[Liam Copley]

Hey people, does anybody know if you are 'allowed'/supposed to use heel hooks for the whole of 'the full green traverse' . I ask this because i was recently told that for the full tick of 'the green traverse' you can only use heel hooks when the traverse gets higher (around half way..after the hard-ish move)

anybody know?

cheers

[account_inactive]

I've heard you can only use the holds in a certain order.  Is that true?

[robertostallioni]

A sport governed by such rules is not what I signed up for. Lets all be free to do what we wanna do Liam. Use your heel and to hell with the consequences. Live for today, let the devil take tomorrow!

http://www.youtube.com/v/Wtt4K1d5py0&hl=en&fs=1

[Serpico]

I've heard you can only use the holds in a certain order.  Is that true?

I've heard you can only do it on Tuesdays, I did it on a Saturday. Does it still count?

[Bubba]

I think what everyone is trying to say is "use what the hell you want where you want". Anything else is an eliminate. 

[Zods Beard]

The amount of times I've been challenged about using heel hooks, as if their some sort special technique that can make you levitate freely, blithely ignoring the rules of physics. Shut up you C***s!

[Liam Copley]

ok, i quess i'll just use heel hooks then.

[Kingy]

That wack traverse at Gardoms 'A tasty Graunch' springs to mind where no heel hooks are allowed apparently  . At least the guide specifies what the 'rules' are for that one. Stuff them all!! Get your heel up for every move on FG I say!  

[neil h]

campus it much easier

[Jim]

I find it hard to believe even the smallest of men could campus the start of full green traverse let alone you neil

[neil h]

I find it hard to believe even the smallest of men could campus the start of full green traverse let alone you neil

i didnt mean me  i found it hard enough, The start is a true short mans route. Never mind heels, stick you whole bloddy leg on

[dobbin]

I wonder if you could do a bat hang at any point?

[tomtom]

Erm, not sure if I should revive this thread but it seemed the most relevant place...

So, today I re-visited green traverse after 4-5 months or so, and having managed to actually succeed on a couple of 7a's elsewhere recently I thought I might stand more of a chance. No way, it just spat me off. The 'easiest' way of doing it seemed to be to campus the centre section - but that felt nails to me... Heel hookery didnt seem to make matters much easier either.. theres a youtoooob vid I've looked at but the fellow there just mans across it...

Am I missing something or am I crap and just need to get stronger and thug it up?

[account_inactive]

Or is it hot?

[tomtom]

Naa, it was fine today - shady and cool - I think I was the limiting factor!

[r-man]

There are lots of methods. Have you tried it like this?

Green Traverse - F7A, Plantation, Stanage, Peak District

[tomtom]

Ah, that looks like it may have more mileage for me - thanks for that. Cool soundtrack by the way, by accident it synced exactly with song #1 by Blur that was playing at the time at home - and sounded really good! Time to re-visit with some foot work!

[Andy B]

The most common way that I've seen the move up from the crimpy rail done is with right foot on the diagonal half inch by two inch edge under the starting holds and left foot on the slippy smear under the crimpy rail then slap straight to the good upside down L hold with left hand, crucially keeping as much pressure as possible on the right foot edge for as long as possible. It's also worth playing around with slightly different hand positions on the crimpy rail too.

[account_inactive]

If you place a mat on the boulder near the end it helps slow down the swing

[GCW]

Being lanky I find the move from the crimp at the start very hard to avoid a dab.  The rest is OK with proper footwork (ie heels).

[tomtom]

The most common way that I've seen the move up from the crimpy rail done is with right foot on the diagonal half inch by two inch edge under the starting holds and left foot on the slippy smear under the crimpy rail then slap straight to the good upside down L hold with left hand, crucially keeping as much pressure as possible on the right foot edge for as long as possible. It's also worth playing around with slightly different hand positions on the crimpy rail too.

Thanks - that was what i was trying - I've got the reach, but that left peg kept popping off the crappy smear. I'm tall, so as GCW alluded to, its hard to keep those legs off the ground when around the crimps on the rail. I liked the footwork on the vid.. esp the RF toe around...

[grimer]

Andy's beta is exactly what I was going to post as it really allows you to push through the move with the right leg a bit.

I must admit, going against popular opinion on the thread, when i was first shown the green traverse i was told I was allowed only one heel hook on the very far right of the shitty extension on the slopey bit.

[Jaspersharpe]

That video is one of the gayest things I've ever seen. Surely it's about 6B like that. Unlike Grimer, when I was shown the rules of Green Traverse, the rules were no heels, toe hooks or any such faggotry. You dropped down to the crimps with feet on shit smears and went for the jug, this being the only hard move on the problem. Even girls had to do it like that. Of course this was before heels had been invented. As you were.

[GCW]

So for 7a you need to get your blinkers on and forget any technique you may have ever had?

[Jaspersharpe]

Yes.