3 years of bouldering progression | V0 to V4
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In this bouldering progression video, I map out three years of climbing from beginner, to intermediate.
I wanted to share my climbing progress from when I first started, to climbing my first V4 boulder in Fontainebleau so I delved into the climbing archives to find some footage from 2014-2017 - I really hope you enjoy!
Timestamps
Intro: 00:00 - 01:45
Sponsor: 01:45 - 03:32
First year: 03:34 - 06:22
Second year: 06:24 - 09:51
Indoor comps: 09:51 - 10:59
First 6a: 10:59 - 11:32
Injuries: 11:32 - 13:28
Climbing abroad: 13:30 - 14:25
First 6b: 14:53- 15:19
6c in Fontainebleau: 15:20 - 16:56
Outro and thanks: 16:56 - 18:23
I would love to know your bouldering progression story. Drop your journey and your proudest climbing achievement in the comments below.
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love this video I'm almost 1 year into climbing and i'm doing maybe v2, V3 ( In paris we don't grade the gym boulders but we color code), and sometimes I feel people progress so fast (V5-V6 in the first year!). Is nice to see someone progress at my pace and that's really a strong climber! love you channel
This was really special to watch. I'm pretty new to climbing and am falling in love with it. Thanks for sharing your journey!
Aw, great! Glad you liked it. Hope you’re loving climbing so far 🤗🤗
I heard you say “alright I’m leaving the video here for now” and was so surprised when I saw that I was 17 minutes in already! I loved hearing about your climbing journey 💛 So cool that you have film from your early days too, I wish I had taken more of mine haha
Hehe glad you enjoyed it! I really wish I had been doing TH-cam videos properly back then. It feels like a lifetime ago when I look back on it. Hope you're doing well xx
Loved this video. I binged a lot of your bouldering videos a couple months ago when I had COVID, and finally felt inspired to start bouldering regularly myself. :) I was starting to get discouraged that my progression wasn't going as quickly as I wanted, but it was nice to hear your journey to know I'm still on track :)))
Really great video. Interesting to see and hear about your climbing journey. You always seem so enthusiastic. Looking forward to the next video. Thank you.
You’re very welcome - glad you enjoyed it! It was really fun to look back on my first few years of climbing. ☺️
Totally agree, it's lovely to see people's journeys with climbing. So excited to carry on with yours in the next video!
Really glad you enjoyed the first video! 😍
The perfect video for watching on a lazy sunday while it is snowing outside. It is great to see your progress and love for bouldering during these first years.
Thanks Steven! 😊 Hope you're having a great weekend and enjoying your lazy Sunday! :)
This is such a great video! Really reminds you that everyone starts somewhere and progressing takes time and work. Also, good to know I’m not the only one that had a silly inexperienced fall that ended up getting me a badly hyperextended elbow! Great video
Thank you! Definitely, we’re all complete beginners to begin with.
The amount of people I know who’ve done the same when falling, it feels like a bouldering right of passage! 🤨😊
amazing episode, super cool to hear about your journey!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
This was super cool, very interesting to see the technique noticeable improve. Really made be want to go outdoor bouldering.
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s so fun to look back at the old footage and notice the difference. 🤗
Thanks for sharing your adventure up to v4! It's so sad that you got your first pully injury so early in your climbing experience :( I'm glad you've made a full recovery though - your climbing is fantastic!
Thank you so much! Luckily, I've not had any major injuries in a little while and feel like I'd be much better at noticing the warning signs early on. Finger injuries really suck. :)
I don't exactly know why but this video made me feel a lot of different emotions, it's fascinating to hear about different people's journeys. The part about climbing getting you involved in actually taking care of your body definitely hit home ahah. I love how kind and understanding you are towards your past self and seeing the progression is soooo satisfying!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for your lovely comment.
I love this video. I’ve been climbing for 3 years and I’m at v4 level, and I’d been feeling bad that maybe I wasn’t progressing like I should be. But this helped me realize everyone has their own process and story. I think you’re a great climber so if I grow at the trajectory you have, that’s fine by me! Thank you for sharing your story :)
Thank you very much! I really appreciate that 😊😊🤩
Loved this video. Definitely very interesting & I think most climbers will see lots if similarities between your progression & theirs!
Love Font soooooo much. Very difficult & scary top outs. Beautiful part of the world. Keep up the great work.
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Glad you enjoyed it! Font is definitely one of the first places I'll be booking once it's safe to do so again. Always such a good time (if you count beating yourself up on sandstone a good time, which I do it seems!).
Hope you're keeping well!
I just started climbing about a month ago and your videos are really helping me out. So thank you for all that you do and how much love you put into it! So highly appreciate it!
You are so welcome! Great to hear you’re enjoying the videos ☺️
I love your 1:15 moustache
Haha, I wondered how long it would take for somebody to pick up on that! :)
Damn, you beat me to it
Loved the story and the progression!
Thanks Rico, glad you liked it!
Fun to watch!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
I think describing getting into climbing as a pivotal moment in your life resonates with a lot more people than you think and is definitely not cheesy (or at least not to me). Digging through old climbing footage definitely conjures up different types of feels. Congrats on the progress, looks like you have come a long way.
Thanks very much! It’s been great looking back at the footage and seeing the journey.
Climbing is such a big part of my life it’s hard to imagine it not being there! I think the climbing bug definitely gets you good and for so many people it really is a lifestyle rather than a thing they do a couple of days a week.
Thanks for watching and commenting. 🥳
@@hannahmorrisbouldering I always tell people it is my meditation, which I feel like they dont understand because it exerts so much physical energy which seems the opposite. However, similarly to meditation, it requires being present, focusing on every part of your body, your mental strength, and you have to not be distracted by worries or thoughts. The second your mind wanders, you are off the wall. Kind of like meditation for ADHD people like myself, haha. It has fulfilled a need I didnt know I had, and everything else has fallen in line around it. Been subbed for a while, just catching up on videos from people I have missed the past while. Keep it up, you clearly put a lot of effort into your videos and it shows.
@@SendStory hi! this is really late but I just wanted to say that I completely get the whole meditation thing. my brain pretty much never rests and I always have multiple thoughts going through my head, but when I'm on the wall I'm so focused on the problem that the world goes quiet. i love the feeling and is why I'm still climbing. I'm not making as much progress as someone climbing for as long as I have is, but I try to tell myself that it doesn't matter because I'm doing this for myself and not just for progression.
@@user-bt3wm1gd8w glad to know others feel the same. I can't imagine where I would be without climbing. Progress doesn't need to look like moving through higher grades, it can just be how climbing feels, or how you move, or how much more focused you feel. Maybe you aren't climbing harder grades, but I'm sure there is lots of progress under the surface. If you find peace when climbing, climbing harder grades is maybe the cherry on top, but not the end all and be all. Thanks for the reply and happy to hear you are climbing for the right reasons.
Great video Hannah 👍🏻
Glad you liked it! :)
took me 9 or 10 years before i tried filming myself (was too embarrassed which now seems dumb)... wish i had footage of the early days. esp when i’m stuck on a plateau and feeling like i’ll never get any better
I wish I'd been less self conscious and filmed myself more! I've found it really useful to look at footage of myself climbing my projects - it's helped me to understand what I'm doing right and wrong.
I also felt embarrassed (and still sometimes do!). I think it's natural, but people are just thinking about what they're doing. :)
@@hannahmorrisbouldering yeah totally! i think i jumped two grades once i started filming myself and learning to connect/visualize watching people climb with how it feels to actually climb. it’s an important skill that i wish i had learned earlier
Awesome stuff! Makes me want to record more for my own progression :)
Thanks very much! It’s lovely to have it to look back on. ☺️
1:16 I'm dying 😂😂 Great video!
Heheheh 👨🦳
Hi Hannah. I was happy to meet you at Volume 1 earlier this week. I see from the competition last Tuesday you scored 2nd best female! Well done! I also agree that friendly competitions like that are a great way to judge your ability. I came 8th from last which I don't mind as I've only been climbing for 3 months. Thanks for the inspiration.
My husband and I always climb on vacation too ^^ It's our favourite thing to do.
It’s so much fun exploring other centres!
Great idea and nice video as usual! Would be interesting to see whether I still have some recordings from my "early" days :-D
They’re great fun to look back on! 🥴 thanks for watching!
My husband and I also always check out the gyms when we travel! It's also a great place to grab a shower if you're road tripping. :)
I totally agree with you about topping out. It can be pretty sketchy some times. I've been climbing for about 9-10 months and just got my first f7a indoors and 6b outdoors.
It can be! Nice job on getting your first 7A and 6B - that's mega! Good stuff!
Hi Hannah!! I think that before, Instagram only let people upload/post 10s videos! Was well annoying hahah It then changed to a minute I think. Loved the video! xx
Ah! That makes a lot more sense! Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed the video.😍
I love your videos! Love from a girl climber from Finland
Really glad to hear it! 💚
Really enjoyed the video! What was your first 6a in font?
Thanks Daniela. I believe it was Bouboules at 95.2 ☺️
One of like ~10 people liking your 6 year old newbie indoor bouldering clip just happens to be robbiephillips, how cool is that :D
nice video:) How old were you when you first started climbing?
Thank you! I was 18 when I first tried it. 20 when I first properly started climbing regularly. :)
6 months off! That must of been so hard
I won’t travel anywhere anymore unless there’s the opportunity to climb inside or outside. Taking a week off seems crazy.
I know right! I just had a forced week off because I was ill and I felt pretty lost! 🤯
Hi. Do you know of some good Boulder spots within a few hours drive? I’m from Oxford area.
Thanks 😊
Love the white moustache 🤣
I spy Roof of the world at Caley 👍🏻
Of course! One of my first outdoor boulders 🥳
Caley is just a great place to boulder
You know how to put thumbnails girl, gyattt
I've been climbing for just half a year and have done my first V6 recently. Is that fast enough ? :(
That’s amazing progress - you should be really chuffed with that :)
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I've had my unfortunate fair share of pulley injuries and have learned that active rehab is pretty crucial to minimize the time it takes to recover. It of course depends on the severity of the injury but after consulting a professional, he or she usually gets me on a plan that has me using a finger board / tension block within a few weeks. Take all of this with a grain of salt, but there's a lot of passionate professionals who are actively thinking about how to best manage climbing-related injuries!
Yes, definitely! I’ve had a fair few niggles in pulleys since and have always tried to keep climbing on them even, staying very conscious of how I’m loading them. I definitely think after the initial injury/inflammation has had a chance to settle, stressing my fingers in a controlled way has helped me to work through injuries more quickly!
@@hannahmorrisbouldering awesome! definitely scary to do at first