Whether it’s your fingernails or toenails it doesn’t much matter. If you want a comfortable climbing experience, trim down your nails. Your fingers need to be done so that if you are pressing down really hard while you dangle from an extremely narrow ledge you don’t pull your finger nails off under the pressure of your body pressing down on the cuticle. It hurts. Don’t do that.
Also if you would like your soul crushingly tight climbing shoes to not leave you hobbling around, you need to cut your toenails otherwise the pressure of the near constant squeezing will make the inner most portion of your cuticle separate from the toe nail bed, and you’ll end up with bloody socks, and red blood filled lines across your toes.
Just a handy-dandy guide to having a much better time up on the walls, or while bouldering. You’ll know super duper fast if you have forgotten this rule of thumb. So, now I’m going to go inspect my fingers and toes, and get those lined up nice and tidy. Then it’ll water bottle filling time, and eating a halfway decent breakfast.
Have a great Saturday!
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