Climbing

The lifespan of a rope for climbers depends on the type of rope, how it is used, the environment it is used in, and how it is cared for. In general, a rope used in an Alpine environment will have a shorter lifespan than a rope used in a Climbing Gym.
 
Transcript: "So how long do ropes last four climbers, you have to enter the Spectrum on this one. You have ropes that are not going to last long and ropes that are going to last a really long time but there is factors each end of the scale here. So the ropes that are not going to last quite as long maybe they're slightly thinner, they're lighter and maybe use these for your your kind of big project. The one where you need a specific rope for that tool. And then at the other end of the scale, you've got like, the hardwiring Rope, maybe it's a little bit heavier, the usability of it, maybe isn't quite as good, but it's going to last you, a very long time so that the two ends of the scale. And then of course, with any equipment, it goes down to sort of how you use it, how you care for it, how you treat it, and the environments that you're using it. And so, if you're using it in like an Alpine environment, it's running across sharp edges. It's getting a braided a lot. It's going to wear your rope a lot quicker. Whereas if you're using your rope purely in The Climbing Gym, the only thing is running through is indoor quickdraws, which are managed and checked for you. No friction on the carabiners, then you rope is going to last a lot longer."

Trust in your partner is essential when it comes to something risky. Having trust allows you to make decisions before entering the situation and then execute them, ensuring that you stay safe and can climb again another day.
 
Transcript: "How important is trust in your partner when it comes to something risky? You already have to have the decision made before you go. So if I trust that my partner is on board with myself or our decision, there's no decision to be made when you're out there. You just commit to it because you already decided to commit and you back off and retreat because you've already decided to back off or retreat. Generally I don't make any decision in the wild. The decision is already made now we just execute it. And I think having trust in a partner that allows for that to follow that follow-through to occur and for you to live again another day to climb again another day is a good thing. It's when you're debating, you're just killing time and you're not reaching your objective and you're not getting out of a risky situation. You just need to act. Go forward or not and have that decision pre-made."

I enjoy both creating my own routes and climbing routes set by others, depending on the type of challenge I am looking for.
 
Transcript: "Do I prefer to create my own routes or climb routes someone else has set? So we're talking about a gym situation. I enjoy going and climbing my routes for training purposes because I'm setting them with the goal of performance. And when I want to go and just kind of be challenged in different ways, I would like to try other people's sets. So if I want more of a challenge, a random challenge, I'll climb somebody else's. If I want to train particular movements, I'm on my own routes."

The most difficult weather condition I've encountered while climbing is wet rock. To overcome it, I wait until the rock dries off and climb when it is not too hot or wet.
 
Transcript: "The most difficult weather condition you've encountered while climbing and how you overcame it. Well, if you're climbing rock and it's wet, you're screwed. You can't really do anything because it's wet and you're going to slip off. So you wait until it dries off. If you are trying to climb high performance, typically the heat will go ahead and make that extremely difficult because your hands will start sweating and guess what? Be wet again and then you'll be slipping off. So you climb when it is not so hot and when it is not so wet. So maybe when it's not so hot, it might be in the night or you wait a whole different season. And when it's wet, you just wait until it's dry."

Yes, rock climbers can have coaches. Coaching has become more popular in recent years and there are services available for beginner, intermediate and professional climbers.
 
Transcript: "So, do rock, climbers have coaches. I think the answer to this is yes or no. Obviously, there's a lot of people climbing who don't have coaches, you know, you can just go to the local Climbing Gym, you can get an introduction and then you can go climbing. But then there's a lot of people who obviously are taking climbing more seriously and they can go and get themselves a coach. And I think these days climbing coaches and climbing coaching in general, has really taken off in the last few years, and there's companies and Individuals who are doing kind of personal climbing, coaching writing training programs and giving you information about coaching and what you need to do technique like physical aspects that you need in climbing. And even as a more beginner and intermediate climbing, you can find these services. And then again right up to the end of the kind of professional athlete level of climbing, then they are also. Also getting coached so the people that are doing World Cups and competition climbing often, they will have a personal coach that goes to the competitions with them and helps them with their kind of daily training."

Watching climbing videos can help you learn technique from the world's best climbers and show the importance of trying hard. By giving that extra percent in every session, over time it will lead to great improvement.
 
Transcript: "So I think the two biggest things you can learn from watching video or tape is one people's technique. And the second is how hard people are trying on the route. So when I'm watching climbing videos, then I'm actually always like looking at how people move the way their body is Shifting across the Rock. And yeah I tend to sort of take note of that and sort of who is climbing. Well, it really, really good example is basically probably the world's best climber at the moment, which is Is Adam Andra and the way he moves his body and shifts his body and use his feet over the rock is? Yeah it's really amazing and I think he's. Yeah. He's a very, very good person to look out for that. And then obviously the second reason that the try-hard I always really liked it. When you see people trying the absolute best that they can because even if they're not climbing something significantly, To the hardest grades. I think you can really learn from people who you can see a trying really hard and being able to apply that to your own climbing. Because I think that is one factor that everybody can learn from that, trying hard and giving that extra percent. He's going to really benefit you you sort of across the board. If you give one extra percent for every time that you go training or climbing or trying a room Route in a 10-year period that 1% is massive. So I'm always looking at people trying hard and trying to get motivated myself for me to give that extra percent in every single session."