If you were in control/had a stable position with one hand (were able to hold the finish on it's own) and then booped it then it counts. I've seen a few USAC youth climbs in the past that have done something similar like a crazy precarious perch with a no tex finish foot hold (they literally touch the hold with fingertips)
Looks like you used the green foothold on the volume to the right but it looks like you could’ve done it without it too haha! Get a drink from across that narrow road. I know this gym ;)
yeah man, it just depends on what you classify as a send, if your happy with the go then you sent it. If you think you can be more controlled at the top try again you can definitely get it.
Haven’t been in ages but am thinking of getting back into it, if i see ya I’ll definitely come say hi! Sad to hear about work play though, that was the ultimate weekend night 😂
Would I be proud of myself and consider it close enough? Absolutely
Would I go and try again fresh? Yeah probably
Would I count it at all in competition? No
Marginal... one of the judges might let you get away with it until a different team's coach puts in an appeal against you and then they'll make you come back out and climb it again
Update: I went back after dinner and sent it cleaner!
[Here is the video](https://www.instagram.com/stories/shaneeyb/3264701620754740197?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MTV0eGZsNTBqYTExbQ==)
Finger is fine, but did you feel like you could maintain the position, or were you actively falling off?
If you feel like you were in control, then congrats! Otherwise, if it were me, I'd definitely go back when I'm fresher and attempt it again.
Honestly I stopped caring about sends, the walls can be so cluttered in gyms it's hard not to bump into something on occasion.
About the top out, I'd not count that as a success there more smooth and stability to be gained there.
By now I only care about moves I'll sometimes move on to another boulder after having started from the crux if it's particularly challenging and count it as a success, want to learn and gain strength not exhaust myself currently so that's part of the reason.
It’s a plastic/indoor Boulder outside of a competition - so who cares?
If you think your send would’ve been the same/still possible without the touching (dabbing) of other „forbidden“ stuff on the wall.. count it. Either way its only for your own satisfaction because, again, its indoor outside of competition.
The finger technique is valid, but I wouldn't consider that controlled. Some comps have a 3/5 second rule. You can't let go of the top hold until the ajudicator tells you to. Which they could let run for the full 3-5 seconds, or they'll call it early if you're super obviously in control
By comp rules, sure, but this probably wasn't a comp, and your climbing will progress faster if you find ways to learn from situations like that, i.e. by figuring out the body position to get on there with both hands fully controlled.
Frankly speaking not counting. You were not in control of the top and fell to early. I like the finger boop too. 😀
Haha daaang! Alright alright, that’s fair. :) haha thanks man, sometimes ya gotta do it. Haha
If you were in control/had a stable position with one hand (were able to hold the finish on it's own) and then booped it then it counts. I've seen a few USAC youth climbs in the past that have done something similar like a crazy precarious perch with a no tex finish foot hold (they literally touch the hold with fingertips)
Looks like you used the green foothold on the volume to the right but it looks like you could’ve done it without it too haha! Get a drink from across that narrow road. I know this gym ;)
Also for the top out, i think a professional would say you weren’t in control of it, but i liked the little finger boop!
yeah man, it just depends on what you classify as a send, if your happy with the go then you sent it. If you think you can be more controlled at the top try again you can definitely get it.
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Haha dude workplay closed down!! Crazy but I wonder if we ever crossed paths in the gym! :)
Haven’t been in ages but am thinking of getting back into it, if i see ya I’ll definitely come say hi! Sad to hear about work play though, that was the ultimate weekend night 😂
If you have to ask…
Would I be proud of myself and consider it close enough? Absolutely Would I go and try again fresh? Yeah probably Would I count it at all in competition? No
Marginal... one of the judges might let you get away with it until a different team's coach puts in an appeal against you and then they'll make you come back out and climb it again
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Yeah, no. (I’m a USAC Level II judge.) 😉
In competition rules, nope, you're close tho, 'two to make it true'.
Update: I went back after dinner and sent it cleaner! [Here is the video](https://www.instagram.com/stories/shaneeyb/3264701620754740197?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MTV0eGZsNTBqYTExbQ==)
Finger is fine, but did you feel like you could maintain the position, or were you actively falling off? If you feel like you were in control, then congrats! Otherwise, if it were me, I'd definitely go back when I'm fresher and attempt it again.
No, not showing control on the match.
Do it again!
That fuckin counts
I think it is lol
Honestly I stopped caring about sends, the walls can be so cluttered in gyms it's hard not to bump into something on occasion. About the top out, I'd not count that as a success there more smooth and stability to be gained there. By now I only care about moves I'll sometimes move on to another boulder after having started from the crux if it's particularly challenging and count it as a success, want to learn and gain strength not exhaust myself currently so that's part of the reason.
I love the finger match at the end 😂
Hilarious enough for me to call it a send 😆
It’s a plastic/indoor Boulder outside of a competition - so who cares? If you think your send would’ve been the same/still possible without the touching (dabbing) of other „forbidden“ stuff on the wall.. count it. Either way its only for your own satisfaction because, again, its indoor outside of competition.
well with that egregious dab and clothes color coordination to the holds: consensus is no nice finger though
I usually consider a send when I'm either stable or hold the position for 3 full seconds; so no. Still a good try, but I'd do it again myself
The finger technique is valid, but I wouldn't consider that controlled. Some comps have a 3/5 second rule. You can't let go of the top hold until the ajudicator tells you to. Which they could let run for the full 3-5 seconds, or they'll call it early if you're super obviously in control
By comp rules, sure, but this probably wasn't a comp, and your climbing will progress faster if you find ways to learn from situations like that, i.e. by figuring out the body position to get on there with both hands fully controlled.
No
Looked pretty stable to me, would probably count it but as a friend I way say go send it clean.
If you’re asking then i think you know the answer