Originally Posted by
chasm54
Lose weight. It's the only answer. If you weigh more than 2.5 lbs per inch of height you aren't going to climb as well as you might. End of story. At 6'3" I should be under 185 lbs. I'm not - yet. As a result, I don't climb well. It's that simple.
This is good advice of course. But, at 5'10" after basic training in 1969 (Ft. Jackson) I was in great shape and weighed 178 lbs. Not quite down to the magical 2.5 lbs per inch but close. Now I'd have to get down to 172.5 lbs and I'm not sure that's possible for me. Remains to be seen this season.