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Re: [beansnugget] foot placement for lead climbing:
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ryanb
Mar 2, 2010, 5:48 AM
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It is pretty simple but absolutely essential. You need to always have the rope running in such a way that minimizes the chances of you catching your heel/foot/leg on it, flipping over and cracking your head open.
The practice of always having this in your mind is what keeps you safe on lead. If you are the logical type, you can use it as a mantra to face your fear.
Last sunday I watched a climber trying a hard 11d slab on lead. He was at a point a ways above and to the side of a bolt where he needed to high step onto a sloper and rock over onto his foot but the rope was running over the sloper and he couldn't figure out how to do the move without risking getting his ankle caught on the rope so he jumped off rather then risk flipping.
On his next goes he used his foot to lift the rope up so that the rope was above his foot (fully to one side of his body) when he made the high step...little things like this make up the craft of leading safely.
(This post was edited by ryanb on Mar 2, 2010, 5:49 AM)
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