Anybody else not like getting cheered on during climbing

interesting topic.

in my experience it all depends on who, when, and how.

who is important to me. the bond between us. the experiences had together. time spent in the gnar. 

when they choose to encourage is important. are they in tune with my anxiety and abilities prior to the crux pitch. are they reading me correctly? are they familiar or able to imagine the nature of the crux? meaning, is the crux a few moves or is it sustained? when to inject encouragement emboldens. or maybe not at all. remaining silent can me just as powerful. timing!

with sincerity is how a good partner should encourage. you can always tell in their voice if they mean it. if they really are in your corner during your flight into the fight. quietly? softly? calming? or strong with courage and brevity? knowing how or type of encouragement is what separates good climbing partners from great climbing partners.

knowing how, when, and, from who makes the experience all the better.

i love my climbing partners.

jcs

I like it. As long as it's not Europeans yelling ALLEZ 50 times in a row

Happens mostly when I'm by myself TR soloing

Similarly, I hate when your spotter screams at you while you're struggling on a bench press.  Absolute meat-head behavior.

Eric Roewrote:

Similarly, I hate when your spotter screams at you while you're struggling on a bench press.  Absolute meat-head behavior.

What’s wrong with being a meat head? Should we have tiny little golf claps when people send?

Part of my pre-send ritual is reciting is reciting a lyric from my a song called dump the clip it says "I'm like Lucky Skywalker with the blast shield down". I toss my glasses aside and focus on nothing else but the rock.  It zones me out grounds me.  One of my most memorable sends is at a noisy local choss pile where my kids were losing it, a train was blaring its horn as it went by and random climbers were cheering me on which I don't love.  But I hit the zone nothing mattered just pure flow. Chasing that is why I climb.

I like it when the cheering matches the climbing, but hate it when it doesn't. Aggressive cheering is annoying while at a rest, climbing an easy section, or doing tenuous moves.

Also since nobody has linked it yet, "Quiet, please":
https://youtu.be/8v7z4dQcwP8?t=755

My partner and I rock up for the last problem of the session. I notice a couple tucked in an alcove a ways off - far enough away to not easily greet each other, so we share no words. I get set up for the crux dyno in pure peaceful silence and am feeling really good. I drop down, pump, and right as I'm launching I'm overwhelmed by a 100 decibal shriek of "YEAH YOU FUCKIN GOT IIIIITTTTT" reverbing off the canyon walls.

Couldn't get to the crux again. Still gotta go back for that one. 

Princess Puppy Lovrwrote:

What’s wrong with being a meat head? Should we have tiny little golf claps when people send?

The only acceptable acknowledgement is the stoic down-nod of approval

I love it. Nothing like being pumped out of your mind and being cheered on to keep fighting.  It puts me into an extra gear. Bonus points for “venga” and “a muerte”.

I live for the stoke 

A good partner knows when to shout minimal encouragement, beta with the least amount of words spent, and also when to shut the fuck up.

David Kwrote:

Please add to meme thread, this is great. Could include disc golfers in there too

Austin Donisanwrote:

since nobody has linked it yet, "Quiet, please":
https://youtu.be/8v7z4dQcwP8?t=755

Meme is pretty good but this was still the best post on the thread.

I blame my three brothers for making me this way… but a “wow you really suck at this” gets me sending way harder than a “cmon you got this!”

Jonathan Walker wrote:

Disagree. Some of my best climbs have been when I have been fully conscious and in tune with my breathing from beginning to end—and this is not an easy feat. Sometimes having someone slap you with the reminder—and heeding it—is pretty valuable.

As a side-note (and my answer to the original question), it entirely depends on *who* is doing the reminding....

I think he’s saying that it’s self evident that breathing is better than holding your breath, so it annoys him when someone gives the reminder.

I definitely have noticed partners tensing up and not breathing smoothly, and I’ve done it myself, so I actually like the “breathe” reminder. 

As someone who frequently goes to competitions, it's a little hard to tell a crowd to shut up.