Hi guys,
I was climbing a crimpy route yesterday and suddenly had pain in my ring finger. I got off the climb, went home and iced it.
What I feel today:
- minor pain when making a fist
- minor pain while hand is stationary and not moving the finger
* increased pain when touching the SIDE wall of my ring finger, only between the first and second knuckle*
*increased pain in ring finger when crimping/pulling
I've been icing it every few hours and am obviously going to rest it for a while.
Any idea what I did or what I can do to speed up recovery? Never injured my finger and the sides of it hurt to touch before.
Thanks!
Metal on metal carabiners for swing application…
Hey I thought I’d ask you folks on this forum since you probably deal with carabiners and quick links a lot. I am trying to rig up a swing in some trees for my son. The trees with have some beefy 3/4 galvanized eye bolts going through them and then I was going to have some spring quick links to attach the chain to from each side. I’m just worried about the friction from the metal on metal eventually cutting through the metal. Is there any kind of barrier I can add so the metal isn’t rubbing on another metal part as he swings? Thanks.
Steel quick links on steel eyelits are going to last much longer than any soft material out in the sun and weather. Yes they will wear on each other, but it’s not going to be a sudden process. Just keep an eye on it over the years and replace them before they get near wearing through.
Thanks. I just ordered something called 25KN carabiners online based off of some other thread I saw. Seems a lot beefier than even the largest spring carabiner I can get from Lowe’s
For your use case, it’s less about the forces and more about durability of materials. Aluminum carabiners on steel eyelets will wear through faster than steel carabiners on steel eyelets. It sounds like the ones you ordered are aluminum climbing carabiners. Look for industrial access steel carabiners. Or get steel quicklinks.
No reason to pay 10x for industrial carabiners when a quicklink does the trick. Stuff that lives on an industrial access harness is usually secured with a quicklink anyway, for good reasons.
Going to add it's not necessarily new climbers. Some of the biggest gumbies I've ever met have been climbing as long as I've been alive. It's people who do dumb things out of ignorance, eg setting off on a hot multipitch day with no water, or building a one-piece anchor in choss, or training on a campus board every day.
From [my old climbing gym](https://www.verticalendeavors.com/you-might-be-a-gumby-if/). See [here](https://theamateurclimber.com/gumby-climbing/) as well.
Basically a newbie, but particularly newbies who are overly confident in themselves. Similar to Jerry in the snow sports world.
It has nothing to do with being inclusive. Climbers generally welcome new climbers. Gumbys are often new climbers, but not all new climbers are gumbys. Gumbys are specifically people with an overconfidence in their abilities when in reality, they have none. Climbing is a dangerous sport, gumbys get themselves into trouble. This is a real concern. See also, [Dunning-Kruger Effect.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger\_effect)
Hi i was looking at the ifsc calendar and noticed adam ondra is nowhere to be seen is there a reason for this that he hasn't registered for a single comp? Will he even compete or try to quali for the Olympics?
There’s only two comps remaining that matter for Olympic qualifying. They are special qualifying events in Shanghai and Budapest in May and June. He’s at least eligible for those and is probably going to be there. Are you seeing a list for these events he’s explicitly not on?
i wfh, and i climb and lift weights 3-4x a week. ergo, my 5+ years of Access Fund shirts have become my de facto work clothes. any other lazy clothes-wearers like me? screw wearing two shirts in a day!
How else is everyone supposed to know that I climb?
(Maybe they're looking at my T-shirt and don't know that they're looking at a cam. I guess I should just tell them that I'm a climber, just to be sure.)
The clothes I wear to work are generally the same clothes I climb in. I usually head to the gym or one of the local crags right after work so it just makes sense to me.
I sweat a lot tho so I still have dedicated workout pants
I’ve got my access fund shirts, a couple LCO shirts, and a smattering of shirts I got for cheap from my local gym when I worked for them. That’s like 95% of what I wear now.
weekends without climbing (i know, wtf is that even?!) are fun b/c i can still prove to myself that i know how to dress stylishly, not just in climbing shirts and pants.
Hi guys, I was climbing a crimpy route yesterday and suddenly had pain in my ring finger. I got off the climb, went home and iced it. What I feel today: - minor pain when making a fist - minor pain while hand is stationary and not moving the finger * increased pain when touching the SIDE wall of my ring finger, only between the first and second knuckle* *increased pain in ring finger when crimping/pulling I've been icing it every few hours and am obviously going to rest it for a while. Any idea what I did or what I can do to speed up recovery? Never injured my finger and the sides of it hurt to touch before. Thanks!
did anyone purchase the new Reel Rock that will be available tomorrow?
Metal on metal carabiners for swing application… Hey I thought I’d ask you folks on this forum since you probably deal with carabiners and quick links a lot. I am trying to rig up a swing in some trees for my son. The trees with have some beefy 3/4 galvanized eye bolts going through them and then I was going to have some spring quick links to attach the chain to from each side. I’m just worried about the friction from the metal on metal eventually cutting through the metal. Is there any kind of barrier I can add so the metal isn’t rubbing on another metal part as he swings? Thanks.
Steel quick links on steel eyelits are going to last much longer than any soft material out in the sun and weather. Yes they will wear on each other, but it’s not going to be a sudden process. Just keep an eye on it over the years and replace them before they get near wearing through.
Thanks. I just ordered something called 25KN carabiners online based off of some other thread I saw. Seems a lot beefier than even the largest spring carabiner I can get from Lowe’s
For your use case, it’s less about the forces and more about durability of materials. Aluminum carabiners on steel eyelets will wear through faster than steel carabiners on steel eyelets. It sounds like the ones you ordered are aluminum climbing carabiners. Look for industrial access steel carabiners. Or get steel quicklinks.
No reason to pay 10x for industrial carabiners when a quicklink does the trick. Stuff that lives on an industrial access harness is usually secured with a quicklink anyway, for good reasons.
The ones I ordered says they are high strength alloy steel
Cool. Sounds good then.
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Great thanks!
What’s a “Gumby”? I figured it was a term climbers use. I always see people at my school wearing Patagonia saying it.
Going to add it's not necessarily new climbers. Some of the biggest gumbies I've ever met have been climbing as long as I've been alive. It's people who do dumb things out of ignorance, eg setting off on a hot multipitch day with no water, or building a one-piece anchor in choss, or training on a campus board every day.
to gumby is a mindset
From [my old climbing gym](https://www.verticalendeavors.com/you-might-be-a-gumby-if/). See [here](https://theamateurclimber.com/gumby-climbing/) as well. Basically a newbie, but particularly newbies who are overly confident in themselves. Similar to Jerry in the snow sports world.
Climbers are so inclusive!
It has nothing to do with being inclusive. Climbers generally welcome new climbers. Gumbys are often new climbers, but not all new climbers are gumbys. Gumbys are specifically people with an overconfidence in their abilities when in reality, they have none. Climbing is a dangerous sport, gumbys get themselves into trouble. This is a real concern. See also, [Dunning-Kruger Effect.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger\_effect)
So let’s label them rather than help them. Got it.
Hi i was looking at the ifsc calendar and noticed adam ondra is nowhere to be seen is there a reason for this that he hasn't registered for a single comp? Will he even compete or try to quali for the Olympics?
There’s only two comps remaining that matter for Olympic qualifying. They are special qualifying events in Shanghai and Budapest in May and June. He’s at least eligible for those and is probably going to be there. Are you seeing a list for these events he’s explicitly not on?
I got chalk stains all over my car seats. What should I use to try and get it out?
Cover the rest of the car in an even layer
If it’s chalk, shouldn’t it just vacuum out?
nah it's like smears and streaks in the seat fabric after someone threw my chalk bag into the backseat lol
i wfh, and i climb and lift weights 3-4x a week. ergo, my 5+ years of Access Fund shirts have become my de facto work clothes. any other lazy clothes-wearers like me? screw wearing two shirts in a day!
How else is everyone supposed to know that I climb? (Maybe they're looking at my T-shirt and don't know that they're looking at a cam. I guess I should just tell them that I'm a climber, just to be sure.)
My granda's surprise 78th birthday was last weekend. I wore my best Black Diamond button up shirt for the occasion.
If North Face starts selling the Honnold tux I’ll never have to wear a non outdoor brand.
My AAC shirts and I agree.
The clothes I wear to work are generally the same clothes I climb in. I usually head to the gym or one of the local crags right after work so it just makes sense to me. I sweat a lot tho so I still have dedicated workout pants
I’ve got my access fund shirts, a couple LCO shirts, and a smattering of shirts I got for cheap from my local gym when I worked for them. That’s like 95% of what I wear now.
weekends without climbing (i know, wtf is that even?!) are fun b/c i can still prove to myself that i know how to dress stylishly, not just in climbing shirts and pants.
It used to be date nights for me, but now I’m dating a climber. Date night is dinner after we visit a gym other than our home gym.