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It would appear that at some point in the 18 months I've had away from the wall, that I've passed the point in my life where I can't do any strenuous moves without farting. How lucky that the pandemic drove so many indoor walls and bouldering centres to upgrade their air management systems because it's usually gone before people can pinpoint where and who it came from. That is apart from of course, like last night, when I audibly let rip at face height whilst making a big reach within a couple of metres of a group waiting for the adjacent problem (sorry ladies).

Fellow climbers over 40: Is this permanent and will things tighten up as I get stronger or will more powerful glutes just increase the volume and/or pitch?

rocket power is cheating

Felt like I was losing power if anything. Like leaky pneumatics.

In the interest of not incriminating myself I shall respond with "No comment, your honour!".

Do a set of about 30 star jumps (outdoors please) before you climb.  That should rattle out some of the low lying farts before you start.

Embrace it, and learn to play La Marseillaise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane

Your contribution to climate change is noted. There will be a reckoning.

Greta

Power screaming is acceptable these days so I don't see why this shouldn't be. Fill your boots. Just ideally not literally.

adds a whole new dimension to coordination dynos Gotta time that rocket boost just right!

You're not on some special Dave MacLeod diet for this are you? where you are only allowed to eat the gherkins sourced from the top of Big Macs or eat pickled eggs from Chip shops?

If so... tell us which walls you frequent so we can avoid

Just be happy you can fart with confidence. 

reminds me of that cheeky Queen of Thorns line from GoTs

If you do go to, or back to The Greater Ranges,  please take care!

Being way too serious for the thread for a minute, but are you going to the wall after dinner?

You could try one of the following evading tactics:

https://www.wikihow.com/Conceal-Your-Farting-in-Public

It's permanent... a normal part of growing old. You've just announced to the world that you've made the transition from young whippersnapper to old fart.

Effort trumps are the over 40’s power scream! Embrace them! 😂

No. It's there to stay. The next phase is when you're no longer confident that it is just going to be a fart. 

Main change I noticed post 40 is simply that your digestive systems needs managing, you can't just throw whatever you like at it any more and expect it to run smoothly.

Probably need to change your diet if gas is really a problem. 

You should appreciate this:

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2023/03/17/olaf-falafel-fart-fitness-instagrammer...

... may contain gaseous content

This. 

I’m tend to be a bit gassy but I find during periods of Paleo/Keto type diets it pretty much stops. Beer and bread turn me into Charlie Parker and my vegetarian years were probably responsible for global warming.

OP: get a dog and take it to the wall with you.

Amazingly not. Relatively de-gassed. Relatively.