What's been your biggest head slapping, eureka moment in your climbing improvement?
  • garethhansongarethhanson July 2011
    What piece of knowledge made you feel really excited and turbo-charged your climbing improvement?

    For me it had to be watching the footwork section in Neil Gresham's Masterclass Volume 1 (especially the climbing on steep ground part with the outside foot and Egyptian techniques). I hit the wall the following day and made immediate gains, and it set me on the path to permanently better footwork.
  • daprincedaprince July 2011
    Someone showed me how to put my thumbs over my fingers when crimping. On the same vibe thumb over palm when hand jamming. Still can't get Bob Marley out my head on that one.
  • pebblespebbles July 2011
    never learnt how to do this,just feels wrong. then read how many people ping tendons doing it and decided I was quite happy crimping open handed ta very much
  • garethhansongarethhanson July 2011
    I have to say, I find it quite hard to get a closed crimp. I seem to naturally do better open handed. I suppose the best thing is to master both, but the open handed crimp is far safer.
  • liaml89liaml89 August 2011
    On a route I am trying at Chapel Head there is a MONO-CRIMP on the sharpest, tiniest little bone of a hold (think the size of the nib on a biro...no shit). Pretty much stack all of my fingers and thumb over my middle finger just to be able to pull on it. LOVELY.
  • garethhansongarethhanson August 2011
    You are a machine Liam!
  • liaml89liaml89 August 2011
    Apparently so. Shame i'm 'project machine' instead of a 'sending machine'.
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