All you need are your , some chalk, and a boulder, and you're ready to go. Hi, I'm Veronica with watchmojo.com and today we're speaking with some for some tips and tricks to boulder .
Behind us is a bouldering .
– OK, bouldering is a sport that was developed initially as for climbing, and it's evolved into its own kind of side sport. , because we have limited space, we put a ton of holds on the wall, but when we set you out to do a climb, we'll tell you with markings which holds to use.
And besides the , what other ways do climbers stay ?
– The other thing you can do is to spot your . So basically, if you're not climbing, you put your hands up and the person as they're climbing.
What are the ethics that people should know before they start boulder climbing?
– If you do get serious into it, there are a lot of ethics. For example, on most routes you're supposed to start sitting down with your bum on the , and the first has to have you lifting off the ground.
What's the difference between bouldering and route climbing?
– Bouldering is done ropes. It's much . If you fall, you're landing on pads and not on the ground, hopefully. It's less of an thing; I would call it more of a exercise.
So Amanda's going to do a route here that has a few moves that are more specific to bouldering. OK, she's going to do a move called the bicycle: first of all, she's pressing with one and pulling with the other. And that's called a heel hook, where instead of hooking with your toe on the hold, you've got your heel on there. It gives you a grip.
What are you working specifically when boulder climbing?
– It's a lot of core, obviously upper body, so your , your forearm, your biceps. When you get more into bouldering, more experienced, you're going to find you're using your a lot, so you can practise things that are going to get your hands .
So what would you say is the scariest part of boulder climbing?
– I'd still say it's . If you're outside, it's going to be possibly onto or anything like that.
What's the level of ?
– The levels are used by V grades for most bouldering. V1 will be , or V0, and then as you go up, it's going to go V1, V2, V3, V4 and so on.
We know you've mastered all the moves. You compete in bouldering. How do you prepare before a ?
– You could prepare with the , you could either have a or follow some trainings with people. There's a few guys out there that have either websites or that you can follow. The main way to train for competition is to focus on strength at first, and then your . So you'll do like three of this and then three weeks of that, depending on when the competition is.
What would you say is the most common made by beginners?
– A lot of people will go weightlifting or whatnot, which is completely useless. Muscle is than fat, so it's the worst thing you could have.
Can you take us through what a competition would be like?
– There are different formats. Isolation format: you usually have four problems, and whoever makes it to the in the least attempts, or how far they get if nobody makes it to the top. Or you have the other format, which is about fifty problems, and they pick, let's say, your six problems.
Often it will happen in bouldering or route climbing where you have to do a full cut loose, which is called a dyno: in other words, to let go both your feet and your hands. Everything lets go, to to the next hold. So that's what I'm going to try to do!
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