I ve been amazed how the most minor knee scum can take your weight with a tight rubber pad
I've been knee-barring and getting shit for it since before it was trendy.
Quote from: Doylo on October 01, 2012, 10:27:08 pmI ve been amazed how the most minor knee scum can take your weight with a tight rubber padThose who saw Barrows doing Bear Claw on Pinches Wall as such will stand by this statement
Old school climbers knew of knee-bars but dismissed them as the work of Satan.
I think some things are obvious eg crimping.
I think some things are obvious eg crimping. Others, like knee bars may not occur to people unless told about them.
As people have said, it's an equipment thing. ...Progress.
I suspect this is because I'm a lanky git.
Quote from: moose on October 02, 2012, 09:22:37 amI suspect this is because I'm a lanky git. That's the opposite of my experience as a lanky git - crimping seems fairly intuitive to me, whereas heels and knees are very much something I've had to learn.