Why I Built Sendsville

I built Sendsville because I wanted a better way to track my climbing sessions. Not just logging individual sends, but actually understanding how hard I was working from one session to the next.

I tried a bunch of climbing tracking apps, and they all had their strengths, but they shared one big gap: none of them gave me a clear picture of how difficult a session actually was.

Grades help. Counting sends helps. Total meters climbed helps a bit. But they all miss something. Two sessions can look pretty similar on paper and feel completely different in terms of effort.

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What I was trying to solve

Some apps track meters climbed (which doesn't work great from a watch, in my experience). Others let you log grades. But neither really answered the question I cared about: how hard did I actually work today?

What I wanted was something that could:

• Let me compare different types of sessions
• Account for differences in difficulty
• Show me how my effort adds up over time

That's why I went with a points-based system.

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Where the idea came from

The points system in Sendsville is inspired by an approach Hans Florine describes in On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb.

I wanted a consistent way to measure climbing effort, and his book gave me the framework to build from. Sendsville isn't endorsed by him—yet. :)

Hans is a rad dude and his book is absolutely worth checking out. So much stoke for climbing and such an inspiration.

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What Sendsville is (and what it's not)

Sendsville isn't about ranking climbers or replacing grades.

It's about:

• Understanding how hard a session was
• Tracking effort consistently
• Staying motivated

The goal is pretty simple: make it easy to look back at your climbing and say, "Yeah—I put in solid work."

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Feedback welcome

Sendsville is still a work in progress, and I'm always open to feedback or suggestions.

You can reach me at sendsville@gmail.com.

Happy climbing.