Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques

[SamHulston1]

So guys just started climbing Rec with view to do tickets later in year. From the few climbs I’ve done so far my arms are taking a battering and I feel I’m not using my hips enough any tips to make my climbing more fluid I’m not a small guy either so I know that’s disadvantage. 

 

Current setup being 

 

Petzl avao harness 

tachyon rope 

klemist knot 

[Dan Maynard]

Wearing gloves helps me as it reduces the effort to grip. I've messed around with different ones though to find a good fit.

Your arms get stronger and you get more fluid through more climbing, I'm afraid it does feel like being battered at first. I also find the hip thrust a lot easier with hitchclimber as you are pulling above the knot with both hands.

I wouldn't leave the tickets too long though as the training will make you safer and you'll get efficiency tips.

[htb]

When body thrusting I find the higher I get my feet the easier it gets. ISore arms are a phase you need to go through to get match fit. Having said that I climb with spiderjack, pulleysaver and haas as not getting any younger 56.

[SamHulston1]

16 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Wearing gloves helps me as it reduces the effort to grip. I've messed around with different ones though to find a good fit.

Your arms get stronger and you get more fluid through more climbing, I'm afraid it does feel like being battered at first. I also find the hip thrust a lot easier with hitchclimber as you are pulling above the knot with both hands.

I wouldn't leave the tickets too long though as the training will make you safer and you'll get efficiency tips.

Hitch climber ? And yeah I won’t I’m hoping to get tickets done July time ready for next winter. 

[htb]

Hitchclimber pulley helps you tend your friction knot up the rope as you pull down

[SamHulston1]

Ahh yes I know what you mean. I have a pulley under my Prussik. The hitch climber looks a more streamline version of what I’ve got 

[Dan Maynard]

This guy is good to watch on all sorts of things, here he is on hitchclimber

[Steve Bullman]

Ditch the klemheist. Use a knot such as the one in the video above, or buy yourself a zigzag or similar mechanical device.

Body thrusting is for fools, don't leave it 10 years to switch to a more advanced climbing method, the damage will already be done.

 

Oh, and treat yourself to a foot ascender!

[peds]

1 hour ago, SamHulston1 said:

 

Petzl avao harness 

tachyon rope 

klemist knot 

Yo, 

If you plan on sticking with knots for a while before upgrading to any hardware (like I am doing, a fellow new climber), I'd recommend switching to a prusik instead of a klemheist. Coming from a rock climbing and mountaineering background I'd always favoured klemheists and started using them in trees just because I could tie them quicker. But after trying a prusik for a few times instead I found them loads better. You might find different. 

I still prefer klemheists for mountaineering purposes, though. 

[SamHulston1]

9 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

Ditch the klemheist. Use a knot such as the one in the video above, or buy yourself a zigzag or similar mechanical device.

Body thrusting is for fools, don't leave it 10 years to switch to a more advanced climbing method, the damage will already be done.

 

Oh, and treat yourself to a foot ascender!

Foot ascender isn’t that for SRT or will it work DRT 

 

 

 

and i tried prussik round it was just bounding too tight that I was struggling to move it up nor down 

Edited March 12, 2019 by SamHulston1