| Competition climbing can be very different to normal | | | | The experience of competing and trying to get as |
| climbing and with the pressure of competing thrown | | | | many points as possible can really spur you on to |
| in as well it can sometime be difficult to replicate | | | | climb better and push yourself and this is a good |
| your normal climbing ability. | | | | advantage of climbing competitively. |
| A bouldering competition usually consists of a number | | | | It may be quite difficult to get the routes on the |
| of problems, with points awarded for completing it | | | | first attempt when you first start competing, as |
| on the first attempt, and less points for the second, | | | | even looking at the holds and the way the route |
| third and fourth attempts. This is known as on-site | | | | moves, doesn't help much. The best thing to do if |
| competing, as you are not allowed to try out the | | | | possible, is to watch someone else attempt the climb |
| route beforehand, and obviously this makes it slightly | | | | before you do, and learn from their mistakes. As |
| tougher. Some competitions also include problems | | | | some competitions are timed there might also be |
| with a bonus point if you reach a certain part of the | | | | some routes, that it would be good to have more |
| course, or use a certain hold. | | | | goes at, but this is unfortunate unless the centre is |
| Usually the routes vary from the very very easy, to | | | | near where you live, and you can return another |
| the were very very tough, with a range of difficulties | | | | time, after the competition. You would probably be |
| in between. This is good as it allows even new | | | | able to do the routes after many attempts, but the |
| climbers to attempt some routes and to gain some | | | | tricky part with competitions is doing them on first |
| points. However for major competitions, the focus is | | | | sight. |
| usually on the much harder climbing problems. | | | | |