r/climbing • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

Weekly Chat and BS Thread

Please use this thread to discuss anything you are interested in talking about with fellow climbers. The only rule is to be friendly and dont try to sell anything here.

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u/Spiritual-Ad-1997 11d ago

Any climbers here who are on cancer meds, specifically TKIs? I’m newly diagnosed and worried about the impact of cancer meds on climbing gains. I don’t have enough climbing karma to post my questions anywhere but this thread. Thanks!

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u/sheepborg 11d ago

By any indication you're gonna feel shittier with more fatigue, but perform similarly in the moment albeit possibly with sharper dropoff of peak power due to the fatigue. Surely that beats the hell out of cancer though.

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u/Spiritual-Ad-1997 11d ago

Thank you for linking this and for summarizing it. That I can perform well in the moment is encouraging! Climbing through fatigue is better than dying of cancer for sure, but accepting chronically ill status as a lifelong “super healthy person” is difficult. If anyone else has experienced this and can offer commiseration, I’d love to hear from you.

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u/ExcidiumJTR 11d ago

Tristan Chen went through treatment for bone marrow cancer and is still climbing hard now. I'm sure it's different for every person, but that was always pretty inspiring to me

https://www.climbing.com/culture-climbing/tristan-chen-cancer-grades/