Pasa al Español

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Techniques

• Rockover – shifting weight over a secure foothold by swinging your hips
• Drop knee – turning one knee in and down while rotating your hips towards the wall
• Flagging – using your hanging foot as a counterbalance to reach to the next hold or avoid barn door
• Toe hook – using the upper part of your shoe to pull on a hold
• Heel hook – hooking your heel onto a hold for tension or pulling
• Smearing – using shoe rubber directly on the wall or foot hold for friction
• Edging – using the edge of your climbing shoe on small footholds
• Bicycle – putting pressure a hold with one foot pulling up and the other foot pushing down
• Mantle – pushing down with your hands and stepping up like onto a ledge
• Compression – squeezing between two opposing holds
• Foot swap – switching one foot with the other on the same foothold </aside>

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Walls

• Vertical – vertical wall with no incline
• Overhang – wall tilting towards you, requiring more strength and tension
• Slab – wall leaning away from you, requiring more balance and technique
• Cracks – walls with gaps for jamming hands, feet, or even the entire body </aside>

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Holds

• Jugs – large, deep holds that are easy to grab
• Slopers – smooth rounded holds without an edge to indicate where to hold
• Pinches – holds you grip by squeezing between your fingers and thumb
• Pockets – holds with one or more holes for the fingers
• Volumes – large, angular wall features used to modify routes </aside>

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Grabbing

• Open hand – gripping the hold with straight, unbent fingers
• Half-crimp – placing the fingertips on a hold and curling them at the second joint, with the thumb resting naturally beside the index finger
• Full-crimp – fingers fully bent with the thumb locking over
• Pinching – gripping a hold by squeezing with thumb and fingers </aside>

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Style

• Static – controlled, slow movement with body tension
• Dynamic – explosive, momentum-based movement to reach holds </aside>

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Cheat sheet created by ****Anna Tsolakou

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