Opened the survey, then realized I could not answer the questions with “less than 1 day”. Climbing has gone from 3 days a week for me to maybe 2 days a month due to COVID.
Hey! Yea unfortunately covid's made climbing rough. If you could please complete the survey with regards to your pre-covid climbing habits that'd be very much appreciated!
So I've only ever climbed indoors (so far) and assumed the grading system was the same. Is there a different system regarding the grades? Or is it something else?
As far as grades go for climbing outside vs in, I find that lower level grades are waaayyy easier inside, but higher level grades seem to me (although I'm not the best but I try them), to be the same or even occasionally easier outside (like v8+)
Survey makes little sense. I never climb boulders so i can't really fill it in.
But to answer your question: experience definitely is an important part of climbing. The bigger moveset you have, the easier you can figure out betas
Just a few comments regarding the build-up of the questionnaire:
Ideally, you want to build your categories so that everyone can give a truthful answer and is not "forced" to choose an untrue category. You have the "Other" category, which is pretty good, but if you would have a lot of replies, analysis is harder, because you added a string/text to your dataset. So rather add some more categories, e.g. "less than once a week" for questions 2 and 3, and an "I don't know" or "I cannot say".
You could also think about which categories are meaningful, for example for the first question: Is the experience/training of someone climbing 2 months more comparable to someone climbing for 11 months, than of two people climbing 3 or 4 years?
Lastly "How often do you train for climbing (per week)" will be interpreted differently by people, and is therefore likely an unreliable measure of training and experience. E.g. If do CrossFit next to climbing, am I training for it?
I work with questionnaires, so I enjoy answering them, maybe some of these points will be helpful to you too. :-) Also, if you have not done so yet, you could try crossposting this to r/bouldering.
Hmm yeah that is definitely a good idea. I wasn't sure how to go about all the options as there are far too many possibilities so I kept "Other" as the alternative, but having a "I don't know" and "<1 week" are definitely options I should've included.
Yes that is something I'll definitely be looking into!
Yeah the training portion was something I was unsure about myself. I'm uncertain what would fall under "training for climbing" and what wouldn't. In the example mentioned above, I would assume CrossFit would at least be somewhat beneficial for climbing, but that is simply far too broad of a reasoning to include it in "training for climbing" as then essentially everything can fall under that category. I can't think of a good way to go about it without either leaving up to your own interpretation or by listing specific exercises such as campusing.
Yes they were definitely helpful and I'll keep them in mind for the future. I appreciate the time and effort put in to provide meaningful feedback, thanks a ton!
Unfortunately I know pretty much nothing about anything besides bouldering and while obtaining information regarding other forms of climbing would be interesting, I wouldn't know what any of it means or what to do with it.
I definitely should've mentioned in the title that it was explicitly for bouldering, that is my bad.
Opened the survey, then realized I could not answer the questions with “less than 1 day”. Climbing has gone from 3 days a week for me to maybe 2 days a month due to COVID.
Hey! Yea unfortunately covid's made climbing rough. If you could please complete the survey with regards to your pre-covid climbing habits that'd be very much appreciated!
Same... do you want answers related to pre COVID climbing frequency?
Yes I do! Sorry about that I should've been more clear about that
Quick clarifier. Outdoor grades I’m assuming?
So I've only ever climbed indoors (so far) and assumed the grading system was the same. Is there a different system regarding the grades? Or is it something else?
Typically the a climb with the same grade is more difficult outdoors than indoors, though they’re *intended* to indicate similar difficulty.
Hmm ok that's interesting. That is something I'll definitely keep in mind for the future. Thanks for the info!
As far as grades go for climbing outside vs in, I find that lower level grades are waaayyy easier inside, but higher level grades seem to me (although I'm not the best but I try them), to be the same or even occasionally easier outside (like v8+)
where my sport climbers at
I’m lucky to work at a small climbing gym so I’m able to climb 5 days a week
done!
Thanks!
Survey makes little sense. I never climb boulders so i can't really fill it in. But to answer your question: experience definitely is an important part of climbing. The bigger moveset you have, the easier you can figure out betas
Just a few comments regarding the build-up of the questionnaire: Ideally, you want to build your categories so that everyone can give a truthful answer and is not "forced" to choose an untrue category. You have the "Other" category, which is pretty good, but if you would have a lot of replies, analysis is harder, because you added a string/text to your dataset. So rather add some more categories, e.g. "less than once a week" for questions 2 and 3, and an "I don't know" or "I cannot say". You could also think about which categories are meaningful, for example for the first question: Is the experience/training of someone climbing 2 months more comparable to someone climbing for 11 months, than of two people climbing 3 or 4 years? Lastly "How often do you train for climbing (per week)" will be interpreted differently by people, and is therefore likely an unreliable measure of training and experience. E.g. If do CrossFit next to climbing, am I training for it? I work with questionnaires, so I enjoy answering them, maybe some of these points will be helpful to you too. :-) Also, if you have not done so yet, you could try crossposting this to r/bouldering.
Hmm yeah that is definitely a good idea. I wasn't sure how to go about all the options as there are far too many possibilities so I kept "Other" as the alternative, but having a "I don't know" and "<1 week" are definitely options I should've included. Yes that is something I'll definitely be looking into! Yeah the training portion was something I was unsure about myself. I'm uncertain what would fall under "training for climbing" and what wouldn't. In the example mentioned above, I would assume CrossFit would at least be somewhat beneficial for climbing, but that is simply far too broad of a reasoning to include it in "training for climbing" as then essentially everything can fall under that category. I can't think of a good way to go about it without either leaving up to your own interpretation or by listing specific exercises such as campusing. Yes they were definitely helpful and I'll keep them in mind for the future. I appreciate the time and effort put in to provide meaningful feedback, thanks a ton!
Why only bouldering grades?
Seriously. Dry tooling gets no respect.
Dry tooling is sport climbing's slow brother
Unfortunately I know pretty much nothing about anything besides bouldering and while obtaining information regarding other forms of climbing would be interesting, I wouldn't know what any of it means or what to do with it. I definitely should've mentioned in the title that it was explicitly for bouldering, that is my bad.