How to Rock Climb with the Least Energy

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Bill with Zoar Outdoor on behalf of expertvillage.com we are here today at a Chapel Ledges at Ashfield, Massachusetts and in this series I'm going to be talking about the basics of moving on rock. Technique of moving on rock can be generalized into a few pieces one thing is to remember that you are not climbing a ladder. There might be holes that you can pull straight down on but there may not be and if you are not open to the idea of using holes that don't look like ladder lines you would miss out on a lot. So don't always imagine that you are going to step up and pull down just like climbing a ladder. Another ideas is that legs are stronger then arms you don't need to do pull ups all the way up the cliff to get to the top. In fact most people can't even good climbers you want to use your legs in a lot of climbing techniques is figuring how to put your weight on your feet to spare your arms. Third thing your bones are stronger then your muscles so if I can find a way to push down and use my bone on my arm or on my leg then that is going to save my muscles a lot of work. So you always want to use my bones when I can. Won't always be able to do it but those pieces would help you remember that holes are not always like ladder lines, leg are stronger then arms and bones are stronger then muscles. "