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juju
Sep 24, 2003, 1:47 AM
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Yea, I'm a chalk-o-holic. It's partly because my hands sweat a lot, but I'd say 75% of the time I use it is because for some reason I feel I can climb better with it on. Even though I know it's mostly psychological, it makes me feel more comfortable climbing, and if that's what I need to do to climb harder, then so be it.
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madcowrockclimber
Sep 24, 2003, 1:57 AM
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Oh yes I use chalk. it helps absorb the sweat on my hands therfore giving a better grip. i have a bag on my harness one for bouldering on a long lenght of accesory cord to tie around my waist and i have a big ol chalk pot as well. forget the use of "climbing gloves". :idea: I keep a bolt from a climbing hold as a "fuel gauge" in all of my bags. if i go to chalk up and grab more bolt than chal it is time to get more chalk. :idea: I got a free "ecoball" at a bouldering comp a while back...THEY SUCK!!!
:idea: I use the "ecoball" in my truck console for when my hands get sweaty when i go on road trips. :idea:
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bouldersdothebodygood
Sep 24, 2003, 2:20 AM
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ya i use chalk i need to sweaty hands. but like some other people who have replied it has also become part of my pre-climb routine. it just feels weird getting on the rock or plastic withought chalking up. also some people believe that they have the most stylish, amazing, or the coolest ect... looking chalk bag i have reason to believe they are all lying. i am the one with the coolest chalk bag. i got it in japan so that makes it cooler than any of yours already unless you got it in japan but along with that mine is chekered so you see therefore, mine is the coolest. just as a side note, in japan they sell them in bag shops in the differents city's and men and women use them around the city to hold money and call phones, probubly not ever knowing what they truely are.
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karmaklimber
Sep 24, 2003, 2:27 AM
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The coolest chalkbag I've seen was my friend's boyfriend's chalk bucket. He uses a big Kentucy Fried Chicken bag..thing.. Its like a big chicken bucket, but made from the same material as most gym bags, and it has a big zipper opening at the top. Has the KFC logo with Colonel Sanders and all. Its really big too. By far, it has to be the coolest one I've ever seen.
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olympicmtnboy
Sep 24, 2003, 2:33 AM
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I know I'm in the minority but I've been climbing for 7 years and never use chalk. The only time I have ever felt any desire or need for chalk was in a gym on a hot summer day towards the top of the route where it got a lot hotter and the holds were dripping from other people. I don't climb anywhere too hot and my hands just don't sweat (unless I'm mountaineering and wearing gloves which always get soaked). I often find that I get plenty of chalk just from holds where other people have way over chalked.
But if you need chalk, powder away. :-)
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legless
Sep 24, 2003, 3:24 AM
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so when i first started climbing a few years back i was stuck in boston for a winter and this dorm at harvard had a tiny woody that was built into the side of an old, drained, indoor pool. anyway, i didnt have chalk so i stole pieces of chalk from my philosophic logic class, crushed it and put it to use thinking that chalk=chalk. logical? yes. smart? no.
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thinksinpictures
Sep 24, 2003, 3:35 AM
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I use chalk, sometimes even because I need it.
Seriously, there are times (tonight at the gym) where I get all sweaty and nasty-tastic and there's no way I'd be able to pull of the ground without my friendly white powder :twisted:
Just as frequently though, I just reach back for my chalkbag like a security blanket. I've been known to chalk before tying in, before putting my shoes on, and I even chalked once before taking a leak. Don't think about that too hard.
Finally, I have to advocate chalk as a white powdery placebo. This weekend I was leading at Rumney - don't recall which route - and I reached up, felt the next hold, and thought, "no way." So I reached back in my happy magic bag, chalked up, grabbed the hold, and went for it (and yes, I sent). Did the chalk help, from a physics point of view? Almost certainly not. My hands were dry and the rock was good. But in the moment I sure convinced myself that a little fairy dust would help, and lo and behold, it did. Or I thought it did at the time.
Whatever gets you to the top.
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timmah
Sep 24, 2003, 4:16 AM
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hell yeah - I've even caught myself chalking up watching someone else go for
a hard move! Anyway, where would you stick your bolt plates if you didn't have a
chalk-bag? :roll:
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whitefingers
Sep 25, 2003, 6:46 PM
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Hi everyone, my name is Eric and Im a chalk user. Sometimes I chalk up before I tie in. Sometimes I chalk up after I chalked up. Sometimes I chalk up while Im watching someone else chalk up. Sometimes I eat chalk so I can bite the rock more effectively. I have the urge to hit the chalk right now!
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norskagent
Sep 25, 2003, 6:57 PM
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unabashedly. tickmarks4lyfe. I have seen people on routes who chalked up after practically every move, then fell because they got too pumped.
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bighigaz
Sep 25, 2003, 7:31 PM
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Let's see...
I use shampoo so my hair is cleaner...
I use shaving cream so my face is smoother...
I use deoderant so my pits smell nicer...
I use socks so my shoes don't get mustier...
I use CHALK because without it, I wouldn't get up half the walls I climb!
But as a side note, it is quite liberating to finishing a challenging climb (or moderate one for that matter) without it...
I wonder if it's the same with shampoo, shaving cream, deoderant, and socks? I'm going to try climbing without any of those things to start my day and see if I notice any changes... :shock:
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josephine
Sep 27, 2003, 8:31 AM
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I use chalk only when i need it...
Well,if you have sweaty hands it really chalk makes you climb easier,without the fear of slipping...
I use it only indoors.
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climbsomething
Sep 27, 2003, 9:54 AM
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In reply to: someone once said that it looked like i had been fisting a cow because my hands sweat loads! |
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dc
Sep 27, 2003, 12:11 PM
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my hands sweat loads... and even though ive been climbing for over 4 years, i still dont even own a chalkbag... i really need one though.. cos sometimes my hands just slip right off the wall.. especially in bouldering problems... i often just have to use a friend's chalk so i can complete a route... so yeah.. i would definately use chalk if i had any....
im gonna go and get a chalkbag right now...
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organic
Sep 27, 2003, 4:08 PM
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So I was bouldering and these guys were trying to 'scend this problem, I step up and chalk up heavily because there is this nasty sloper like the second move, they were like "Thats a lot of chalk" so then I 'scent it and they didn't, end of story.
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telemarkist
Sep 27, 2003, 4:44 PM
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can't stick without it, always end up chalking my earhole somehow?
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corpse
Sep 27, 2003, 11:45 PM
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I use a chalkbag, because I have to put my digital camera in there.
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revdeuno
Sep 28, 2003, 12:20 AM
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i use chalk every time i climb. my hands get sweaty just thinking about climbing.
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erbolache
Sep 28, 2003, 12:50 AM
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That happens to me also, if I'm looking a climbing video, reading a climbing book or magazine, or just remember some moves I have made, I start to sweat a lot, so imagine how much I sweat when I'm climbing, I not only use chalk, I produce it, so i can use large amount of chalk, without worry about expending money.
Robo
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jipstyle
Sep 28, 2003, 4:15 AM
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I chalk up while posting on rc.com.
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dynoguy
Sep 28, 2003, 4:34 AM
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I produce it, so i can use large amount of chalk, without worry about expending money.
how do you make your own chalk?
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redpoint73
Sep 28, 2003, 2:07 PM
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In reply to: i use chalk every time i climb. my hands get sweaty just thinking about climbing.
Yep. Me too!
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stanagesi
Sep 29, 2003, 1:58 PM
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:shock: YES
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joshj
Sep 29, 2003, 2:17 PM
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I use it on most climbs. I agree that it's pretty much a psychological need, but it does seem to help when going for small holds.
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