Crack Climbing: Putting It All Together

Crack Climbing Technique for Rock Climbing and Bouldering
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Although "Rock Climb" will have more than 100 videos (7 hours+ of content), the program is designed to include maximum information in a concise way that is easy to understand and assimilate. For that reason most chapters are built on the knowledge acquired in previous ones (e.g., Rope Basics → Top-Roping → Lead Climbing → Sport Climbing → Trad. Climbing).
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Rock climbing is fun but there is an element of risk. In some situations if you are not careful, the chances of serious injury or death are very real. A safety oriented mindset is essential.
The right attitude includes not thinking that just by watching videos and reading articles you will become a safe and experienced climber. Experience comes with practice. Practice means making occasional mistakes and learning from them.
We believe qualified in-person training should be the main way of learning and progressing in rock climbing. A good mentor, guide or teacher will make learning as safe as it can be, by assessing your level and every situation.
Our videos are meant to inform and entertain. Although our videos can be very helpful, they are not meant to replace in-person teaching by a qualified professional, nor they are meant to replace reading and understanding the instructions and manuals of rock climbing equipment-which we strongly advise you to do. (Manufacturers recommendations occasionally change, and it is a good idea to stay updated by visiting their websites.)
Have fun and be safe out there!

[@TheJeffDing]

This channel is criminally underrated

[@Dave34D]

I'm loving the content, this is climbing gold here! :)

[@andenmal6735]

Awesome content as always. Very concise and clearly done. My husband has been climbing for abt 20yrs and I just got started. We do mostly trad and while he can rely primarily on his strength to pull through, I cannot. I love him but he's not a big help when teaching energy efficient crack climbing technique. Your videos are very helpful and much appreciated since there are very few that feature this type of practical application. Thank you and please keep them coming. Any plans for a video showing emergency rope ascension (while seconding or rappelling) just using basic gear?😉

[@videoracles]

Thank you! Good for you that you have an experienced climber handy for your initiation to trad climbing 😉 Glad the videos are helpful. Many more to come! We've been wanting to make a rope ascension video for a while, hopefully we'll get a chance to do one soon enough.

[@ASNIV_]

This channel is so good!

[@videoracles]

Thank you!

[@stealiedan]

Consistently impressed by the quality of this channel! Thank you.
What was the name of these two climbs?

[@videoracles]

Thank you! The climbs are "Palmreader" and "Touch and Go."

[@Govanification]

Great content as always!
I know the crack is super straight but even so you can see how much that first cam rotated upwards just by climbing by it with no extension. BD C4s with their short, stiff nylon slings are especially prone to walking in my experience. I now greatly prefer the new Wild Country Friends for a similar size range and cam type as C4s for the backbone of my rack. They have extendable dyneema slings that are more flexible and longer, which combined with stiffer cam springs and wider lobes keep them in my desired placement much, much better. I very often clip them direct on splitter cracks with no walking. Whenever I place a BD C4, even in a perfectly straight crack unless I'm super desperate at a crux or something, I will put at least a short quickdraw on it because they dance all over the place otherwise.

[@videoracles]

Thanks! Here is Roddy's reply:
Yes, Wild Country cams are great! The C4s are a bit stiff, but they’re what I’m used to. With regard to extensions to prevent walking/rotation, sometimes I won’t extend the piece if I just want it to protect that move. If it’s important to me that it doesn’t rotate later (or generate rope drag), then I’ll extend it. Totally depends on the scenario.

[@michaelconner204]

Your great enjoy your explanations and how clear your videos are fantastic camera work. Would love to see a solo belay while top roping.

[@videoracles]

Thank you! A video about top-rope soloing wasn't planned but it would be interesting to cover that.

[@xsuperbmentality]

Just got done with a trip in j tree. Could have used some of these techniques while climbing. Lead a few at intersection rock such as bat cave and Mike's books and they were really tough because my technique was lacking a bit haha