Climber type quiz / The Joyrider

What a Joyrider is like

You climb for the day out. A new crag most weekends, a pile of sends across the grades, and the drive home is half the point. You rarely sit under one problem for long; if it doesn't go in a few tries there's something else round the corner. Your strength is range: you've touched more rock than almost anyone and nothing at your grade scares you. The cost is that the hard projects never quite get the weekends they'd need.

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The four traits behind the Joyrider

Every climber type is four letters, one from each pair. The Joyrider is EBPW: Explorer, Burst, Pyramid and Weekend.

Explorer Where you climb: Explorer, not Homebody

You spread your days across a lot of different crags or gyms. New rock, unfamiliar styles and no beta are part of the appeal, and the same wall twice in a row feels like a waste.

Burst How your days fall: Burst, not Metronome

Your climbing comes in big days with gaps between them. When you get out you stay until your skin is done, and a quiet few weeks before the next one is normal.

Pyramid What you go for: Pyramid, not Ceiling

You climb across the grades. Plenty of problems well inside your limit, fewer near the top, and a wide base of sends underneath your hardest ones.

Weekend When you get out: Weekend, not Weekday

You climb when most people do: Saturdays and Sundays, around a working week. That means busier crags, shared pads and making the most of the days you get.

What the Joyrider's kit has to handle

• Explorer: a chalk bucket that closes properlyA different crag every trip means the chalk lives in the car and the pack. A lid that seals keeps it in the bucket and off the back seat.
• Burst: skin care for the day afterBig days end when the skin does. A salve the same evening is the difference between climbing again in three days and waiting a week.
• Pyramid: a chalk ball for the long circuitA lot of problems in a day means a lot of chalking up. A ball puts down a thin, even coat without emptying the bucket by lunch.

Types close to the Joyrider

Change one letter and you get a different climber. These four each share three traits with the Joyrider.

• The Weekend Warrior (HBPW)Homebody instead of Explorer. Big weekend days at the home crag, volume first.
• The Globetrotter (EMPW)Metronome instead of Burst. A steady run of weekends, a new crag each time, lots of sends.
• The Hotshot (EBCW)Ceiling instead of Pyramid. Turns up on the weekend, finds the hardest line, leaves with it.
• The Drifter (EBPD)Weekday instead of Weekend. A different crag every time, midweek, climbing whatever's there.

The Joyrider's opposite

Flip all four letters and you get The Sendsei (HMCD): patient and precise on the hardest lines at home, midweek.

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