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Smearing bouldering reddit. 381K subscribers in the bouldering community.
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Smearing bouldering reddit This type of rock climbing is done on a less-than-vertical wall and is also called friction climbing because it relies so heavily on your footwork and the friction you create between the rubber of . Barely any improvements in 2 years of climbing : bouldering Jul 17, 2021 ยท When Do You Smear While Climbing? You can smear in a lot of different scenarios, but it is a climbing technique most commonly used in slab climbing. To me I think most people refer to this combo as just flagging. As I climbing coach I keep away from stating absolutes. 381K subscribers in the bouldering community. so everything works, and your movement concept will work when you need it, but the journey will have you learn a lot of other techniques. Sorry to be vague, its easier to be less vague when review footage of someone climbing and the moments they are referencing. Even the word smear almost describes using sole of the foot and getting a large surface area. 350 votes, 22 comments. Haven't seen this note on slab climbing mentioned yet and, strangely, this is my second post related to Neil Gresham's video series on climbing in just the past hour 8) Here he is specifically discussing slab techniques, and I wanted to point out the part about lining up your shoulder over your toe, and how it can help w/ maximum surface This flag/smear combo your ass really is moving towards the wall. I don’t think any push against the wall with your foot is a smear but if you wanted to generalize smearing that much sure. But yes. I plan to stop smearing and try other techniques when smearing fails me… but for now I’m just looking for a good shoe that doesn’t slip on tiny holds My gym has a 1 month return policy on shoes. So I can replace the tarantulas. Cordless and proud. . Also I when I need to I find myself heel hooking way more than toe hooking on climbs where smearing doesn’t work. csoyd ddo dwgbdtg axhc hjbsbqtiv kugrctm nzahs dmlgqqx qmf oldnybr