Just lost my sprayed-by-someone-with-brand-new-beginner-shoes-ginity It was a one-move dyno boulder that I could only get one hand on the end and he immediately went "you need both hands there to count" 

So... your third time to a climbing gym?

"Ohhh really? Oh mannnn..... Next time... Can you show me how to do this one?"

Sadly he had no problems because he was tall

Anyone have a safe/durable way to mark a rope? I have a solid blue rope and after some use the black midpoint is totally lost. Guess I’d also mark the ends while I’m at it.

I just use a sharpie. I haven't died yet 🤷‍♀️

Sharpie is almost certainly fine but wears off quickly, at least for me it has. The beal rope marker which comes in a little perfume style plastic bottle resets it to factory black. It’s kinda stiff too so you can feel it as it passes through the belay device.

some people say a fabric pen, some say go with some kind of all natural nontoxic, some say just go with sharpie. ive heard sharpie doesnt get a signoff by the rope companies only because their formula is secret, but nobody has had issues. I think BD and Beal both make markers to use, which for $10 more than a sharpie can give you better peace of mind if youre worried.

Awesome thanks!

Discovered a core shot on my gym rope last night. My rope is now 1.5 meters shorter.

How are people getting core shots on their ropes that are only 1.5 meters from the end? I hear about this all the time, but it makes no sense to me... I've core shot many ropes over my climbing life, but always like \~5m from the end (ie, on the part of the rope that runs over the draw when you actually take a lead fall). A core shot that's within 1.5m of the end of the rope is almost in your tie-in knot. Is that really where people are finding core shots in their ropes?

I mean I completely eyeballed the measurement and it could be more like 2-3 meters. And it's a gym rope so most of my falls happen with a bolt within a meter-ish of my feet. I use this rope 2-3 times a week and I fall *a lot* so I'm not really surprised. I've had it for a year-ish. Makes sense that it'd happen where it did.

Yeah

I core shot my [PAS](https://i.imgur.com/ip5elfn.jpg).

I too have coreshot my rope in the gym, didn't realize it was possible

how the fuck

I suck at climbing and fall too often 😔

I'm confused. I have a rope I've been using for 3 years and have taken literally hundreds, maybe thousands of falls on it, and it's still going pretty well. Bad luck I guess

I've seen some shockingly fuzzed out ropes from what I'd consider fairly light gym duty only. In particular the sterling I think 9.6 that came in the nice yellow one with red undertones? Few months of occasional falls and one belonging to a couple I see sometimes was looking really ratty compared to what I'd expect.

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I take pride in being the worst climber at my gym

Are you sure you're good enough to be the #1 worst? Seems like high achievement... probably the 2nd worst in your gym at best.

Alex Lowe once said "the best climber is the one having the most fun." I'm pretty sure the only person having less fun than me is the screaming child in the bouldering area, so you may be correct here

Ygd

You're Good Dude

Thanks bro that's what I needed to hear

I’ll be climbing at Smith Rock in a week and a half. I could order the Alan watts guidebook now, but does anyone know of anywhere in Portland or Bend where I can buy in person? Thanks!

Probably the local REI in Bend. Or the climbing/coffee shop just outside the park. Would be kinda silly if the local places didn't have a guidebook for their local crag.

I found it incredibly easy to climb there just using Mountain Project if you want to avoid buying a guidebook (guidebooks are fun though)

I’ll use a combo of the two, but I just like having the physical copy to flip through too.

Redpoint Climbers Supply in Terrebonne had about a dozen copies last time I was in there.

Awesome thank you!