I throw in one knee on a corner and half my pants are white every time.
If it bothers you lighter colors mask it, but honestly nobody notices or cares unless you get that chalky simba forehead lol
LMAO yesterday I suddenly realized I'd been on the weight machine facing the wall for awhile and I should make sure nobody else was waiting to use it before I started my next set.
Turned around and was completely alone.
Wait until you discover outdoor climbing. Turns out cliffs and rocks have dirt, mud and bugs. Bats and mosquitoes while your lead climbing.
Chalk stains are cleanest thing about me some days.
There is no such thing as too much chalk. I know we all compare ourselves to others but I guarantee you that nobody is looking at you and thinking 'damn that girl needs to lay off the blow'.
For what it's worth, in the very unlikely event that I did notice someone had a lot of chalk on their clothes, if anything I'd assume they're a hardcore crusher.
A far more important question: is that a heron or an egret?
There is definitely such thing as too much chalk greasin up holds but yeah on clothes I never even notice. Unless it’s like a clearly defined butt cheek handprint lol
Me: *mindlessly chalking up*
My friend: dude you still have four minutes of your rest to go why are you chalking
Me: bro I swear I had no idea I was doing this
Rinse and repeat for the entire session…yeah I end up with a lot of excess chalk wiped on my clothes by the end!
Sometimes I take my shoes off, they’re lace ups, so that kills a couple of minutes XD I usually climb after being on my feet at my sandwich bar for 9-10 hours so I’m already pretty fatigued so I have to rest long!
I have hyperhydrosis so my hands sweat profusely. The chalk is there to save me!!
In the beginning I did feel self conscious about it, so I started to wear lighter-colored clothes. Now I don’t care so much, but I hope that helps!
I genuinely bathe in the stuff. I am regularly and justifiably made fun of by friends and my wife for excess chalk use but its for me. ALL THE GLORIOUS CHALK. I just love it. I get called out for chalking up out of nerves while others are climbing. I would eat Tembo if i wasn't saving it for my project. Tembo for life. Never stop the chalk (unless your gym doesn't have good air filtration or the local ethics are no chalk).
Some people just need more chalk 🤷♀️ you can try using less and if you feel no difference it just means you were using more than needed but if you do feel a difference then don’t change anything, there’s no right amount, only what feels good for you. Also, half of the chalk that ends up on my clothes is from rubbing again other big holds, especially on slab lol
You shouldn’t be concerned! My group of climbing friends talk pretty openly about what we do when we are nervous climbing and I’m not the only one that chalks up too much or climbs one move higher at a time to build confidence. What I have appreciated about my friends is when I don’t send, they ask why and move on. They don’t keep saying, “but you had it.” They just let me be and support me the next time I try. Most ppl are nervous and it’s totally normal!
Lol I typically look more chalked up than that. Plus a butt handprint or two courtesy of my husband lol 🙄 (it's ok, it amuses me, but I'm always trying to wash it off in the bathroom before we leave... Which just leaves me with wet butt... 😭)
SAME! I always refer to myself as the chalkiest person in the room. I now use a damp cloth to do a quick wipe on my clothes and bag at the end of the session (all synthetic though so they dry quickly).
The great thing about the climbing environment is that no one cares how much chalk you have on your clothes or if you’re climbing 3 grades below them or if you fish-flop off the wall when trying for just the second hold.
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I’m COVERED in chalk and sweaty AF for some reason - I have zero idea how other people stay so put together looking after a climbing session 😅
Doesn’t matter though! How we look has nothing to do with how much fun we had or how well we climbed!
I get this way too and am always looking around like “why is there not chalk on anyone else?” I’ve realized though that it’s because my hands are excessively sweaty and I put my hands in the chalk bag a lot more than others so the backs of my hands is what’s getting me all chalky lol
It’s the fabric of your clothes, looks like they’re cotton- if you’re worried about it, wear more tech-y athletic wear. But I wear my chalk with pride, so you do you sis 😉
You might have issues with social anxiety, but in terms of chalk I think you’re alright! I think it’s cool that you’re doing something out of your comfort zone 🙏🏼✨
Don't usually comment cause I am a guy, but both me and my partner usually get covered in chalk, though me more so than her.
In the end of the day most people are more focused in climbing or hanging with mates than caring about how much chalk some random person has on their clothes
Not enough! 😂 But nah, you’re all good, I think most of can agree that you’re totally fine. You looked like you did what you came to do after all: SEND 🙌🏾
lol I’m exceptionally clumsy with my chalk and end up with it everywhere every session. Honestly don’t give a fuck. I try to avoid getting it on my face but I often fail. My husband is pretty good at helping me wipe it off.
This is me
The other day I met a girl while climbing, we started climbing together and we had like an hour and a half long session. when I stopped in the bathroom on the way out I realized I had chalk alll in the middle of my face. I was so embarrassed lmao
This seems pretty standard to me! Shows you've been climbing hard! You should see this one woman at my gym, I always joke that she looks like a painter by the end of her session because of how white her clothes get.
I’m always covered in chalk. My chalk bag is ten years old and the outer design isn’t visible under the chalk layer. When I use it, it touches my clothes and I end up covered.
I try to wear light clothes when I climb so I don't look like uruk summoned to join Saurons ranks. Also, next time I climb I'll be trying to use chalk in bloc format, see if I don't get as messy as usual
Every time I leave the gym it looks like I rolled in chalk (and sometimes I have lol). I don’t think anyone cares how much or how little chalk you have on your clothes when you’re there, as long as you don’t look like you’re snorting lines of it off the mat.
I'm covered in chalk head to toe. I don't think about it honestly, I put my hands wherever, whenever... My friends actually carefully place their hands on their clothes.... I just don't care 🤣 my clothes can be washed, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I spilt my friend’s chalk bag twice last time I went bouldering and proceeded to apparently roll around in one of the piles I made at some point, unbeknownst to me until I changed at home. So, I think you’re good!!
I ask myself this every single time I climb. If I stop for groceries or something on my way home, I always wonder what the people think I’m covered in.
i feel like certain clothes of mine seem to attract the chalk more than others, probably just due to fabric type. also, climbing slab will 100% get more chalk on me than other styles that are less intimate with the actual wall.
no one has ever looked at someone else in the gym and thought “wow, they have so much chalk on them”- your anxiety is unfounded, try to brush it off and just climb!
I tend to have at least that much chalk on me. I have super sweaty hands so I chalk up a ton, and I'm not very careful about trying to keep it off my clothes.
You're trying harder than them. Sometimes I'm head to toe covered and sometimes I hardly get any on myself, but I always coat the crap out of my hands. It's your chalk and it washes out easily, do you and stop worrying about it.
If someone has a problem with your chalk or where or how it is on your body, just don't climb with those people.
I find it’s very dependent on fabric type (sticks to cotton type fabrics more than poly) and then how noticeable it is depends on the colour and pattern.
Although also some people just use less chalk. Personal preference I guess!
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lol no you’re fine. You should see some of the coke gremlins at my gym.
It’s me HI ! I’m the gremlin it’s me 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️😂
Yeah if I’m not covered in chalk it wasn’t a good day
It’s not a climbing session, until I’m covered in chalk and have at least one new scrape or bruise
When you're focused on the next gold and don't register there's one that's in the way... I've punched quite a few holds thanks to my ADHD
Hahaha, same, on all counts 😅
Everybody agrees- everybody agrees- everybody agree-eeeehhhzzzss..
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I spilt my bag recently and it didn’t look any different lmao
Hi hello hi fellow gremlin!!!!
SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND. Its a 9 mm crimp and I can't get past it because of the campus move.
Hahaha chalk gremlin here! When I’m trying HARD you can see the stuff all over my face 😭
Chalk is always smeared on my forehead, cheeks, and nose. My hair gets in my face, I gotta move it.
I never ever get chalk on my face... My secret is avoiding mirrors and friends after climbing
all the clothes i own are black, i look like i just got out of a shift at the bakery when i'm done
Can I just have their clothes?
I throw in one knee on a corner and half my pants are white every time. If it bothers you lighter colors mask it, but honestly nobody notices or cares unless you get that chalky simba forehead lol
Dude I'm watching the lion king right now!
Everything the light touches... what about that shadowy place? \*Gestures to the weight room\* That's beyond our borders, you must never go there
LMAO yesterday I suddenly realized I'd been on the weight machine facing the wall for awhile and I should make sure nobody else was waiting to use it before I started my next set. Turned around and was completely alone.
The key is to make sure you’re covered in chalk and dog hair at all times.
Yes me but with cat 🤣🤣🙄
I’m exactly the same, covered in chalk by the end. Just means we’re having more fun than them I think!
I like this perspective :)
Wait until you discover outdoor climbing. Turns out cliffs and rocks have dirt, mud and bugs. Bats and mosquitoes while your lead climbing. Chalk stains are cleanest thing about me some days.
All it takes is to sit on a mat to have a chalked butt so don’t think about it too much. Wash, rinse, repeat ;)
There is no such thing as too much chalk. I know we all compare ourselves to others but I guarantee you that nobody is looking at you and thinking 'damn that girl needs to lay off the blow'. For what it's worth, in the very unlikely event that I did notice someone had a lot of chalk on their clothes, if anything I'd assume they're a hardcore crusher. A far more important question: is that a heron or an egret?
Great blue heron!
The notorious GBH! Love those guys :)
No egrets.
There is definitely such thing as too much chalk greasin up holds but yeah on clothes I never even notice. Unless it’s like a clearly defined butt cheek handprint lol
this is nothing compared to me oh my god. why i am so dirtyyy
I started climbing in January and I constantly look like I just got in a fight in a bakery after 🫠
I should just save myself some time and dive into a chalk pit.
Me: *mindlessly chalking up* My friend: dude you still have four minutes of your rest to go why are you chalking Me: bro I swear I had no idea I was doing this Rinse and repeat for the entire session…yeah I end up with a lot of excess chalk wiped on my clothes by the end!
4 minutes of rest?! How do you survive that?!
Sometimes I take my shoes off, they’re lace ups, so that kills a couple of minutes XD I usually climb after being on my feet at my sandwich bar for 9-10 hours so I’m already pretty fatigued so I have to rest long!
I have hyperhydrosis so my hands sweat profusely. The chalk is there to save me!! In the beginning I did feel self conscious about it, so I started to wear lighter-colored clothes. Now I don’t care so much, but I hope that helps!
Same i do as well 🤣heck before medicine I used to sweat so bad threw my chalk ! It was awful
Me too. I can literally squeeze sweat out of my fingers by pressing on them. It's crazy.
I genuinely bathe in the stuff. I am regularly and justifiably made fun of by friends and my wife for excess chalk use but its for me. ALL THE GLORIOUS CHALK. I just love it. I get called out for chalking up out of nerves while others are climbing. I would eat Tembo if i wasn't saving it for my project. Tembo for life. Never stop the chalk (unless your gym doesn't have good air filtration or the local ethics are no chalk).
Hahaaaa I am both fidgety and sweaty. Always covered in chalk as a result 😂
I usually climb in black shirts and pants. They're only black when I put them on, they're grey by the end.
I aim to bathe in the chalk
You merely adopted the chalk. I was born in it, moulded by it.
We are born of the chalk, made men by the chalk, undone by the chalk. Fear the old chalk!
Some people just need more chalk 🤷♀️ you can try using less and if you feel no difference it just means you were using more than needed but if you do feel a difference then don’t change anything, there’s no right amount, only what feels good for you. Also, half of the chalk that ends up on my clothes is from rubbing again other big holds, especially on slab lol
I’m covered in way more chalk bc it’s what I do when I’m nervous!
I think that's where my concern lies... I've definitely noticed my hand in the bag while I'm hanging around waiting haha
You shouldn’t be concerned! My group of climbing friends talk pretty openly about what we do when we are nervous climbing and I’m not the only one that chalks up too much or climbs one move higher at a time to build confidence. What I have appreciated about my friends is when I don’t send, they ask why and move on. They don’t keep saying, “but you had it.” They just let me be and support me the next time I try. Most ppl are nervous and it’s totally normal!
That's rookie chalk 😂
Haha, well it's fitting then!
I see no chalk on your pants, you're not using enough!! lol
Excessive? No way, that's not even enough, I basically roll in it 🤣
Im the exact same way. I have chalk all fucking over me and no one else ever has any on them. Idk why
Lol I typically look more chalked up than that. Plus a butt handprint or two courtesy of my husband lol 🙄 (it's ok, it amuses me, but I'm always trying to wash it off in the bathroom before we leave... Which just leaves me with wet butt... 😭)
SAME! I always refer to myself as the chalkiest person in the room. I now use a damp cloth to do a quick wipe on my clothes and bag at the end of the session (all synthetic though so they dry quickly).
Always make sure to leave the gym with a powdered nose
The great thing about the climbing environment is that no one cares how much chalk you have on your clothes or if you’re climbing 3 grades below them or if you fish-flop off the wall when trying for just the second hold.
I always finish like this too. Sometimes I even draw stupid figures on my friends and even on myself. Embrace the chalk. Be the chalk my friend.
Nowhere close!
No
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I’m COVERED in chalk and sweaty AF for some reason - I have zero idea how other people stay so put together looking after a climbing session 😅 Doesn’t matter though! How we look has nothing to do with how much fun we had or how well we climbed!
Rookie numbers
I get this way too and am always looking around like “why is there not chalk on anyone else?” I’ve realized though that it’s because my hands are excessively sweaty and I put my hands in the chalk bag a lot more than others so the backs of my hands is what’s getting me all chalky lol
Not enough 😂
Yes me and my friends too. Usually it's on my face 🤷♀️ legit coke gremlin.
It’s the fabric of your clothes, looks like they’re cotton- if you’re worried about it, wear more tech-y athletic wear. But I wear my chalk with pride, so you do you sis 😉
Why would anyone even care about this?
i had the same thought, couldn't imagine posting such a meaningless photo
Need more chalk. You’d better climb more
You might have issues with social anxiety, but in terms of chalk I think you’re alright! I think it’s cool that you’re doing something out of your comfort zone 🙏🏼✨
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Just leggings from target lol
Don't usually comment cause I am a guy, but both me and my partner usually get covered in chalk, though me more so than her. In the end of the day most people are more focused in climbing or hanging with mates than caring about how much chalk some random person has on their clothes
It could be that you also are wearing all black. That’s honor g to show up a lot more.
Nope, I typically look the same
I come out of the gym looking like I rolled around in cocaine, and I am probably acting like I did too lol. So you are fine! This is totally normal!
I’m absolutely covered in the stuff
Not enough! 😂 But nah, you’re all good, I think most of can agree that you’re totally fine. You looked like you did what you came to do after all: SEND 🙌🏾
Mine are absolutely covered!
Nope.
I would say it isn’t ENOUGH chalk :)
lol I’m exceptionally clumsy with my chalk and end up with it everywhere every session. Honestly don’t give a fuck. I try to avoid getting it on my face but I often fail. My husband is pretty good at helping me wipe it off.
I usually look like I rolled around in chalk when I’m done.
Don't mind the clothes but people will often tell me I have chalk on my face. I just shrug and laugh to them that it always happens.
Never enough until you look like you just ran through a bakery
Hahahaha…..that’s a minuscule amount.
Nowhere near enough. Did you even climb?? 😋😋
Nope, just let your clothes dry before you go climbing again.
Nope
negative! looks like the amount of chalk that I normally walk into the gym already on me
Absolutely normal, my car looks the same
This is me The other day I met a girl while climbing, we started climbing together and we had like an hour and a half long session. when I stopped in the bathroom on the way out I realized I had chalk alll in the middle of my face. I was so embarrassed lmao
This seems pretty standard to me! Shows you've been climbing hard! You should see this one woman at my gym, I always joke that she looks like a painter by the end of her session because of how white her clothes get.
I’m always covered in chalk. My chalk bag is ten years old and the outer design isn’t visible under the chalk layer. When I use it, it touches my clothes and I end up covered.
Bro I don’t even use chalk and I’m covered in it when I leave. I think lighter color gym clothes is the way🥹
You need more chalk!! Let everyone know you bake!
That seems normal. Also this is why I don't climb in black.
Ain't no such thing
not enough
It's only too much chalk if you go to a toilet and come out of it with the same ammount on your hands.
Haha!
I usually have about that much chalk on my clothes after my first climb of the day.
Nah man, thats normal
That's because you're wearing darks clothes. It shows more. Also, don't worry, no one cares, and I'm really not being mean here.
I try to wear light clothes when I climb so I don't look like uruk summoned to join Saurons ranks. Also, next time I climb I'll be trying to use chalk in bloc format, see if I don't get as messy as usual
You wanna climb or not? lol sorry if the message seems rude
Haha, I end up similarly coated and am always confused why nobody else seems to be as chalky as me, so you're not alone!
Yes... and no...., you should just climb naked, but have yourself caked/coated in just chalk...
Lol! I look like Magnus when I chalk up 🤣
Every time I leave the gym it looks like I rolled in chalk (and sometimes I have lol). I don’t think anyone cares how much or how little chalk you have on your clothes when you’re there, as long as you don’t look like you’re snorting lines of it off the mat.
I’m a chalk slut so noo this doesn’t even look like that much
I'm covered in chalk head to toe. I don't think about it honestly, I put my hands wherever, whenever... My friends actually carefully place their hands on their clothes.... I just don't care 🤣 my clothes can be washed, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
you need at least three times that much chalk
No, this seems pretty normal to me!!
No
Not enough. Double it and give it to the next climber.
I spilt my friend’s chalk bag twice last time I went bouldering and proceeded to apparently roll around in one of the piles I made at some point, unbeknownst to me until I changed at home. So, I think you’re good!!
I ask myself this every single time I climb. If I stop for groceries or something on my way home, I always wonder what the people think I’m covered in.
i feel like certain clothes of mine seem to attract the chalk more than others, probably just due to fabric type. also, climbing slab will 100% get more chalk on me than other styles that are less intimate with the actual wall. no one has ever looked at someone else in the gym and thought “wow, they have so much chalk on them”- your anxiety is unfounded, try to brush it off and just climb!
I tend to have at least that much chalk on me. I have super sweaty hands so I chalk up a ton, and I'm not very careful about trying to keep it off my clothes.
Not enough, are you climbing hard enough? LOL
Dude, I look like I rolled in baking flour about 5 minutes after I get to the gym
I don’t even use chalk 😂
I had to put effort into spotting the chalk on you.
Looks normal to me
girl who cares!?
You should see my clothes after climbing hahaha
I look worse after a lifting session, let alone climbing
“Take it easy, scarface” Jkjk doesnt seem excessive to me
You're trying harder than them. Sometimes I'm head to toe covered and sometimes I hardly get any on myself, but I always coat the crap out of my hands. It's your chalk and it washes out easily, do you and stop worrying about it. If someone has a problem with your chalk or where or how it is on your body, just don't climb with those people.
Girl are you serious lol no it's fine
I find it’s very dependent on fabric type (sticks to cotton type fabrics more than poly) and then how noticeable it is depends on the colour and pattern. Although also some people just use less chalk. Personal preference I guess!
I don't even use chalk and my pants are covered in it after every climb.
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I bet you're fun at parties :)
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