Things I’ve learned the hard way – Map your route

A Dyno is short for dynamic move (like jumping for a hold). They are really cool when you pull them off and can sometimes hurt if you fail.

How many times have you just jumped right into something without thinking, only to realize that you probably should have had a better plan going into it? Well I certainly have learned that the hard way when rock climbing.  I’ve climbed my way right into a place where the only option I had was pull off an insane dyno or fall.  Before I realized that I was doing this a lot and climbing seemed to be really really hard.  Of course the problem turned out to be that I hadn’t really planned a route, I just started climbing.  I’d search for a decent handhold and when I found one I’d use it, not thinking about the next hold until I found a place for my feet. Continue reading “Things I’ve learned the hard way – Map your route”