V10+ Level LOLs: 35 Rock Climbing Memes for Van-Dwellers at the Crux of Cracking Up

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jul 14, 2023 3:00 PM EDT

Everyone remembers their first time walking into a climbing gym. It was probably a birthday party or perhaps you got dragged in by a climber friend who insisted you try, but your initial thoughts were quite simple. It smelled like chalky sweat, everyone was spindly (but still somehow absolutely ripped) and you wondered why everyone was wearing a beanie despite the weather. There was probably a mysterious van parked outside that one of the route setters lived in. 

After the first time you topped out on a route, the on the easiest, juggiest slab you could find, you felt the euphoria of physical puzzle solving and you never looked back. Within a month, you were living off of Cliff bars, you baby powdered your stinky feet, and you picked up yoga. The other rock climbers at the gym might even induct you into the hall of beanies by taking you out on your first outdoor excursion. Just be careful, because before you know it, you'll be breaking your rental lease to live in Yosemite Valley and climb El Capitan, living off of canned beans, fresh air, and the need to defy gravity.

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  • 01
    Sky - Lead climbers when they walk past the boulderers and topropers 349 @thechalkyclimber
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    Vertebrate - How I imagined climbers as a kid Actual climbers OO SUBARU
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    Eyelash - Your climbing shoes when you leave them in your gym bag for too long @chubbygirlclimbing I am going to create an environment that is so toxic,
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    Vertebrate - Climber: "Did I ever tell you about the time I lived out of a van?" Granola girls: Oh no, the bra fell off. @thechalkyclimber
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    Cartoon - Door frames Rock climbers @thechalkyclimber
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    Eyebrow - *Rock climbers spending thousands of dollars on climbing gear* Free Soloists:
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    Table - O Don't bring up Free Solo to a climber Or Draw 25 Non-Climbers UNO @thechalkyclimber
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    Organism - Gym bros when they campus a V2 in front of the granola climber girls @thechalkyclimber Man it hurts to be this hip
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    Coat - When you heelhook on a VO H. 3 BM
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    Forehead - Me: goes climbing for the 5th day in a row My fingers: @thechalkyclimber I'm tired, boss.
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    Outerwear - Kids just trying to enjoy their birthday party at the rock gym while I'm cussing up an entire route. @chubbygirlclimbing
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    Facial expression - *climber falls on the last move of their project* Everyone watching:
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    Automotive lighting - Climbers when they see a random rock in the distance knowing they'll never be able to touch it @thechalkyclimber
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    Hair - "Let me put on more chalk, that will help me send this route two grades above anything I've ever done" @chubbygirlclimbing
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    Hand - My fingers when I keep climbing after feeling and hearing weird pops
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    Head - 17 Omg, he's here. He's so cute Is he single?
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    Gesture - "Just reach for it" @chubbygirlclimbing
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    Green - "Do you wanna go climbing?" "Sure that sounds fun!"
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    Product - Climbers whenever they complain about getting overuse injuries
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    Mouth - Gym climbers when they realize real rocks don't have brightly colored holds @thechalkyclimber M
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    Organism - When you're taking a rest day and a friend asks if you wanna go climbing @thechalkyclimber I think we all know where this is going
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    Human body - Single climbers Couples that climb @thechalkyclimber
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    Forehead - Tall climbers when short climbers can't just reach the hold @thechalkyclimber [visible confusion]
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    Mouth - me eating all my crag snacks on the car ride over @chubbygirlclimbing
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    Forehead - when your friend tells you a route is "really not that bad" but all you see are slopers @chubbygirlclimbing
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    Coat - Trying a dyno on a V5 when you've never sent a V4 @chubbygirlclimbing
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    Nose - When you see them change the V4 tag to a V1 after you flashed it @chubbygirlclimbing
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    Head - When you tell your climbing partner it's a difficult route but then they flash it, no problem @chubbygirlclimbing
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    Organism - Climbers waiting for the summer to end so they climb real rocks again Da
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    Cartoon - Torturing their joints and skin to climb a rock the hardest way possible @thechalkyclimber Tomy 138 Climbers
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    Sky - The first person that climbed a rock just for fun @thechalkyclimber They called me a madman.
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    Cartoon - Signs on buildings and random stuff saying "no climbing" Rock climbers: @thechalkyclimber Huh. I wonder who that's for.
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    Vertebrate - Me Taking rest days makes you stronger I'll ignore that. @thechalkyclimber
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    Cartoon - Sport Climbing Bouldering Speed climbing
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