TAPED TIPS | What Science Says About How We Grade Climbs

About this episode

The episode discusses the subjective nature of climbing grades and how science influences our understanding of climbing holds and progress.

WATCH THIS ON YOUTUBE FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT➡️ https://link.powercompanyclimbing.com/try-hard-yt ASSESS AND IMPROVE YOUR TECHNIQUE➡️ https://link.powercompanyclimbing.com/ytmove When your partner claims a hold is a jug and you KNOW that it isn't, is it possible that you're both wrong? And both right? Science says that is common, and it has big implications for how we consider climbing grades and how we think about progress. Music is: "Marty Gots a Plan" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Sneaky Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Harlequin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ DISCLAIMER: Climbing and training for climbing is inherently dangerous. Anything you do is at your own risk and Power Company Climbing and our coaches takes no responsibility.

Topics covered

• climbing grades
• climbing technique
• science of climbing
• progress in climbing
• subjectivity in climbing

Keywords

• climbing
• grades
• technique
• science
• progress
• subjectivity
• holds

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Power Company Climbing

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