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How To Climb Harder

Online Manual of Rock Climbing Skills and Techniques

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  • Introduction
    • How We Learn
  • Basic Safety
    • Basic Climbing Equipment
      • Rock Climbing Harnesses
      • Rock Climbing Helmets
      • Rock Shoes
      • Chalk Bags
      • Belay Devices
      • Buying a Climbing Rope
      • Karabiners
      • Climbing Slings
      • Nuts, Rocks and Wires
      • Hexes
      • Camming Devices
    • Basic Equipment Maintenance
    • Basic Climbing Safety: Indoor Rock Climbing
    • Basic Climbing Safety: Bouldering
    • Basic Climbing Safety: Basic Belays
      • Gear Placements – General
      • Gear Placements – Nuts, Rocks and Wires
      • Gear Placements – Hexes and Tri Cams
      • Gear Placements – Trees
      • Gear Placements – Rock Spikes and Threads
      • Gear Placements – Metal Spikes, Pegs and Bolts
      • Gear Placements – Camming Devices
      • Equalising Two Anchors
      • Equalising Three Anchors
      • Top Rope Edge Protection
      • Trad Climbing Belay
      • Belaying from the Top of the Crag
    • Basic Climbing Safety: Lead Climbing
      • Belaying a lead Climber
      • Lead Climbing Fall Factors
      • Clipping Quickdraws
      • Racking up for Trad Climbing
      • Placing Gear Efficiently
      • Single Versus Double Ropes
      • Reading Routes and Using Guidebooks
  • Basic Climbing
    • Warming Up Overview
      • Warming Up
      • Stretching as part of Warming Up
      • Coordination: Mind to Body Warm Up
    • Footwork
    • Handholds
    • Hands Off Rests
  • Advance Climbing
    • Advance Climbing Technique
      • Rock-Overs
      • Corkscrew Rock Over / Rule of Opposites
      • Drill Boards: Drop Knee and Flagging
      • Corners and Chimneys
      • Laybacking and Arete’s
      • Roof’s
      • Kinaesthetic Awareness
      • Dynamic Moves
    • Tactics
      • Proper, Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance in Climbing
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Onsight Climbing

Features on developing skills to onsight climbs.

Reading Routes and Using Guidebooks

Hopefully by now you will have developed some energy saving habits, as well as a understanding of how to carry on learning. After all it will be your own discoveries at the crag that will carry you above and beyond. Even a single pitch might require all of the skills outlined so far. The trick is to … Read moreReading Routes and Using Guidebooks

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