This is great! I started bouldering a few months ago just after my 45th birthday. I often feel like the oldest climber at my gym, so its nice to see another climber who got started at the same age as me still going strong!
I'm 62 and have been climbing off and on for 30 years. Currently working on climbing with no more upper body strength than absolutely necessary.but also working on building upper body strength with more weightlifting.
@@OnTheCrux I used to be a terrible T Rex climber. Reducing that bad habit means I can climb more often, with fewer niggles. Doing more weight lifting means my shoulders and hips are less hypermobile so less injury prone.
My climbing partner is 70 and 10kg lighter than me but still going strong indoors and outdoors and belaying me confidently. Last week he smashed 6b overhang on the lead. I wish I’m like this in 35 years when I’m 70. Proves that climbing is for everyone whether you’re 20 or 70 and if you’re doing 4a or 8a as long as you’re having fun
I'm 44 and I've been climbing for 10 months. I really loved this video because you had fun and that climb you didn't finish was encouraging because you gave it your best shot 👏🏾
That’s awesome! I keep trying to get some of my coworkers into climbing and they always say they’re too old, they assume it’s some extreme bone breaking sport… which can be the case but it’s also easy to take it at your own pace
I'm 66, have been climbing effectively my entire life, but since around 55 years of age, max strength has left my body. 😞 On the first climb I would have done the same hips close to the wall, maximum weight on my right foot before reaching up and matching. For the next move I would possibly have twisted my upper body strongly to the left, in order to reach the next hold with my right without having to bend my elbow. I 've been an instructor since 1979, helping beginners ascend Norwegian mountains while trying to teach them how to do it safely.
That’s amazing that you’ve been climbing so long, and have managed to keep it up! That’s a shame that your max strength has decreased now. At 50 I’ve got stronger recently than I’ve been since leaving school, but I don’t know how long that’ll last before my max starts to decrease again. It will be interesting to know from other people how that strength curve is likely to lie.
So I managed to send that last comp wall blue v2 in the end, posted here as a short!
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I'm 57. I just started top rope climbing a few months ago. I appreciate this video so much.
Ah thank you! There are so many of us that started late, that together I hope to encourage more people to do the same!
Just started climbing at 40, this was very helpful thank you!
Super fun session! Thanks for having me!
Thanks so much for this Chris!
This is great! I started bouldering a few months ago just after my 45th birthday. I often feel like the oldest climber at my gym, so its nice to see another climber who got started at the same age as me still going strong!
I'm 62 and have been climbing off and on for 30 years. Currently working on climbing with no more upper body strength than absolutely necessary.but also working on building upper body strength with more weightlifting.
Wow, I wish I had found this sport 30 years ago. Your focus sounds similar to what I’m trying to do too.
@@OnTheCrux I used to be a terrible T Rex climber. Reducing that bad habit means I can climb more often, with fewer niggles. Doing more weight lifting means my shoulders and hips are less hypermobile so less injury prone.
My climbing partner is 70 and 10kg lighter than me but still going strong indoors and outdoors and belaying me confidently. Last week he smashed 6b overhang on the lead. I wish I’m like this in 35 years when I’m 70. Proves that climbing is for everyone whether you’re 20 or 70 and if you’re doing 4a or 8a as long as you’re having fun
That’s so good, and wonderful to hear! ‘Climbing is for everyone’ is basically what my channel is all about :)
I'm 44 and I've been climbing for 10 months. I really loved this video because you had fun and that climb you didn't finish was encouraging because you gave it your best shot 👏🏾
That’s awesome! I keep trying to get some of my coworkers into climbing and they always say they’re too old, they assume it’s some extreme bone breaking sport… which can be the case but it’s also easy to take it at your own pace
@@V8chumpI don’t think anyone is too old, which is the point I’d love to get across in these videos!
I'm 66, have been climbing effectively my entire life, but since around 55 years of age, max strength has left my body. 😞
On the first climb I would have done the same hips close to the wall, maximum weight on my right foot before reaching up and matching.
For the next move I would possibly have twisted my upper body strongly to the left, in order to reach the next hold with my right without having to bend my elbow.
I 've been an instructor since 1979, helping beginners ascend Norwegian mountains while trying to teach them how to do it safely.
That’s amazing that you’ve been climbing so long, and have managed to keep it up!
That’s a shame that your max strength has decreased now. At 50 I’ve got stronger recently than I’ve been since leaving school, but I don’t know how long that’ll last before my max starts to decrease again. It will be interesting to know from other people how that strength curve is likely to lie.
Wow I started about four months ago and I've just turned 60. I hope I am still doing it at 99
You said you're 50? No way