| A few helpful tips are always worth their weight in | | | | 2. Relaxing - Anyone can climb a ten foot wall and be |
| gold when you start learning something new. While | | | | fine. Sooner or later, however, you are going to start |
| they may not be gold, here are some climbing tips | | | | climbing something higher. The first couple times you |
| you should consider. | | | | go higher, pay close attention to your body. There is |
| When you first start climbing, there is a tendency to | | | | a natural tendency to become stressed. You might |
| want to just walk up and start pulling yourself up the | | | | not feel it mentally, but the body knows it is up in |
| face of whatever you are climbing. Go ahead. It is | | | | the air and falling would hurt something fierce. This |
| natural. Once you are exhausted, it is time to start | | | | can automatically cause your muscles to tense up |
| considering how it should really be done. Here are | | | | and waste all your energy. Take rests and do some |
| some tips that might shed some light on the subject. | | | | deep breathing to relax. |
| 1. Easily Exhausted - Climbing takes an incredible | | | | 3. Look Down - By its very nature, climbing is about |
| amount of energy. You are going to get tired. That | | | | going up. If you could straight down, I would be truly |
| being said, you are doing things wrong if you are | | | | impressed. Regardless, the fact you are climbing up |
| exhausted after the first 10 or 20 feet of climbing. | | | | and up can lead to aches and pains. Why? Because |
| The primary reason for this is you are pulling instead | | | | you tend to keep craning your neck to look up the |
| of pushing. Many climbers make the mistake of | | | | wall. After a while, your neck is tight and you can get |
| primarily using their arms to pull themselves up. You | | | | a pounding headache. As a general rule, look down as |
| should be doing the opposite. Your legs should be | | | | often as you look up. It will keep your neck loose |
| used as much as possible to push you up. This is why | | | | and let you see how much progress you are making. |
| mastering edging and smearing techniques for your | | | | Obviously, there are literally hundreds of tips for |
| feet are so important. Once you learn to push | | | | climbing. The above represent a small, but valuable |
| instead of pull, you will be able to climb much further | | | | snippet. |
| and longer. | | | | |