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fat boys and climbing
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:16 am
by One-Fall
As brought up in another thread, what is considered big for a sport climber, and how many top end climbers are actually big?
John Dunne is the only one who I can think of that breaks 200.
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:26 am
by Meadows
How much does "H" weigh?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:28 am
by One-Fall
Greg Houston? I weigh 200 and he outweighed me by a good bit.
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:05 am
by One-Fall
From the God Father of Bouldering: From purely personal observations, I suspect that - if any sort of generality exists - genetics is quite a bit more important than training, although both are of course required for top performances. Some people - both men and women - are simply designed for climbing, while others are not.
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:37 am
by clif
word of mouth is Seth Tart is ~6'5" and a body builder and has lead 5.12 trad.
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:02 am
by ynp1
big H crushes
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:31 am
by Clevis Hitch
I've met alot of Big climbers. I think, from my observations, that its how bad you want to climb and how dedicated you are to progressing.
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:53 am
by GWG
I'm fat and I climb.
Well, at least I call it climbing, others may disagree!
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:16 pm
by kek-san
Shamis, Piggy and I were all on team FA (Fat Ass) 3 years ago. We averaged over 200. Since them we have all dropped a bit. I think I'm in the lead with 20lbs loss.
Regardless or weight 11c-d to 12a-b seem to be our norm.
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:50 pm
by pigsteak
I've not lost a pound...
Big E is 225 and he walks low 12's...
but then again, if one fall is asking for top end climbers over 200, that is a VERY short list...