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>We all face challenges and each are unique to us. Completely random musing, but it reminded me of my height being disadvantageous when in perspective: I'm a

>We all face challenges and each are unique to us. Completely random musing, but it reminded me of my height being disadvantageous when in perspective: I'm a pretty tall guy, a little above 6'4", and have an extremely large reach -- Also a pretty avid rock climber. I can rarely climb at my gym without someone commenting about how it must be so nice to be able to just "reach" for all the holds. Ignoring the fact that I probably weigh 30 more pounds than my sub 6' climber buddies, most route setters at our gym are probably closer to 5'10" and set/grade the routes accordingly; I often end up using sub-optimal (and tiring) form on the "crux" of the route as I end up cramped together awkwardly.

darkarmani 14y ago
Agreed. That nice rest everyone gets on a "perfect" knee bar, just doesn't work for the taller people. Rock climbing strength doesn't scale with weight. And tendon strength which is so important develops so slow. After crimping on tiny holds so many times, I don't really want to hear about how my height is an advantage in climbing. Every once in a while you get to reach past the small holds to a nice big jug, but the rest of the time you're carrying the extra weight.
larsmak 14y ago
I'm a sports-climber my-self (around 5'10" and average I guess). What people forget is that as length increases in two dimensions, weight increases in three. Also the top climbers tends to be sub 5'10", but idk, it's all about having fun and compete against yourself!