Sketchy Beta

A stick-figure #rockclimbing comic by Mya Lixian Gosling of @GoodTickleBrain and @MuslimOnComic. She/her.

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

One of the things I love about climbing is how my mind quiets down as soon as my hands touch the wall.

Focused: https://t.co/SmBBX6KgW4 #rockclimbing #climbing

[Connie Sun 🌞 @cartoonconnie]

Tips from pro #climbers, aka mountain goats. 🐐

#tbt cartoon for @BKBoulders, new this week on @gocomics https://t.co/cqXfdBW7IH

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

I've gotten better at dressing my knots over the years, but this still occasionally happens.

Jammed: https://t.co/QWPyd0eQpj #rockclimbing #climbing

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

@artlogic Nah, he's just a compilation of climber bro stereotypes. The voice is probably accurate, though...

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

Climbing is a very slang-intensive culture. Some terms are technical in nature and should be learned and used by newcomers to the sport. Others... others are best picked up organically.

Slang: https://t.co/HQsUUwSGVy #rockclimbing #climbing

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

@artlogic I guess I gotta up my game...

[Connie Sun 🌞 @cartoonconnie]

I don't know why, but somehow, it all works together. #nature #outdoors

New cartoon https://t.co/KGVD2Smjaj

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

Gym climbing might have the edge over outdoor climbing when it comes to safety and comfort and convenience... but is DEFINITELY lacking in other departments. 

Gym Rat Outside, pt. 3: https://t.co/KkN158J3dg #rockclimbing #Climbing

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

Gym Rat Outside, pt. 2 - https://t.co/T3YrWgI0z9

#rockclimbing #climbing

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

I've only climbed on actual rock three times so far, due to Southeast Michigan's crushing lack of vertical terrain. So far, this has been my biggest challenge making the transition from gym to crag.

Gym Rat Outside, pt. 1: https://t.co/RJanQMxQvB #rockclimbing #Climbing

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

The first time I tried to coil a rope, I nearly strangled myself. It's gotten better since then... mostly.

Mortal Coil: https://t.co/qFXysfJ1jC #rockclimbing #climbing

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

@artlogic We get to use feet. It's actually not that hard.

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

Holds that I like: Jugs
Holds that I dislike: Everything else

Climbing Holds: https://t.co/AL7VsAh4ti #rockclimbing #climbing

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

@artlogic Deanna made us do this on Bad Girls night - stem up a corner using no hands. It was kind of an awesome drill and I should make you do it tomorrow.

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

@artlogic Solution: don't use holds, only climb dihedrals, no-hands stem everything.

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

@artlogic Dude, don't you have your own CS comic? Keep your technicalities out of my art. 😝

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

My climbing partner and I are easily the coolest-looking people in the gym.

Eight-Eyes: https://t.co/ciQgWkU1LC #rockclimbing #climbing #belaying #belayspecs

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

@artlogic "Eight-eyes" is funnier than "six-eyes".

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

#TBT to when I finally took the lead test at my gym, after about two years of postponing it because I was scared of taking the fall.

https://t.co/HiEMucHY2P #rockclimbing #climbing

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

@artlogic THEY WERE BRAND NEW.

[Sketchy Beta @SketchyBeta]

I try not to be one of those annoying climbers who is super-chatty while they are on the wall... but there have been occasional lapses.
https://t.co/VQnAp5hpki #rockclimbing #climbing