Bouldering Routes :D

What is bouldering?

Well, in short you could say a form of climbing where you require power
and balance (it is usually short distance)

Unlike endurance where u climb for long distances and time

Truthfully im more of an endurance guy, but since endurance
videos are long and generally hard to take (cuz its high up man)

I decided to do bouldering posts instead

Here is how we plan bouldering routes :D

Starting two FOOTHOLDS :D

Actually its any two, but these two are what i used when doing the route :D

Starting HANDHOLD :D

Yeah, so two legs down there and ur two hands on this black one (no pun intended :D)

Then you go for this one, second handhold :D

It's tougher than you think (:

It's more of a sidepull, you gotta lean to the left so more weight
can be applied to the rock

It seems a bit smaller now right (: heheh, yea it is... I suffered a lot
thanks to this rock

Then you head for this one

It's quite a distance since ur leaning to the left

Then you grab the orange on the left of the blue, then the blue then the yellow :D

(sry, forgot to highlight the lower left orange XD)

Honestly, this route was HIDEOUS!!

I suffered for 4minutes trying this route over and over

Take a look, I have a feeling ppl enjoy seeing me suffer for some reason

*ahem*classmates*ahem*

Second route!!


Starting FOOTHOLD!!

Yeah, its just one, so one of ur leg has to just press on the wall somewhere
(we call it smearing :D)

Smearing uses a lot of strength since ur not really standing on anything
but just the friction of the wall

Starting HANDHOLD :D

Two hands hehe

Second handhold, two hands here as well.. then once two hands are here

Ur right leg goes up onto this, yes it is a VERY HIGH step

high step, new term, remember it :D

So your handholds become your footholds, small world, no?

Yeah, later on when u get higher there are very little footholds throughout the route,
and most of ur handholds become your foothold. sad right?

Then up you go to that! Push with right leg and go :D

Yeah, its kinda far... you gotta lock really high (as in bring your body up with
your hands and tense it really hard)

You'll see what i mean in the video

And finally those two!

This is the easy part though

every route has a crutz (is that how they spell it?)

which means its the hardest part of the route

Here it is.

Though, I was WAY too tired to complete it, completed it once, then when
I tried to do it in the video I.... nvm, see for yourself :D

Okay la i didnt finish it when i did the video hahaha

Too tired, I felt like my left arm almost got dislocated...
when trying to do that dreadful move

Okay, that's all for now, gtg bye!! :D