Climbing

Transcript: "How can an older climber in their 60s train for power? Well remember power is defined as explosive instantaneous muscle recruitment. So you're looking at doing things quickly. So the question is have you been doing things quickly when it comes to training your whole life or have you never really done anything like that? Because if you start from zero and you start doing that you're gonna go ahead and injure yourself so quickly probably on the first day and especially if you're going to just focus specifically on climbing muscle groups like in your back, shoulders, forearms, fingers, all that. So depending on you again we need way more information to go ahead and answer this question. The bottom line is you can do it but it might take more time to get you there or it's just oh this is what you need to do because you've already been doing all these other things. So it's possible but you got to ask a trainer. Call us."

Crimps are the smallest type of hold used in climbing. They can be held open hand, half crimp, or with a fulcrum (using the thumb for extra mechanical advantage).
 
Transcript: "What is a crumpled? So crimps are the smallest type of hold we getting claiming. They are typically just one pad or even less, take your half bad, even for out of a pad of the end of your finger. We've got behind me here. An example of a complete square, a positive crimp. It's a little bit of an income into it, if it's half a pad, there are several ways of holding crimps, you can hold them open hand like this, we rely more on friction. You can go half crimp. You like rely on your forearm strength to really bad into that edge. Or you can rely on your thumb over the top, which is called a fulcrum and that gives a mechanical advantage and it's like, you don't rely entirely on your forearms strength to engage force on the size that edge."

Fear is important as a climber to keep you safe. Being grounded and taking calculated risks are also important for climbers.
 
Transcript: "So what emotions are most helpful to you as a climber? So I would say that fear is something that in many ways, people often think is bad for climbers, but fear actually keeps you safe because if we weren't scared of anything, then we would just go headfirst into any situation could be really dangerous and we could put ourselves and really Really serious positions where we could her ourselves. So, I always think that having a little bit of fear, is a good thing, as well as that, I don't know if this is exactly an emotion or not, but being grounded, being able to accept sometimes. And I'm not sure if this is actually a motion or not, but I always feel climbers. Could do with being grounded. Now, a lot of beginner climbers, a lot of non climbers, think, That you know, get climbers are essentially fearless or they're just really so strong-willed that they just commit. Even when something is incredibly dangerous actually, that's not true at all. I think some of the best climbers are actually the most grounded. The ones that only take very measured approaches to dangerous situations. They're always taking very calculated risks and they're not gun, ho, they're not adrenaline. Junkies not by any stretch of the imagination."

Yes, climbers should look down when climbing as it helps them to place their feet accurately and scan for potential holds. For some people, looking down can be scary if they are climbing high, but for others it can help to know the consequences of a wrong move.
 
Transcript: "So do I have a look down in climbing? The answer to that is definitely yes because as a climber your feet are very important so you always want to be looking for your feet looking down. Seeing what's on offer? I guess for a lot of people if they're climbing for the first time or climbing really high, or they're scared of heights, then they don't want to look down. But within climbing. It's you know, essential that you're placing your feet. Exactly. Right. And scanning for all the potential for holds. Not just the biggest but, you know, even Some little ones in different places, can really help you on specific moves. I think for some people, if you are climbing really high or you don't like heights then like I said, it can be scary, but for me, I actually, even if I'm sort of free soloing or yeah, I'm really high then. I actually like being able to see what is below me because I kind of know the consequences then. It's really interesting because I actually prefer Heights and seeing what's below me then not being able to see what's below me because let's take for example, swimming in the sea. When you can't see, what is below. You, I absolutely hate that. So for me, it's very good to see what there is."

Rock climbing can range from relatively cheap to really expensive depending on the type and level of climbing. Basic level climbing will require shoes, a chalk bag, and an entry fee into a local gym. As you move to more technical levels, such as track or alpine climbing, more equipment will be needed such as cams, nuts, wires, quickdraws, crampons, boots, and other outdoor gear.
 
Transcript: "Is rock climbing. An expensive sport. I think the two ends of the scale here, it can be relatively cheap or it can be really expensive. So at the cheap end of the scale to go rock climbing, you will need a pair of shoes and a chalk bag and let's say an entry fee into the local Climbing gym and that's probably the cheapest option that you get for climbing. If you wanted to go slightly cheaper, then you could even higher shoes and hire a chalk bag from the local Climbing gym. So that's you kind of Eric basic level and then as we work through the levels, then you have sort of like indoor roped climbing where you might need a rope to add to that. And then as we move to kind of outdoor climbing, if you were to go bouldering Outdoors, then you might want to add a bouldering map to that. Or if you're going to lead climb Outdoors, then you would have to add quickdraws and a rope and then moving into the more kind of technical climbing. Then if we take track, I mean, for example, then you're going to have to buy things called cams and nuts wires and things that you can place in the cracks, The Rock to protect you. And then, if we move further again into let's say, Alpine climbing. Then you've got axis crampons different boots, potentially skis to approach routes. And then all the appropriate kind of outdoor gear, you know, soft-shells hard shells to keep you warm and dry. So with Really got two ends of the scale here. We've got the indoor boulderer relatively cheap, and then we've got like the outdoor. Full Alpine climber, pretty expensive."

No, do not get into climbing after being a tree surgeon.
 
Transcript: "Don't get into climbing after being a tree surgeon, the answer simply to that is no. Basically I was a climber way before I was at research and I started climbing when I was seven years old but I did do tree surgery work from the age of 18 to 25. So during that period, you know, I was a tree surgeon but before that I definitely was a climber and I still am a climber. Now after doing tree surgery work I don't do that work anymore. Like now I'm fully professional climber but yeah during that That kind of five to seven year period. I was doing tree surgery work."