Climbing Skills and Techniques

Climbing Skills and Techniques

Rock climbing requires a lot of different skills and techniques. Learn about top-rope climbing, sport climbing, traditional climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering. Learn here how to belay; how to face climb and jam cracks; how to place gear and set up safe anchors, all the right climbing commands to communicate, and how to rappel off cliffs.

• Your First Time Climbing: What to Expect
• Moving Over Stone: Learn Climbing Movement
• Top-Rope Climbing Basics
• Learn the Skills to Go Sport Climbing
• All About Bouldering: Climbing Small Rocks
• How to Safely Rappel Off Cliffs

• Free Climbing and Aid Climbing: The 2 Faces of Rock Climbing
• Using Climbing Commands: Voice Commands Keep You Safe
• Climb Fast Climb More: How Speed Climbing Makes You Better
• Building a Safe Anchor: 3 Basic Skills to Know
• Learn How to Rappel: 6 Essential Rappelling Skills
• 3 Types of Climbing Faces--Slabs, Vertical, and Overhangs

Edging - Definition of a Climbing Word

Edging

The foot technique where either the inside or outside edge of a rock shoe stands on a sharp edge foothold (a narrow shelf) on a cliff face.

Rock Shoes - Definition of a Climbing Equipment Word

Rock Shoes

Rock shoes are specialized shoes for rock climbing with smooth soles made of secret rubbers that allow a climber’s foot to stick to footholds better.
Rock shoes, which come in a huge variety of styles and shapes, are essential to your climbing performance. For top-level elite climbers, speciality performance shoes are specifically made for crack climbing, big wall climbing, pocketed face climbing, slab climbing, and overhanging sport climbing. Most climbers, especially beginners and novices, just need a good all-around shoe that is comfortable, wears well, and is affordable.

 A La Sportiva climbing slipper offers maximum sensitivity to the rock.