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Climbing Control - part 2

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Articles In This Section:

· Rock-Climbing

· Training

· Climbing Control - part 1

· Climbing Control - part 2

· Climbing Control - part 3

· Climbing Aids - part 1

· Climbing Aids - part 2

· Climbing Aids - part 3

· Climbing Aids - part 4

· Corrective Measures - part 1

· Corrective Measures - part 2

· Corrective Measures - part 3

· Party Climbing - part 1

· Party Climbing - part 2

· Party Climbing - part 3

· Party Climbing - part 4

· Party Climbing - part 5

· Party Climbing - part 6

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5) Footholds will usually be the same as handholds, sooner or later, depending upon which way the man is climbing, and are normally used as push holds. A Bramani or sneaker rubber sole will hold on slabs up to about 45°. On such steep slopes the body should be kept vertical, or should lean out, with use being made of small irregularities in the slope to aid friction. Footholds less than half an inch wide can suffice for intermediate holds, even when they slope out.

6) A shoulder stand will overcome a short, holdless pitch. The top man should decide where and when he is going before, not after, he is standing on the somewhat sensitive tissue padding the low man's shoulder.

Use of holds.—A hold need not be large to be good, nor need it be solid, so long as the pressure is in the direction that holds it to the mountain. Experienced climbers can use holds which are scarcely seen. The climber must roll over his holds, not try to skip or jump from one to another. It is, however, often desirable in traverses to use the hop step, in which the climber changes feet on a small hold, replacing his outside foot with his inside foot so that he may move sideways more easily. A slight upward hop, followed by precise footwork, accomplishes this useful step.

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