Thumdercling is awesome! I'm gonna start using that. I also appreciate you calling out Easy and Just. Good way to be considerate and encouraging, prevent sandbagging
On the topic of weird climbing jargon, I feel like every climber has some sort of mental connection. Like if I'm describing a really shitty hold to someone, I'll end up making up a word to describe it. So if I were to say "Then you cross over into the nidge", anyone who isn't a climber would be like "what are you talkin' about mate" but climbers understand completely..
Lachlan Nossiter I find myself doing the same kind of thing and as for weird names, what I think is officially referred to as a horn, we tend to call a dongus at our wall
Yeah that’s one great thing about the English language you can make up words that are perfectly descriptive and everyone understand even if it’s not a real word.
I love this! I'm putting together a training for my undergraduate employees looking to work our wall so I am definitely including this as a resource! Thanks for making this fun, inclusive and showing example of holds and movements!
Definitely would add positive, like “oh yeah everything is a crimp but they’re also all positive,” meaning the holds kinda sink down into the wall allowing you to get a nice grip. Also the opposite, negative.
For some dynamic specific terms: co-ordination dyno: a multiple move dyno, typically involves footwork on volumes or large holds step-up dyno: step onto a hold and then jump off that foot in one movement paddle: a multiple move campus dyno, usually more horizontal than vertical. pogo: a move to gain extra momentum before a jump by swinging one leg throw: halfway between a dyno and a deadpoint, one hand stays on a hold while you throw with the other, typically done from an unstable position and often results in cutting feet. Most common in the overhang.
Project, sloper, betamoth, double dyno, down climb, smear, sit start, figure of four, rose move, screw holes, trust your feet, sketchy, side pull, compression, silent feet...
Im working in a climbing Gym in Germany and we also try to avoid the sayings "just and easy" bun in german ist the same word. Its super hard to not say the word ^^ super cool Video learnt some new stuff :)
Thumbed for the explanation of Beta's etymology! I am old enough to remember betamax, but would never have dreamed how it grew into the term used in climbing. :P
I thought "surely there isn't enough climbing terms for the whole alphabet." I stand corrected. Never heard of a "palm down, roll over" now I've got to try one :)
There is a confusion beetwen flash and on sight I think. Flash is only when you have beta from a video or an other climber before the go. The perfect climb is the on sight.
yeah but i feel like onsight mostly refers to outdoor-climbs. don't think i've ever heard someone go "man i just onsighted the pink problem over there"
Usually a huge fan of the vids, this one was good too but some things might be seen as vague, 'a lockoff is when you lockoff'. New to climbing, learnt some new words, inferred some others and might just Google the rest ha ha
Static = always having one or more points of contact with the boulder. Dynamic (dyno) = a move in which you have no points of contact, leaving the boulder. Is that right?
'Dynamic' doesn't mean you have to leave all contact points, thats what I would understand under a 'Dyno' 'Dynamic' in generell, is just when you are not climbing staticly, but rather use your momentum to reach holdes. Often for shorter people (like me) its necessary to climb more dynamicly.
"isolation". Kinda related to "work" - trying that move in isolation, working the crux in isolation. "Thuggy" or "thuggish" or "Thuggery" which I thought was an english term....
When you are trying and pushing your limits, people yell “allez” to motivate you. I guess you say “come on”, but in a large part of Europe people use allez, I guess because of Fontainebleau (where somehow people speak French).
Thomas Giles this is applicable in Crack climbing where you use a large crack in the rock to move up. You wedge your feet and hands into the crack thereby generating a stable point from which you can pull yourself up.
A pad refers to a finger tip essentially. So for example you have three “pads” per finger, and small holds will often be spoken about in terms of how much of your fingertip pad can fit onto the hold. Does that make sense?
Okay i read this as how to talk to a climber but i guess that I’ll understand what they are saying if I succeed in starting a conversation with one of them one day
Ok definitely not certain about the spelling (try to google it but didn't get any results) is it smithering? usually in slopes when instead of placing your feet on a hold/ volume you're walking up the wall using your toebox? (oh, toebox, here's another one :P ) BTW, loved this video! great one! (edit: silent feet?)
Fingerboard front level jug slab the v scale crux brushing plateau system wall figure 4 side pull split on sight redburn cross over but most importantly tea and coffee
"Easy" drives me nuts! My climbing partner is 5'8 and and I am only 5'1 and he always says things like, "Just do the climb. It's so easy!" Or " I did it no problem. It's easy!" But it is never easy for me😂 I can never use the same beta as him.
How can I use Xian in a sentence? Also, didn't see toe hook in the list and masterbeta (beta in the american accent) which is a nickname we use for people who spray unsolicited beta lol
Where a part of your body touches something that isn't part of the boulder. Could be the ground, could be another hold, could be a tree, could be a bush... Anything that isn't part of the route or boulder.
That's where the word comes from, but it's still spelled with an S any time I've ever seen it written. Also, the verb is conjugated exactly as the 'normal' use of the verb 'send', as in we say "I _sent_ it" rather than "I _cended_ it".
“E” for Elvis Leg when you’re on the wall and your leg starts friggin’ shaking!!! 🤣
We are calling that sewing machine in Germany. Because you're shaking and rattling like an old sewing machine :D
Elvis leg lmao. Never thought of that before.
I love your inclusion of "just" and "easy"! The climbing community is so supportive! :)
Had the same thought!
yah! that's very true
Thumdercling is awesome! I'm gonna start using that.
I also appreciate you calling out Easy and Just. Good way to be considerate and encouraging, prevent sandbagging
No one's slick as Gaston
No one's quick as Gaston
On the topic of weird climbing jargon, I feel like every climber has some sort of mental connection. Like if I'm describing a really shitty hold to someone, I'll end up making up a word to describe it. So if I were to say "Then you cross over into the nidge", anyone who isn't a climber would be like "what are you talkin' about mate" but climbers understand completely..
Lachlan Nossiter I find myself doing the same kind of thing and as for weird names, what I think is officially referred to as a horn, we tend to call a dongus at our wall
I immediately visualized the hold you're talking about, and "dongus" is the best name for this ever 😂😂
Yeah that’s one great thing about the English language you can make up words that are perfectly descriptive and everyone understand even if it’s not a real word.
I call some holds noodles and I call a weird oddly shaped hold that is otherwise unidentifiable a plumbus (from Rick & Morty). People get it.
little ones to add:
bicycle, dihedral, bat hang, slab, micro crystal, chips, lip, add on, arcing, positive, side pull
'comp'
What in the world is a micro crystal?
What is arcing? Bicycle is a big one. I remember the first time I used a bicycle to send. I felt cool af.
spotting video would be great!
I love this! I'm putting together a training for my undergraduate employees looking to work our wall so I am definitely including this as a resource! Thanks for making this fun, inclusive and showing example of holds and movements!
Really useful stuff, guys. Yay for Xian :) And I had no idea what gastons and palm down rollovers were, despite doing them all the time!
Definitely would add positive, like “oh yeah everything is a crimp but they’re also all positive,” meaning the holds kinda sink down into the wall allowing you to get a nice grip. Also the opposite, negative.
I loved all the more English words that I'll start using in my American gym.
Just started climbing, this actually helps a lot, thank you :D
Glad we could help! 😊
Leave us a comment with any tutorials you'd like to see in the future!
I'd like to see a video on proper warm-up routines, I've seen a lot of people (including myself) get injured from not warming up properly
Would love to see a video on pogo/njnjakicking, or just different approaches to a dyno, and when to use what.
Loving the videos, keep up the good work!
Can't believe you missed 'project' and 'pumped'
unsubbed
Sorry we have failed u Sensei
bahahaha
And pogo!
"pocket", "pulley"
@@BoulderingBobat you also forgot dynamic even though you included static and even dab...
i love it when he sad that knacky is a very English word 7:50 and a double decker bus drives by at the same time 😂
1.) i think im in love...with Joe.
2.) Joe is the European Link Neal
3.) this was super helpful; I’m a rock climbing NUBE!
I figure compression would be worth adding. Great vocabulary list though!
Good addition!
For some dynamic specific terms:
co-ordination dyno: a multiple move dyno, typically involves footwork on volumes or large holds
step-up dyno: step onto a hold and then jump off that foot in one movement
paddle: a multiple move campus dyno, usually more horizontal than vertical.
pogo: a move to gain extra momentum before a jump by swinging one leg
throw: halfway between a dyno and a deadpoint, one hand stays on a hold while you throw with the other, typically done from an unstable position and often results in cutting feet. Most common in the overhang.
Project, sloper, betamoth, double dyno, down climb, smear, sit start, figure of four, rose move, screw holes, trust your feet, sketchy, side pull, compression, silent feet...
Rod mind defining these boys?
Awesome informative video! Just started climbing this year and I love it
BAAAAAYYYTA...
no BREEEEEETA
Watching your videos always make me in a good mood! :D the humor is on spot ^^
:) thanks!
Im working in a climbing Gym in Germany and we also try to avoid the sayings "just and easy" bun in german ist the same word. Its super hard to not say the word ^^
super cool Video learnt some new stuff :)
hahaha stimmt, das ist mir ja noch nie so aufgefallen :D haha
ist super anstrengend, sich zu zwingen nicht einfach zu sagen ^^
4:27 that stare in Tom's eyes speaks regret
Thumbed for the explanation of Beta's etymology! I am old enough to remember betamax, but would never have dreamed how it grew into the term used in climbing. :P
I thought "surely there isn't enough climbing terms for the whole alphabet." I stand corrected. Never heard of a "palm down, roll over" now I've got to try one :)
Z-clip for Z, great vid guys! will definitely be using thumdercling.
I will definitely spread the use of thumdercling. So good!
A "Burly" boulder is a boulder that is "muscley." Thanks, Tom. XD
Presumably spotting is where you stand below someone with your arms out so you can guide the fall safely if necessary?
i been watching a long time and only now seem to realise how charming joe is?? interesting 🤯
died laughing when you called Jake to do a dyno hahaha
That was actually pretty educational, thanks!
There is a confusion beetwen flash and on sight I think. Flash is only when you have beta from a video or an other climber before the go. The perfect climb is the on sight.
yeah but i feel like onsight mostly refers to outdoor-climbs. don't think i've ever heard someone go "man i just onsighted the pink problem over there"
10/10 for the thumbnail!!
Z for Zone is the middle part of a competition climb were you get a point if you reach the zone hold
Send Train is something used a lot around me
This was actually so useful... Thank you 😀
Usually a huge fan of the vids, this one was good too but some things might be seen as vague, 'a lockoff is when you lockoff'. New to climbing, learnt some new words, inferred some others and might just Google the rest ha ha
Would love a spotting video, tips & tricks, etc!
The best...13:20
good work guys. laughed at Dyno :D
Crug- mixture of a crimp and jug; can only put about one pad on it but it is really positive like a jug.
I've heard these described as finger jugs usually.
Or a crag in New Zulland!
Thumbdercling. I love it. it is my new favorite word
Static = always having one or more points of contact with the boulder. Dynamic (dyno) = a move in which you have no points of contact, leaving the boulder. Is that right?
'Dynamic' doesn't mean you have to leave all contact points, thats what I would understand under a 'Dyno'
'Dynamic' in generell, is just when you are not climbing staticly, but rather use your momentum to reach holdes.
Often for shorter people (like me) its necessary to climb more dynamicly.
@@KarstenK123 Oh, I see. I thought dyno was just an abbreviation, but I guess it's a slightly different term. Thanks!
I legit was just thinking of a portmanteau for small underclings--I found one on a boulder yesterday, before I knew what to call it =P
"isolation". Kinda related to "work" - trying that move in isolation, working the crux in isolation. "Thuggy" or "thuggish" or "Thuggery" which I thought was an english term....
When you are trying and pushing your limits, people yell “allez” to motivate you. I guess you say “come on”, but in a large part of Europe people use allez, I guess because of Fontainebleau (where somehow people speak French).
Allez is French for go you! Or you go!
So jamming is where you just jam your hand into a gap or something? Is that right? When would that be useful and not just dangerous?
Thomas Giles this is applicable in Crack climbing where you use a large crack in the rock to move up. You wedge your feet and hands into the crack thereby generating a stable point from which you can pull yourself up.
Whenever I drop knee "walk like an Egyptian" starts playing in my head.
What is "Dab" Still?
Foot slightly touches the ground even if it doesnt really help the send
@@samuellong697 thanks
what about onsight, smear, project, pump/pumpy, gumby, bat hang, figure 4
not first. I feel as though most people reading can relate.
1:38 A newspaper flies by the window but then takes a step back just to be in the shot. Hate when they do that
What is pad? When talking about depth of holds. Also would like to see a spotting video.
A pad refers to a finger tip essentially. So for example you have three “pads” per finger, and small holds will often be spoken about in terms of how much of your fingertip pad can fit onto the hold. Does that make sense?
So...I must've missed it. What is the difference between jam and jelly?
A jam has seeds and a jelly does not.
Pretty funny, we in our gym(netherlands) call a big hold volume, and your volume a module.
Thumdercling is genius!
XIAN
Nice video! (You forgot ”farming” on F though)
Okay i read this as how to talk to a climber
but i guess that I’ll understand what they are saying if I succeed in starting a conversation with one of them one day
for jam there’s hand jamming
Is there a difference between British and English climbing jargon?
You missed my favorite climbing word. JUG
dry - to red point on the first attempt of the day "I i wanted the flash yesterday but at lest i got the dry today"
Zone could just be the zone/bonus in competition climbing
I think I've heard the term soft used instead of featherbagged in my local gym.
So "Dyno" is just hardflexing on everyone around?
What about “Z-clip” for z?
Ok definitely not certain about the spelling (try to google it but didn't get any results) is it smithering? usually in slopes when instead of placing your feet on a hold/ volume you're walking up the wall using your toebox? (oh, toebox, here's another one :P ) BTW, loved this video! great one! (edit: silent feet?)
I think you mean smearing
A dab is when strangers pull you off your climb because they dont want to wait for you to finish to do the route themselves.
When was this video shot?
About two weeks ago. It got a little delayed :P
Tom
Oh cool I was just wondering if the re-routing was done recently Thanks. Fun video by the way, love the place
There's a boulder problem called Thumbdercling like three hours from me. Its a pisser of a problem.
Handsy means a climb with a lot of good holds.
What does Hendrix mean? Thanks
It's one of the coulors we use in our gym to differentiate grades. It's the pink and green swirly ones
Why didn't you define jam?
Fingerboard front level jug slab the v scale crux brushing plateau system wall figure 4 side pull split on sight redburn cross over but most importantly tea and coffee
What was that Jacket that Jake was wearing?
Flisten transformgloves.com/collections/apparel/products/copy-of-the-fast-text-windbreaker-burnt-red-navy
You guys say "Guppy" my whole gym calls it a "Meat Hook" when you wrap your hand around a hold.
Yep same here
James Swanson my gym calls them, “orangutan holds”
Great stuff but even more video examples would've been a good thing!
So... Dyno comes from the word dynamic, right?
yes, however under dynamic I would understand a style of climbing if faster more montum based movements, where as a Dyno is a jump to the next hold.
what about hand jaming
O - For OMAR
Hand jam!
Finally:D but I can't watch it now
And what's a Belee, Tom? ;P
"Easy" drives me nuts! My climbing partner is 5'8 and and I am only 5'1 and he always says things like, "Just do the climb. It's so easy!" Or " I did it no problem. It's easy!" But it is never easy for me😂 I can never use the same beta as him.
That's super annoying! Best course of action is to secretly train like a beast, get stronger than them and crush their projects.
Z clipping
Dunno if anyone said it but Zawn. Is a great Z climbing term.
Cool video but the background audio noise is too loud for me to make it through the video
How can I use Xian in a sentence?
Also, didn't see toe hook in the list
and masterbeta (beta in the american accent) which is a nickname we use for people who spray unsolicited beta lol
toe hook was in there
Jam refers to crack climbing i suppose?
R - Red point?
Did this man just say Beatah? It is pronounced Baytah, right? I’m so confused XD
Kronosis 27 brits.
Y dyu say Bee ta isnt it bey ta
so what is dab?
Where a part of your body touches something that isn't part of the boulder. Could be the ground, could be another hold, could be a tree, could be a bush... Anything that isn't part of the route or boulder.
ah thanks, i didnt catch that at all :P
I think send is C for cend, which is short for Ascend.
That's where the word comes from, but it's still spelled with an S any time I've ever seen it written. Also, the verb is conjugated exactly as the 'normal' use of the verb 'send', as in we say "I _sent_ it" rather than "I _cended_ it".
I agree that the most common use is spelled sent, but the short hand comes from ascent (cent).
what is dab? im confused ahah
When you unintentionally use a hold thats not part of the route
Or when you accidentally touch the ground while on the route
Yard: from an american term for Yard Sale (where evereything goes flying)