Saturday, October 9, 2010

Reach Farther

For those of us with a smaller “Ape Index” - more like a “Capuchin Monkey Index” -

Ali Rainey discusses techniques to enable us to reach farther. Including this one of looking down to extend your reach:

The subtle climbing technique of looking down at the last second before reaching for a handhold can help shorter rock climbers gain that last little bit of necessary stretch to make contact.”

1 comment:

Lisa said...

ahhh the drop knee, one of my favorite, I will have to try the looking down move.