Climbing

Yes, I always drink water while I climb to stay hydrated and perform at my best.
 
Transcript: "Do you drink water while you claim? Yes, of course. It's incredibly important to drink water. While you climb to avoid injury and to perform to your potential especially when you're out on big days, it can be quite easy to forget to drink. I always bring a big bottle of water and a big flask of tea with me every time I go climbing and that keeps me hydrated throughout the day. This is a. Even when I go training at the wall, I bring a bottle of water along with me and I always Fill up around, halfway through the session, and try and make sure to finish the Water by the end of the session."

There is no set number of people that need to put in their impact before a grade can be given, as it depends on the subjective opinions of each individual. Generally, a consensus can be reached after a few repeaters have given their input, but this can vary depending on the size and strength of each climber.
 
Transcript: "How many people need to put in their impact before a grade can be given turret. So generally the first essentialist gives a suggested grade to a climb and this is usually accepted until repeaters have given a consensus on what they think. Usually a consensus is, can a given pretty quickly after the first couple of repeaters, but only after I think you know many many Repeaters, does a true consensus actually come down to the grade. The thing we're climbing grades though, is they're incredibly subjective? It massively. Depends on your height, your reach, individual strengths and weaknesses. And you know what's a 74? Someone can be SMB for another person, can be a 64. Another person. I like to think that all grades are plus or minus 1 grade either and either side, but sometimes can be as much as two or three grades, if you are extremely Short or overly tall for a particular sequence."

Bouldering Roots are typically more intense than lead climbing routes, as they consist of smaller holds and more powerful moves. Lead climbing routes are typically longer and require more endurance.
 
Transcript: "How do bouldering Roots differently climbing routes? Well, I'd say on average, leap climbing routes are longer than bouldering risks. And therefore, there's an endurance element to lead climbing routes generally. The intensity of the climbing is less per move, but of course, you've got to sustain that over the course of the entire route. Balding Roots. Generally are a lot more. Intense smaller, holds more powerful moves. This can be flipped on its head. If there is, for example, a long Traverse Boulder problem, sometimes traverses can be longer than actual lead climbing routes and sometimes lie clear. Its can have very hard Boulder problems in them, sometimes at the start and in very, very easy sections afterwards. So, So you know, occasionally lead climbing routes can be incredibly bouldery and style but for the most part I'd say bouldering is more intense. And Lead climbing is more endurance."

There are several types of climbing holds including: Jugs, Slopers, Crimps, Pinches, and Pockets.
 
Transcript: "What are the different types of climbing holds? So there are several different types of climbing holds inviting. You get the classic one which is a drug. Oh, this is a joke. A joke is a really positive. Hold one that you can rest on. Or it's one up on Earth is basically very, very easy to hold onto has a lot of space behind very in cut. Like this second overhauled, you get is a slipper. A slipper is exactly what it says on the tin. It's sloppy. It means that you don't get any income on it. You generally have to get really below the hole to get any friction on it. It's very friction, based overboard next type of hold, you get our crimps. This is a crimp here. Small Edge, that you generally only get one or two pads on your finger on to the Halt and these are particularly hard types of holds or the steeper the terrain and the small, the crimps, the worse, it's going to get. And and then you get pinches, which again, are exactly what these things attempt. Pinch is one that you can get your thumb behind. And you can kind of squeeze it like this and then last but not least pockets, as you can see here, we've got a one-finger pocket also, Soon as a mono but you also get two finger pockets and three-finger pockets."

I trained hanging on a 10mm ledge and could hang for 10 seconds and do a one arm pull up. Sometimes pulling feels easier than just straight down hanging.
 
Transcript: "I did train hanging on a 10mm ledge at some point and I could hang at some point for 10 seconds and I could also do a one arm pull up. Sometimes I even feel like doing a one arm pull up is almost easier than just hanging and not moving. That could be personal preference but I've heard that from other athletes too, that occasionally pulling on a hold feels easier than just straight down hanging."

Yes, rock climbers should consider the psychology of fear and risk when planning and executing their routes.
 
Transcript: "Should rock climbers consider the psychology of fear and risk when planning and executing their routes? I think that everyone does. No one goes into a route saying that it's going to be safe and that there's no risk, if there is great risk and a lot of danger. So whether that's a short route, meaning a sport pitch, or a trad pitch that's short, you know, one rope length, or a long alpine or mountain route, I think that everyone does. No one's going to jump into a vat of boiling water and expect to be cool. So, yeah, I'm not sure the direction of this question, but we do."