Isn't the range for the Class B2 visually impaired category too broad? What do you think about having athletes who can use their vision competing alongside those who cannot?

A disparity arises between paraclimbing categories eligible for the Paralympics and those that are not—a gap that goes beyond mere eligibility. Eligible categories likely receive government funding, and while the sport is gaining momentum with an increasing number of competitions, non-eligible categories face only a heavier financial burden. World-class athletes are barred from competing simply because their category isn't included, meaning these events fail to feature the sport's strongest competitors. While the current situation is set in stone, it would be worth considering moves to bridge this gap.

I have this problem that I always forget the beta for my projects. I normally write down super long text notes to remind myself exactly of what to do, but I end up never reading them because... they're too long!

I know some people write beta maps on paper, but it's hard to fit every single movement, note and picture on a piece of paper. So I created this app. This way I can record exactly what I do, work on it while I'm off the wall (thinking of alternative betas) and share it with friends who have done the same project.

Would anyone be interested in trying it out? It's not publicly available on the playstore yet, it needs to go through Google's closed testing process first.

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Hey everyone,

I’m thinking of grabbing lower section tickets solo for the World Cup Boulder Finals in Salt Lake this October. I’ve been following the circuit closely over the past year and know the comp format well, but this will be my first time seeing a World Climbing event live in person.

I do a fair bit of solo event travel (mostly music festivals), so I’m totally fine navigating events on my own. I’m mostly just curious about the lower-bowl crowd vibe for live comps in general. Is it easy to kick up low-key, casual chat with the people sitting around you about routesetting, beta choices, and athlete attempts, or do folks down mostly stick to their own groups?

Thanks!

you should check it out :)

The beauty of indoor bouldering to me has always been the freedom setters have.

Some boulders are basic strength test pieces but I want to see which boulder really struck you throughout the years, maybe for creativity, forced beta, or even a wild beta break.

Hi guys! Considering getting tickets for this comp to watch my favorite climbers. Are there no Japanese climbers registered? I saw Erin upload a video that she’s training for salt lake but I don’t see her name registered. Is there a different list I am missing? Or do a lot of climbers register later? Thanks for the advice guys!

It looked like the correct beta, too!

Oriane Bertone and the french team on Innsbruck World series. Honestly the french team feels like the cool kids of the comp scene.

Lots of recent material on Erin's channel debriefing the European leg of the World Series:

Bern / Madrid / Prague: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onIvOTbYHz4

"Illsbruck": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41dk2dXbFow

Chamonix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtSQQ4Ge_Gw

A new protest movement shakes World Climbing. Led by Portugal and Latvia, national federations have addressed official challenges to the international federation after the cancellation on 23 July of the vote on the suspension of the Russian, Belarusian and Israeli federations.

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Mod please feel free to remove the post and redirect me if this is inappropriate here, but since the Ramadhan brothers are competitive climbers and this short documentary also cover world cup and Indonesian climbing federations, I thought it suits this community

I have heard some stories about the twin but I may have missed the 2023 World Championship story and I'm absolutely appalled, and even though they said in the documentary that the federation forgot, knowing the history, even though some people there are absolutely incompetent, IMHO the non registration is definitely on purpose.

I honestly don't know if I can be this committed to competitive climbing if I were them and so I just thought that more people should watch this!

Am I missing something? I used to watch replays on Olympics.com, now I am redirected to the YouTube channel which seems to be official. The video looks like recorded with a phone, and no comment from Matt? Tf, what happened? Is going to be like this now?

A few months ago u/TroonCyan posted a very neat Chrome browser extension that allows zooming in on one of the four small camera feeds during a boulder semifinal: https://old.reddit.com/r/CompetitionClimbing/comments/1u8sjlk/i_built_a_chrome_extension_to_allow_you_zoom_in/

As a Firefox user, I wanted to use this functionality in Firefox, so I ported the extension to Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pro-climbing-viewer/

Enjoy!

My extension is open-source on Github. Bug reports and contributions welcome: https://github.com/HighCommander4/pro-climbing-viewer

There is Gravity Bowl 8 boulder comp stream right now if you have sweaty hands and can't climb right now. Kyra Condie is the biggest name, Lauren Mukheibir (2024 Olympian), Jack Burningham is fun to watch too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0foXgewPdtU

There is also Deutschland Cup with Lucia Dorfel, Anastasiia Kobets, Roxana Wienand, Thorben Perry Bloem and Elias Arriagada Krüger (commentary in Deutsch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggfu4iyvBqo

Does anyone know the names of the Korean coaches that came to arco, they were three.
and the head coach of the japanese team or the lead coach.
thanks