How Good A Climber Are You?
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How good a climber are you?
- 1.How often do you climb (or train for climbing)
- A.
Once a month
- B.
Once a week
- C.
Twice a week
- D.
Three or more times a week
- 2.Perseverance - how hard do you try?
- A.
Only attempt a climb once, success or failure
- B.
Will come back for a second or third attempt
- C.
Will keep coming back till I get it done
- D.
It's all about the multi-year projects (Tommy Caldwell)
- 3.Your ability to climb out of your comfort zone
- A.
I only ever happy when I'm top roping or bouldering
- B.
I'll lead but only sport/indoor
- C.
I'm into a bit of Trad (why are you too? ;-) )
- D.
I love it loose, wet, run out or partial.
- E.
I love it loose wet run out and partial!!
- F.
I climb mountains, the hard way.
- 4.How are you at giving advice?
- A.
Never give advice, they'll work it out (is it my turn again yet?)
- B.
Happy to give up my beta.
- C.
Regularly analyse other climbers performance and work the problems with them.
- 5.How are you at taking advice?
- A.
Bad, will only try a suggestion after I've exhausted all other possibilities (and myself).
- B.
Happy to take beta suggestions on problems you haven't yet completed .
- C.
Request beta on problems you can do, just so you can climb the problem in all possible ways.
- 6.How many different styles of climbing can you name (e.g. bouldering)
- A.
Bouldering
- B.
2 - 4
- C.
5 - 7
- D.
8+
- 7.How many types of climbing maneuver can you name (e.g. heel hook)
- A.
Less than 3
- B.
3 - 6
- C.
7 - 12
- D.
13+
- 8.How good are you at kitting up?
- A.
I need assistance (dressing myself)
- B.
I'm regularly told I've put my harness on incorrectly (bloody twisted leg loops!)
- C.
No harness issues
- 9.How many famous climbers can you name?
- A.
None
- B.
Less than 5
- C.
5 to 10
- D.
More than 10
- E.
I know more than 10 famous climbers
- 10.How strong are you / How many pull-ups can you do (on the easiest holds)
- A.
I can't do a pull up, only dead hang.
- B.
I can do less than 5.
- C.
I can do 5 to 10.
- D.
I can do 10 to 15.
- E.
I can do 15 to 20.
- F.
I can do 20+ pull-ups.
- G.
I can do one armed pull-ups.
- 11.Do you climb with balance and grace
- A.
Nope, just pull on things till I get to the top
- B.
Sometimes.
- C.
People have commented that I appear to climb without effort
- D.
Angels have ascended to heaven with less grace than I climb (Doug Hall)
- 12.Problem solving
- A.
Still haven't got that round hole square block thing.
- B.
Can only climb the most obvious moves and get stuck quite often
- C.
Yeah I'm ok at that
- D.
There is nothing I won't try a heal hook/gaston/dyno to crimp on.
- 13.What climbing experience do you have?
- A.
Bouldering
- B.
Top/bottom roping indoor
- C.
Top/bottom roping outdoor
- D.
Lead (sport) climbing indoor
- E.
Lead (sport) climbing outdoor
- F.
Lead (trad) climbing outdoor
- G.
Seconding (trad or sport) outdoor
- H.
Multipitch climbing (trad or sport)
- I.
Aid climbing
- J.
Deep water soloing
- K.
Soloing
- L.
High balling
- M.
Mountain climbing
- N.
Ice climbing
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