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Climbing Techniques
Edging
Smearing
Mantles
Heel and toe hooks
Dynos
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2. Edging
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Edging is a simple and useful skill that is very easy to learn. To edge, place the inside or outside edge of your climbing shoe on a crack or small rock feature. The picture to the right shows a person using the inward facing side of their right climbing shoe to edge on a thin flake of rock. This technique is used when looking for foot placements.

3. Smearing
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To smear, use the large, flat, rubber area on the bottom of your climbing shoe to create friction to pull yourself up with. The picture illustrates someone using their right foot to smear on the natural part of the climbing wall.

4. Mantles
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Mantling is a bit more advanced of a climbing move. It required the climber to apply downward pressure with their hand to move themselves further up the wall. The man on the right is pushing downwards with his right hand to get to his next hold. This is especially useful when there aren’t many or any footholds to use.

5. Heel hooking
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A bit more advanced of a climbing technique is the heel hook. By getting a heel up on a higher hold, you can use your leg and arms to leverage yourself up to your next hand placement. The woman to the left will push downwards with her left leg, and pull up with her arms to get to her next hold.

6. Dynos
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A dyno, or “dynamic move”, is definitely a more flashy move than it is useful as it requires a great amount of power, but sometimes it is the only option. By pushing off of the wall with your legs and pulling up on a nice deep hold (also called a jug) with your arms, you fling yourself upwards to get to the next hold. Typically during a dyno, all four points of contact (both hands and feet) leave the wall momentarily as the climber flies towards their next hold. You can see the climber to the right grabbing his hold after successfully launching himself from is last position further down the wall.

7. What climbing move is this person performing?
Quiz Question #1
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What climbing move is this person performing?
Mantle
Edging
Heel Hook

8. Quiz Question #2 What is “dyno” short for? Go Back? Dinosaur Dynamic
It doesn’t stand for anything

9. Quiz Question #3 What part of the shoe do you use for smearing?
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What part of the shoe do you use for smearing?
The soft rubber tip near the toes
The flat sticky bottom underneath the toes
The sharp inside and outside edges

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