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Tried crack this weekend and uh. So it's just like that isn't it?

#climbing #rock climbing #trad climbing #crack climbing

Crack climbing is really cool believe it or not :3

#ahhh im gonna try crack climbing this weekend :)#in a gym too alas #i love getting a cheeky handjam in when I can outdoors #but I've yet to have an opportunity to properly crack climb #hopefully my feet do not get completely destroyed

mhclimbs

Losing weight* and getting fit is actually super easy all you need to do is get into a caloric deficit by eating less food than your body naturally wants you to though you need to make sure you're getting a good mix of macronutrients so you aren't sore and exhausted after a workout and also you need to get a good mix of micronutrients so your body doesn't have a panic attack you also need to make sure you're eating these things at the right time relative to when you do physical activity because your metabolism could be way slower or faster than the average and you also need to make sure that if you work out you don't work out too hard because that could fuck you up for the next week even if it feels really good to work out but you should also exercise when you don't want to because it keeps your body conditioned and feeling better with less food and you need protein to maintain muscle mass but then that protein doesn't contribute to your caloric energy stores so you should also have some carbs to make sure you get that energy but you really should be getting your energy from your fat stores but not all of it and have you heard of this thing called ketosis and it could work for you or maybe not there's literally no way to know except to drastically alter your diet for an extended period of time and don't forget to make sure you're able to keep your mood up so you can work that full time job and also you will not see results for a matter of weeks and also sometimes none of this shit will matter whatsoever and you'll actually perform really well physically and mentally while feeling like absolute garbage and sometimes you'll stay hydrated (DID YOU REMEMBER TO STAY HYDRATED???) and fed aaaaaaaall day and you'll still want to cry at the end of the day because your body decided not to pay attention to any of that shit and sometimes you'll get eight hours of climate-controlled sleep that leaves you feeling like you cant stand up straight and sometimes you'll get five hours of sleep interrupted by a car crash outside your window and you spend the next day ready to climb a mountain and really the main thing is to make sure you're sticking to that caloric deficit and keeping your diet varied enough.

*disclaimer to avoid urination on the financially disadvantaged and economically marginalized: this is not an endorsement of weight loss for weight loss' sake nor am I engaging in weight loss for weight loss' sake, I am engaging in weight loss for the purpose of improving at an athletic pursuit that makes me happy and which I would like to engage in with more ability and with a greater margin of safety.

mhclimbs

And it sucks so much when I'm supposed to hold myself back from diving deeper into it. It sucks when I really want to get another hard climbing day in but I know it's better to do some light cardio so my body can rest. It sucks when I couldn't feel less hungry but I know I have to eat because otherwise I'd feel terrible tomorrow. It's like pulling a tick out like you need to go at this slow steady pace because too slow nothing happens and too fast you'll hurt yourself maybe even permanently but all you want is to be done with it. But nope you need to hold back on the good days and push through on the bad days because fuck you you don't get to keep progress.

#diet #cw diet culture #fitness #exercise #climbing #rant

Losing weight* and getting fit is actually super easy all you need to do is get into a caloric deficit by eating less food than your body naturally wants you to though you need to make sure you're getting a good mix of macronutrients so you aren't sore and exhausted after a workout and also you need to get a good mix of micronutrients so your body doesn't have a panic attack you also need to make sure you're eating these things at the right time relative to when you do physical activity because your metabolism could be way slower or faster than the average and you also need to make sure that if you work out you don't work out too hard because that could fuck you up for the next week even if it feels really good to work out but you should also exercise when you don't want to because it keeps your body conditioned and feeling better with less food and you need protein to maintain muscle mass but then that protein doesn't contribute to your caloric energy stores so you should also have some carbs to make sure you get that energy but you really should be getting your energy from your fat stores but not all of it and have you heard of this thing called ketosis and it could work for you or maybe not there's literally no way to know except to drastically alter your diet for an extended period of time and don't forget to make sure you're able to keep your mood up so you can work that full time job and also you will not see results for a matter of weeks and also sometimes none of this shit will matter whatsoever and you'll actually perform really well physically and mentally while feeling like absolute garbage and sometimes you'll stay hydrated (DID YOU REMEMBER TO STAY HYDRATED???) and fed aaaaaaaall day and you'll still want to cry at the end of the day because your body decided not to pay attention to any of that shit and sometimes you'll get eight hours of climate-controlled sleep that leaves you feeling like you cant stand up straight and sometimes you'll get five hours of sleep interrupted by a car crash outside your window and you spend the next day ready to climb a mountain and really the main thing is to make sure you're sticking to that caloric deficit and keeping your diet varied enough.

*disclaimer to avoid urination on the financially disadvantaged and economically marginalized: this is not an endorsement of weight loss for weight loss' sake nor am I engaging in weight loss for weight loss' sake, I am engaging in weight loss for the purpose of improving at an athletic pursuit that makes me happy and which I would like to engage in with more ability and with a greater margin of safety.

#diet #cw diet culture #fitness #exercise #climbing #rant #I could actually be holding up way worse ngl #im mostly just irritated that theres so much I need to manage #and sometimes its super easy sometimes its super hard #that being said #I've been hitting some pretty good climbing recently that idt I could have hit before this #overhanging 5.10a even in the gym and with falls on toprope is pretty surprising for me #especially when it's set by the setter who insists on setting reallt stiff #and again for anybody who thinks this is trying to convince them anything about dieting #this is me ranting about my experience dieting #I weigh 240-250lbs with a high fat content #there's nothing wrong with that I'm happy with my body as is #but I want to be a better climber and frankly losing weight is one way to improve my climbing ability #it is more valuable to me to lose the weight than it is not to

sashadealltheknives

Breaking: local knitter struggling to detangle yarn after finding a perfect alpine butterfly knot

"I knew better than to assume it would be a slip knot, but when has that stopped anyone?" the knitter said in a statement late friday night.

The knitter went on to swear never to wind a skein of yarn by hand again. "Next time, I think I'll give up and take up mountaineering instead."

#gotta crack it

Sweating while side-eyeing a pile of croissants fitness is safety equipment. Fitness is safety equipment. Fitness is safety equipment.

#I have a sedentary desk job and if I'm going to be more or less inactive for 8-12 hours of the day #I should probably eat something healthier than a croissant #CW diet culture #cw eating mention #diet #to be clear this isn't about “I need to eat as little as humanly necessary”#this is about #climbing #fitness #seriously though #my friend/mentor has framed it to me this way a few times #that fitness isnt even about doing harder things as much as it is being able to do harder things safely #you don't get fit to send harder #you get fit so that when your rope gets stuck in a crack and you need to do weird rope shenannigans to get it out #you're physically and mentally able to get back to safety with a healthy matgin of safety

mhclimbs

I think I need to boulder more but actually I need to climb more 5.easy laps but actually I need to do more elevation gain hiking actually no i think I need to just practice leading more but tbh I probably just need to do more easy multipitch but I think I need to start hangboarding but I probably

mhclimbs

turns out there actually was a right answer today and it was 5.easy laps

#today's mood has been :). HashTagAbsolutelyLivid :).

mhclimbs

Been thinking 'bout "Vignt kilogramme fromage" again...

#been thinking about it again...

vintagecamping

Hiking around Garibaldi Lake British Columbia

1927

#the type of fit I need to climb 8 pitches of 5.4 in

creekfiend

you're not supposed to wander around appalachia at night bc you'll fall off a sheer drop that you couldn't see coming. this is also a major risk during the day. you really have to watch out for the sheer drops that you don't see coming due to the undergrowth. I suspect 100% of spooky missing persons cases in appalachia have the spooky explanation of "sheer drop disguised by undergrowth"

really cannot overstate how many utterly invisible ravines we got here and also how big the woods are. they can't find people because the woods? are big

creekfiend

in seriousness you can learn about the isolated Appalachian communities that were up here until quite recently by checking out the foxfire books. it is true that there were many isolated communities that remained pretty separate from mainstream American life for a longish time but most of the last ones were my grandpa's generation. and they were regular? can't overstate how regular they were. just rural and isolated with their own culture. do check out the foxfire museum if you want to learn more about them and their lives! those books are based on real interviews conducted by local high schoolers and college students of the old folks in their communities and they are very interesting windows into day to day rural life up in the mountains in the early to mid 20th century.

creekfiend

I absolutely 100% do not mean this in a like derogatory city slickers way; I myself grew up mostly in a city and I think that it is morally neutral to not have experience with The Outdoors. having said that, I have noticed that a lot of people who do not have regular interactions with "landscape that can kill you" do seem to have an internalized idea that "landscape that can kill you" is something that only happens to other people, or not very often, or only under extreme circumstances. which I think often leads them to assume that there must be something else out here that can kill you. but I fear I must inform the people who wanna believe scary Appalachian woods monsters are real that it's Landscape. inclusive of the beasts that dwell there such as the cougars and bears. its Landscape! (GRASPING EVERYONE ON THE SPOOKY APPALACHIAN TRAIL SUBREDDITS) IT'S LANDSCAPE THAT KILLS YOU! ITS ALWAYS LANDSCAPE! Old Man Hidden Ravine and his best friend Exposure!

I think I need to boulder more but actually I need to climb more 5.easy laps but actually I need to do more elevation gain hiking actually no i think I need to just practice leading more but tbh I probably just need to do more easy multipitch but I think I need to start hangboarding but I probably

#climbing #fitness #shitpost

Tyler Karow looks so aggressively like Some Guy for being a Patagonia-sponsored alpinist. Like, most alpinists do look like they'd fit in a random crowd, but Tyler specifically looks and sounds like Some 3.4 GPA College Senior Excited To Start His Data Analysis Job And Also To Go Home To Play With His Cat.

#Climbing #Alpinism #Tyler Karow #Shitpost

trying to figure out if it sucks more to have a shitty weak climbing day or to have a climbing day where you feel shitty and weak only to demonstrably perform well above expectation

#the horror of eating healthy

herpsandbirds

#im not even gonna lie ive fantasized about running into a rogue pervert on a hiking trail before #hornypost #definitely gonna lose followers for this one lmao

vintagecamping

Mountaineering: Freedon of the Hills. Alaska Wilderness Studies.

1983 Edition

#this book is so fucking good btw #I have the tenth edition #and talk about comprehensive #it teaches you pretty much everything you need to know from basic camping to emergency aid climbing techniques to avalanche rescue #also the book that has drilled into me that physical fitness should be considered safety equipment #which pisses me off but is correct and so I shall at least try to improve my fitness

mhclimbs

Terrible terrible thing for the strong climbing urge to hit on a weekend with zero time to climb :((

mhclimbs

I saw a meme the other day summed up as "the way to get better at climbing is to climb more! Quit your job, disown your family, and stop showering!" and like haha very funny but also. It is family and hygeine that is preventing me from climbing this weekend so maybe theres a point there.

Terrible terrible thing for the strong climbing urge to hit on a weekend with zero time to climb :((

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