[Three Nine]

Hi all.

A warming up question. We all read lots about warming up for routes by progressively moving up through routes of increasing difficulty.

I am hoping to do a Malham trip when the weahter improves, on a bit of an onsighting mission. My hardest onsight is F7a+. And I have only onsighted about 10 F7as. Accordingly 7a isnt much of a warm up for me! Apparently there's not really anything (with one or two exceptions) below 7a.

So, what do people do to warm up when everthing at a crag is 'hard' (relative to hardest onsight)? 

[Fiend]

So, what do people do to warm up when everthing at a crag is 'hard' (relative to hardest onsight)? 

(with one or two exceptions)

^^^ You do those.

[Ru]

Climb bolt to bolt, boulder about as best you can, waft your arms about, generally just try and improvise. If you're stuck for ideas for improvising I've found that the "scenes from a hat" and "helping hands" games from Whose Line is it Anway have gone down a storm on the Catwalk. Steve McClure has had hilarious reults doing "hoedown" with Richard Vranch on piano.

[Paz]

Put the clips in. 

Trad. 

Redpoint the 7a so it's dialled as a warm up then onsight everything else next time

[Falling Down]

So, what do people do to warm up when everthing at a crag is 'hard' (relative to hardest onsight)? 

(with one or two exceptions)

^^^ You do those.

Two three times....

[jfw]

yep yep - sacrifice one of the 7a's to be not onsighted. go on it bolt to bolt (or even toprope it resting before you get too pumped)

[Jim]

I never have this problem.

• I very rarely climb routes
• I warm up in about 3 seconds

[Somebody's Fool]

Is that a contender for the most useful post ever?

[Johnny Brown]

After yours, yes.