[SA Chris]

Truth hurts 

So do crimps.

Not as much as failure.

So the most pain comes from failing on something crimpy?

Yes, especially if fail because you were trying not to crimp on a crimp hold, due to trying to follow the brash advice of someone much stronger than you.

[r-man]

Watch the crimping hand wobble about when he hits the top. Thats a lot of force going through those small bones...

http://www.yorkshiregrit.com/video.html?id=earl__sloping_beauty&n=0

Really can't be healthy. Better than jamming, mind. 

[Houdini]

It's not the size of the crimp that's important, it's the amount of positivity on the crimp that makes a difference for me.  Crimping can be as subtle as using slopes: sometimes you can have all fingers and thumb on a hold but only be pulling down through 1 or 2 fingers.  I usually just fuck-off the ring and pinky and pull through the index, middle and thumb.