i wonder how oten pro climbers climb easy stuff because its fun

do pro climbers (mostly talking outdoor sport) climb easy stuff just for fun, or are they always projecting?

Always projecting. All the time.  Climbing is never about the fun, or going out and just moving.  It’s always about the grade all the time.

Is that why you do it(ya bot!)? 

Pro climbers only climb 5.14+ on days ending in "Y" and subsist entirely on the screams of falling gumby climbers. Anything below 5.12 is a warm-up, a cooldown, and a form of active meditation conducted while discussing the geopolitical implications of bolt spacing in Céüse.

You think they're just out there for fun? Buddy, fun ended in the '90s when lycra died. Modern pros are contractually obligated to project 24/7, even while eating burritos or dreaming. You ever seen someone redpoint in their sleep? That's why they wear La Sportiva Muira slippers to bed.

And let's not forget the secret Yosemite grading scale, where 5.10 actually means “5.6 but with vibes.” You wouldn't understand—unless you've communed with the rock spirits at sunrise while juggling carabiners and whispering beta in Elvish.

If it's too easy I don't want to touch it, if it's too hard I don't want to touch it. And all the stuff changes if I'm  lead climbing,  or top roping , or working on multipitch trad. If it's too easy I'm not feeling super pumped after the climb. Like duh I didn't fall it's an easy grade. I'm still figuring out that grade with trad cracks. I've got if roughly figured out with sport lead grades. Either way it's about safety and fulfilment of my desire to climb better all the time. The thrill of a run out lead climb really wakes you up

Honestly, you all sound like bots to me.

The real question is: do bots ever have fun?

That should be good for about 20 pages!!!!

Edit: Just read the comment below mine

Everyone wants to act like it's obvious but I don't think it is. On the elite of end sport climbing, someone like Ondra will be aiming to maximize their training potential and so won't be as likely to go climb "easy" routes often, but then again you have to define what "easy" is and what "fun" is- for Ondra, stuff in the 13s is probably easy and to him, the more technical the climbing is, the more fun it is. And once these guys retire from pushing the cutting edge, theyre more likely to take it easy. Trad climbers are, in my estimation, more likely to chase easier technical climbing in more adventurous locations or on sketchier lines. And then you have guys like Honnold soloing 4th-moderate 5th on the regular

From the mouth of Ondra himself: (from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI95jOOBBno)

"I really enjoy warming up on 6a (5.10a). Which I think, when I talk to other professional climbers, they say, "I can't remember a moment I was climbing 6a the last time" and they think like I'm joking, but I'm not. I climb 6a quite often."

David Ywrote:

From the mouth of Ondra himself: (from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI95jOOBBno)

"I really enjoy warming up on 6a (5.10a). Which I think, when I talk to other professional climbers, they say, "I can't remember a moment I was climbing 6a the last time" and they think like I'm joking, but I'm not. I climb 6a quite often."

Ondra is the people's champ 

Elie Gotovsky wrote:

no i was just stoned when i wrote that

Bots smoking weed. The future is here.

slo tawrote:

Bots smoking weed. The future is here.

slo tawrote:

Bots smoking weed. The future is here.

LMAO, this made me laugh 

apogeewrote:

brilliant. hats off

If you're at the gym and there's the less than vertical wall with dinosaur shaped holds, do you climb it because it's fun?

X Foliatorwrote:

If you're at the gym and there's the less than vertical wall with dinosaur shaped holds, do you climb it because it's fun?

You’re implying that it’s fun? Then yes, if it’s fun 

X Foliatorwrote:

If you're at the gym and there's the less than vertical wall with dinosaur shaped holds, do you climb it because it's fun?

Idk about you guys, I only climb so I can argue with people on mountain project

I thought the dinosaur holds were closed due to cultural significance?

Calum TMwrote:

You’re implying that it’s fun? Then yes, if it’s fun 

But is it? I have a ladder on the side of my house to get to my swamp cooler. I don't particularly get super enthused when I need to climb it. 

Which is how I feel on routes a few grades below my level.

“Fun” and “easy” are always relative, and always in the eye of the beholder…but I do believe that pro climbers are not forbidden to have fun in their contracts. I’ve met a few who were definitely having fun while climbing. 

I climbed with Ethan Pringle for a week in ten sleep right after he had sent Jumbo Love. He was with his girlfriend, who coincidentally was projecting the same routes as my partner and I. Ethan’s idea of “easy routes” was hanging draws onsight on our 5.13 projects. He thought it was the most fun thing ever and commented that he needed to do this more often.

So no, they don’t climb easier routes because they are fun unless there is a concrete reason. 

Not Not MP Adminwrote:

I climbed with Ethan Pringle for a week in ten sleep right after he had sent Jumbo Love. He was with his girlfriend, who coincidentally was projecting the same routes as my partner and I. Ethan’s idea of “easy routes” was hanging draws onsight on our 5.13 projects. He thought it was the most fun thing ever and commented that he needed to do this more often.

So no, they don’t climb easier routes because they are fun unless there is a concrete reason. 

You are making a very big assumption based upon a single 'data point'!!!!