good for me is not for you. Just exercise caution when climbing, and have enough sense to recognize a "risky" fall (prone, back to the ground, nearly parallel or at a slight angle) from a relatively safe one. I’m 25 and recently fractured my spine after an uncontrolled ground fall from the top of the wall onto a mat. As everyone else has pointed out, you'll build up strength quickly. I've worked for multiple climbing gyms over the past 10 years. Scary, runout slabs and poorly protected climbs are my strongest styles but I've done loads of overhanging sport routes too. And yes we are scared of falling. I'm looking for a smart watch to buy, with it's primary purpose being used during cycling and climbing. Bouldering indoors is pretty safe, especially when your gym has padded floors (a lot of them in the states do). I’d say ground falls and finger injuries comprise the main physical dangers of rock climbing. And I don't think I'm a terrible indoor boulderer as I've done 10+ V6 and V7 benchmarks on the Moonboard. Is it like a weightlifting gym where lots of people go in on their own to work out, or would It be weird to see someone go climbing alone? 11 votes, 23 comments. Does any one here have experience with smart watches in climbing/bouldering settings? Ideally I would like to track grades, attempts and . For your first pair, get the cheapest shoes that fit you. trueCheck out the weekly beginner's thread on r/climbing, this gets asked all the time there. In every single gym the accident log binder is overflowing with injuries due to bouldering (mostly bad landings), while injuries from roped climbing (top rope or lead) are scarce. Bouldering: Governor Dick Park, Governor Stable. Listen to them, and learn what you can to be safe. bbfuprf pvzw vegj pmsnnly gubemcg ujunz seuta ctj rucq axfhs