Any tips for indoor wall climbing?

Question

Any tips tricks that sort of thing

OMG what stupid answers

Answer 1

If you have not climbed before, either go with someone who has experiance, or take a beginer's class or orientation. You'll most likely love climbing! That said, it's a good idea to get into good habits before bad ones start.
You will be surprised how fast your forearms go dead from using new muscles! But you will also be surprised how fast these muscles grow in strength the more you climb.

I think a great way for someone to bet familiar with the environment of a indoor climbing gym is to go there and boulder a few times.
Bouldering is non roped climbing, generaly done only a few feet off of the ground. By starting with this method you will be able to learn the moves, build up some strength and meet some people. You'll get used to climbing shoes, finding your center of gravity and many assorted types of hand and foot holds.

I love roped climbing, but bouldering is my favorite. It is climbing distilled to its movement. It can be simple and brutal in the same breath!

Then when you weant to rope up and get vertical you'll have a jump on strength and confidance.

remember to stretch. If you can get in the habit of some chin ups they are a good way to get preped.

You'll be able to rent shoes and a harness at almost all of the gyms.

have fun! Climbing rocks. Hopefully learning in the gym will get you interested in hitting real rock and getting out to places that you otherwise might not have seen.

Answer 2

I don't see why you would take to rock climbing and never want to hit the real stuff. It's a hell of a lot more interesting. But all the same, indoor is fun too. You don't need to invest a lot of money for indoor climbing. A pair of shoes and a chalk bag will do to get your technique up to a high standard.and they may even provide those free of charge at the wall if you're lucky. A friend of mine once told me that if you fall in love with climbing, spend the first two years working on technique, don't do any strenght training. Then after two years do a bit of work on the wrist, arm and shoulder muscles. The reasoning behind this is that without the vice grip hands and the forarms like thighs you'll learn how to move your body in certain ways that allow you to negotiate your way up a difficult face easier. Then combine that with a lean strong body and you've got a climbing machine. Makes sense to me.

Answer 3

Get some chalk. You can buy a chalk ball for two or three euro. One of the things that tends to start messing up your climbing is having sweaty hands, especially at indoor walls.
Chat with the people there. Climbers are usually friendly and if you ask them for some tips or to show you a couple or routes they'll probably be more than happy to do so.
Watch what you're doing with your feet, if a grip looks out of reach perhaps you could raise your feet and keep holding on with the same grips.
The two guys above are spot on. Bouldering is by and far the best way to improve strength in the right muscles and technique.
Try improving your flexibility, maybe take up yoga or just get in the habit of doing a good stretching routine before a session at the wall. It's always good to have high flexibility when climbing difficult routes, especially when you're trying to get your toes on something that's just under your chin.
I've been improving very quickly recently, and I think it's because I've been trying new routes at the wall and not leaving them 'till I can do them with ease. I find this good because I can say to my friends 'have you done that blue route yet', it gives me goals and I'm a pretty competitive person.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

i'm not sure what sort of grade you're currently climbing at so advice can't be too specific, but a couple of things i've learned recently that are surprisingly helpful are:

-try and keep your feet pointing towards the wall, rather than sideways. this may feel a little uncomfortable and unnatural to begin with, but it gives you quite a big more power with your legs.
-concentrate on where your next foot hold is going to be and how you're going to get to it, rather than where your next hand hold is. leg technique is very important so if you can get it down well you'll be much improved.

Answer 6

The rough guide to climb ratings should give you a clue on what you need to work on:

5.0-5.5---like climbing a ladder. Can you climb a ladder?
5.6--there's always 2 good handholds and 2 good toeholds
5.7---you're missing one good handhold or toehold
5.8---you're missing 2 good handholds / toeholds
5.9---you've only got 1 good handhold or toehold to work with
5.10---what handholds or toeholds?
5.11---oh, you've got to be kidding me
5.12 & up---this is for spiderman, right?

When you have too few handholds and footholds, you need to practice keeping your center of gravity over that maybe one good toehold you've got, using your hands more for balance. This will get you maybe up to 5.9. From 5.10, you'll increasingly have to depend on "smear" holds, either hand or feet or both, and you'll have to pay a lot of attention to just what your climbing shoes can hold onto without slipping off. By this time, you'll need more creative ways of maintaining pressure on those holds besides just standing over them, such as stemming or liebacks. A reasonably fit, experienced climber can reach the 5.11s, but getting to the 5.12s and up is going to require strenuous long-term physical training to achieve the strength to pull off the moves. If you want to get there in a hurry, stick to bouldering.

It almost goes without saying that you don't need to work on crack technique, because indoor gyms rarely ever have good cracks.

Answer 7

Youll have a blast. Just dont think about it. I read some of the others answers and I was amazed at all the stuff they tried to do while climbing. I been doing it for years. Just strap on head up.

Answer 8

Don't worry about it, just go, have fun, and whatever you do, TRY HARD. Whatever you do, don't get scared or paranoid. You are completely safe! There's nothing to it, especially since your going indoors and you will be instructed on what to do. Oh yeah, listen to what the instructor tells you!

Answer 9

work on your hand strength. buy a good pair of climbing shoes. and find a partner you work well with. and above all else have fun and be safe

Answer 10

Don't look down.

The illusion that you're climbing a rock face will evaporate when you catch a glimpse of the matting on the floor.