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This episode reexamines the climbing grade pyramid and offers a new perspective on climbing grades to enhance progression.

The climbing grade pyramid is old, outdated, and maybe actually right on the money. In this episode we reexamine it and find a new way to see climbing grades that might just be a boost to your progression. ASSESS AND IMPROVE YOUR TECHNIQUE➡️ https://link.powercompanyclimbing.com/ytmove FREE TRY HARDER TOOLKIT➡️ https://link.powercompanyclimbing.com/try-hard-yt _________________________ 🔍 EXPLORE FURTHER You might enjoy these related articles, episodes, and other resources: Adapt: Lessons Learned Climbing 100 5.13’s Climb Your Project Sooner | The Art of Execution Lee Cujes | Is It Really A Plateau? REMIX: FAILURE _________________________ 🔌 SUPPORT + CONNECT Help us keep the show sponsor-free when you join our Patreon Community for as little as $3. Get two or more bonus episodes every month on Patreon, Spotify, or Apple. Subscribe to THE CURRENT and get a monthly exploration of how we can all become better climbers. Find Power Company on Instagram and YouTube. Share this episode with a friend who needs to hear it. _________________________ The Power Company Podcast is a proud founding member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective, a group of the best, most impactful podcasts in the…

People in this episode

Host: Power Company Climbing

Topics covered

• climbing grades
• progression
• technique improvement
• grade pyramid
• climbing education

Keywords

• V7
• V10
• climbing progression
• grade pyramid
• technique
• climbing education
• self-improvement

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Organizations: Power Company Climbing

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