Link I have been climbing for about the past eleven years of my life and competing for about the last eight. While competitions were significantly easier and less stressful when I was only ten years old I still had a ton of fun and that’s what kept me going. A majority of these competitions were […]
Training as a Climber and an Athlete
Climbing is much like most sports in the way that being stronger is going to help you. It is also like a lot of sports because technique is much more important than strength. Although it is much easier to train strength than it is to train technique. Climber technique can come from watching other climbers […]
Past Injuries and How They Affect Climbing
Photo link Someone who has never been climbing may think “How can you just ignore an injury and act like it never happened?” The short answer is you don’t ignore them you just constantly feel the pain from all of them until it all goes numb. While this is a horrible way to think doctors […]
Being a Part of The Team
Photo Link This week we finally had tryouts. They were done in the form of a red point style comp which is one of many types of competition formats. In this specific format of competition the climber is given a sheet that they will use to record the climbs that they completed throughout the allotted […]