Can Big People Win Too?

[tbwilsonky]

i was reading something somewhere about how smaller folks are inherently better than I am (6'/170lbs/Pisces) at climbing rocks. i cried a little, brushed away the tears with my giant hands, and reminded myself that I once dunked a tennis ball when i was in high school.

i felt better, but I wondered:

how many 6'+ locals have ran the table at the Red? for the sake of discussion we'll cap "running the table" at 5.13d and limit "locals" to anyone who spends a ton of time here (visiting pros are the most obvious exclusion). are there any? are there some who have gotten close?

just curious.

[Andrew]

If you really take a look at 8a and the high end climbers across the globe, you will see that tall climbers are outliers. The vast majority of high end climbers are small people.

[Shamis]

I'm sure it's just total weight. If you are taller you will weigh more. That being said, I'm pretty sure I've seen a lot of 6 footers climb very hard. Haven't seen many people in the 6'4''+ range do it though.

How tall are most of the pro's? I have noticed that many of the strong young boulders seem to look like children so I'm guessing they are under 6 foot, but what about people like sharma and caldwell?

[pigsteak]

what about short fat people..isnt this about weight and not about height?

[tbwilsonky]

smaller bodies have less weight for sure, but it's also easier to control a shorter body in the steeps. sure i've seen some 6 footers climb pretty hard, but i can only think of a few locals who fit the description and they seem to peak at 13b.

oh and piggy. fat can change. height is forever.

[Andrew]

Sharma and Caldwell are not tall.

[tbwilsonky]

sharma is about 6'. not Lebron James tall, but a giant in comparison to other 5.15/v15 climbers.

[pigsteak]

what happened to not worrying about grades, and just climbing for being in nature and singing kum-ba-yah?

[mike_a_lafontaine]

I'm trying to figure out how 6 foot, 170 is considered large. I'm 6 foot, 210 and I am not exactly a hulking giant.

[Syphur]

I'm 5'8" and 210. Being short isn't doing a damn thing for me. I like to think 30 lbs of that is nads but I somehow doubt it.