Bruut

This would eventually end up with me being in the top 10 of a couple of thousand of folks in that bouldering gym. Giving some tips here and there and using that as socializing material worked wonders for my self confidence.

Ended up eventually climbing a 7b+ without using my feet. Apparently that was quite the feat, tho ive never actually perceptually confirmed that. But.. I might have missed some signals.

In the 6 years I've been bouldering?

I've been literally told the following, thus annoying the shit out of me what the human behaviour and social dynamics currently look like. Just. Fucking. Tell. Me. Trying to get enough confidence fgoing folks.. just taking a stab at life here.

en dat zelfvertoruwen? mensen die snel praten of veel vragen stellen als onzeker zien icm zachte stem. Ben het er nog altijd fundamenteel gewoon niet mee eens. En nu snap ik waarom..

zachte stem? zie niet in waarom schreeuwen of een grote bek iets anders communiceert als 'grootste gorilla op de heuvel'. Alles wat je communiceert? ik hoef je niet te kennen. Dag dag.

snel praten? Sorry dat ik enthousiast wordt van het leven ofzo? als je het niet kan volgen.. geef dat dan aan.. dan pas ik me aan, met plezier zelfs.

Noticed 2 girls talking and 1 of them looking in my direction. So ... I figured I'd ask what's up.

"Noticed you looking and talking in my direction. Whats up?"

Girl: "Just told my friend that you're an fucking good climber"

Me, utterly perplexed, not used to this and not entirely sure how to process this or deal with this: "Thanks :) "

Via text: "Well, you tend to grab attention in the gym of others. And I mean that literally, as in, you draw looks. You climb insanely fluent."

And another via text after telling him I had just climbed a 7b without using my feet: "Are you a god?"