Lead climbing vs bouldering reddit I also top rope a fair amount, and that’s helped me regulate my pace and practice resting. So it's a complex question. I started out bouldering and have recently been getting into sport climbing. They are similar enough where Janja Garnbret for example would be favourite to win both bouldering and lead even if they were separate. They are different events, however climbing is young in its Olympic journey and there is a lot of crossover in terms of competitors. 11 but only boulder V2-V3. In comparison sport routes here require, on average, more endurance and beta reading. Need to boulder at least once a week to maintain. Most ppl generally seem to find lead climbing more enjoyable than bouldering, so they do it more, and as a result get better at it. 12 outside you might want to consider bouldering more than lead climbing, as generally progressing to higher grades is essentially solving boulder problems on the route. Long edit: It's a bit hard to explain. I can throw for a huge dyno with only two pads underneath me and have no fear. Lead climbing is much more different from bouldering than I assumed. I found the biggest difficulties were learning to pace myself, take rests, and then the classic fear of being above the protection especially when clipping. It sounds like your gym is setting boulders and top rope appropriately. They also use more static movements, precision, footwork, and balance but don't require a lot of strength. Bouldering obviously doesn't help you improve on the parts of "technique" that makes you conserve energy, which is important in lead climbing. If you are 5. My question is why do I struggle so much when sport climbing compared to bouldering. I’ve seen a ton of ppl on MountainProject who climb 5. . rdxot xxwacgt lkti xkxzn gynwlh jqya xwm vgvt fqfr iiufugc