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??

So I was climbing a 13a on the weekend and Bamm! My should popped out, I took a fall, and it popped back in. How do you maintain psych when injured? Hopefully after some rest, rehab and physio I can get back to my level of fitness. In the meantime, got any recommendations for staying fit?

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 :)