Climbing technique
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A climbing technique is any of a number of body postures, movements and holds used in climbing.
- heel hook
- hooking your heel behind a grip for balance
- campusing
- climbing using only the arms
- toe hook
- hooking your toe behind a grip for balance
- finger jam, hand jam, fist jam
- jamming a body part in a crack to use as a hold
- chest jam
- method for resting
- arm bar, elbow bar
- larger jams
- no-hands rest
- method for resting without using your hands
- holding a grip tendu or arqué
- different ways of holding a grip
- piazzing
- method for climbing a vertical ledge
- chimneying
- method for climbing a chimney
- Egyptian (climbing)
- method for reducing tension in arms when holding a side grip
- mantling (climbing)
- boosting upwards with only ones arms, ending with arms fully extended downwards
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External links
- climbing.tropic.org.uk has lots of info on climbing techniques