Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@jimmysong Interestingly I got significantly less of those offers when I finally accepted one to retweet for money and made the deal public. 😂

@lain inb4 mandatory hydroxychloroquine suppositories.

@mydogisahusky2 @verretor ...if there is a way to break the speed of light limit on communication. If not, no galactic internet.

@cfunk Easiest way is just to look at threads and follow people. I'm using a different server than you, yet you can still see my messages.

@Corydoras @verretor Yup. Knowing your limits and respecting them is absolutely key.

It's notable how outdoor climbing really advanced after the top-tier climbers started training grip strength and similar outside of climbing itself: you just can't push your limits actually doing climbing. So you're leaving potential strength on the table that you can achieve at the gym on a hang board. Unfortunately, at some point you have to train to failure to advance.

@Corydoras @verretor If rescues weren't so challenging, and filming so difficult, cave exploration could be the "precision parkour" sport. Caves tend to be chock full of obstacles. Hell, Canada's third deepest cave is literally a 500m deep pile of boulders on about a 30° slope.

But alas, screwing up has such high consequences that "high contact" movement like sliding down obstacles and "belly flopping" up them often makes more sense.

@Corydoras @verretor Those teenagers aren't entirely wrong either. You can take much bigger falls if you don't weigh much. It's the same thing with gymnastics: much easier to start to learn big moves when you're a little kid.

@Corydoras @verretor You're right, turns out grip strength does peak in your 30's for both men and women: https://theconversation.com/what-your-hand-grip-says-about-your-strength-through-life-35063

I didn't actually know that!

Though I wonder if climbers have the same peak? I started indoor climbing when I was 15 or 16, and climbed trees much earlier than that. I'm sure that must affect how your body develops.

@Corydoras @verretor See, that you've seen any injuries is a sign that it's more accident prone than climbing. :) Indoors, I've yet to see someone even break a bone. Plenty of overuse injuries though...

@waxwing Maybe! But it's pretty common for guard nodes to be slow. So I wouldn't assume that was the issue.

@Corydoras @verretor And to be clear, that's just talking about indoor climbing. With outdoor climbing - especially stuff like trad climbing where you install your own (removable) anchors as you go up - intelligence, courage, and planning matter even more.

@Corydoras @verretor In terms of top-notch climbers, I think the majority are late 20's to early 30's, with men and women being represented about equally.

But as for who you actually see at gyms, it's a really big age range. It's not uncommon to see people who look like they're in their 60's and even 70's climbing in gyms, both men and women.

It's a sport where intelligence can make up for being weak and fat. I would know... 😂

@waxwing Is it consistently slow? You could have just been unlucky with a slow guard node.

@Corydoras @verretor I think you choosing to focus on techy movements is smart. Endless fun to be had being precise, and it'll keep you doing it for the rest of your life.

@Corydoras @verretor Same with caving. Much more dangerous than the climbing I've done. But at the same time, I'd say my biggest screw up was once needing to ask a partner to help me get down the last ~1m of a small downclimb that I screwed up on and couldn't climb back up.

To me, that was a BIG DEAL because I could have sprained my ankle (no stable footing under me if I jumped). We were about an hour or two from the exit so that would have really, really, sucked.

@Corydoras @verretor I personally got dropped about 20ft due to a belaying mistake myself. I was lucky that the grigri locked up before I actually hit the ground at full speed due to the belayer letting go. I stopped climbing with them...

But actual injuries? Other than some blisters, I really can say nothing at all.