preparing-yourself

Preparing Yourself

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Gearing Up

Getting Started

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Knowing Crucial Knots (and Hitches)

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Belaying

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Assessing and Securing Yourself to Anchors

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Going Up

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Toproping and Leading

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Redpointing and Onsighting

<img loading="lazy" class="alignright wp-image-1549 size-full" src="https://live-pom-oed.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ClimbingEfficiencyTechniques-scaled-e1643332160740.jpg" alt="Intro to Sport Climbing climbing efficiency and technique" width="500" height="749">Now the fun part! You’ve learned valuable rope-, anchor- and belay-management techniques and how to stay safe. Let’s learn how to actually rock climb Weighting Feet — Your legs and butt have the strongest muscles in your body, muscles that are also much slower to tire than your upper body, despite the common misperception of climbing as occurring all in the fingers and hands. Therefore you want to get as much weight over your feet as possible at all times, on all angles of rock. This comes from proper management of the forefoot, in particular the big toe, where it contacts the rock. As a rule ...