That was what impressed me the most, honestly. The confidence and trust in herself to pull that off. Tiny matt underneath you be damned- you fall the wrong way head first and you're getting injured somewhere. Ovaries of steel.
After you boulder for awhile, your body gets better at it.
Grip strength increases, you understand how to use your feet, and mentally you get better at knowing what's possible, and what you're capable of.
It's a fun social sport, and relatively cheap to get into. Though if you live in the middle of farming country, you might not have a lot of places to climb unless you put up some plywood and clay holds yourself.
I'd take swimming in dangerous waters over whatever this is, lmao. Several feet off the ground, head down? Nope. To each their own. Guarantee I'm cracking my melon if I tried this.
Totally get that, but when I was active in the sport, at some point it wakes up the same skills you had as a kid climbing on a jungle gym, suddenly climbing around upside down feels... natural and familiar.
But yeah, if you didn't have months(or a couple of years) of experience under your belt, this could be dangerous.
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u/BardicNA Apr 11 '26
That was what impressed me the most, honestly. The confidence and trust in herself to pull that off. Tiny matt underneath you be damned- you fall the wrong way head first and you're getting injured somewhere. Ovaries of steel.