Climbing conditioning.

[Lust4life]

Hi guys many thanks for the advice. I've whacked out more practice and it's coming together. Much more refined then it was and it's gotten easier 

 

cheers 

[Sambo]

On ‎23‎/‎06‎/‎2018 at 01:46, Lust4life said:

Hello one and all.

 

im new to climbing (under a year) but seem to have a issue with arm pump in the forearms using basic Prussik and line. I'm happy in the harness at height and do lean back and push hips up while moving Prussik up..... But I still get bad pump. Is it just lack of conditioning?? Thoughts welcome.

 

 

Keep with it dude! I had that when I started - my arms used to be bright pink at the end of a day climbing and when I went down the pub I had to hold a pint glass with both hands!! It gets easier as your muscles develop and your grip strength improves. Many people become deterred at your stage and are temped by the gadgets but what really helped me was sticking with a relatively basic set of equipment for a while to improve strength and stamina so that when you do upgrade you really appreciate the advantage! Also, if you're well versed in climbing on more elementary equipment it'll be much less stressful in an emergency when you potentially have to climb on whatever's available to get someone down!

[Sambo]

What's worked for me has always been a nice long prussic loop so I can use the power in my arms at full reach and thrust up without running out of space! often people have to short a hitch set up because they think it'll be hard to reach when limb-walking but that's rarely the case all you're doing is cramping your own movements!

[Mark Bolam]

Using a Prusik is like like using a bow saw.

You should know how, then move on.

[AHPP]

What Mark said. I'm weak but I use fancy climbing trinkets so I get the same or more done than strong people on prussiks.

Edited September 6, 2018 by AHPP

[Paul Tomo]

On 23/06/2018 at 05:54, Gary Prentice said:

Fixed that for ya! 

 

 

Thanks for putting that on, brilliant ?