Rock Climbing Final II

Question 1

What are the Four hold orientations?

Answer 1

• Normal/Pure (usually ignored)
• Side Pull
• Gaston
• Undercling

Question 2

What are the movement techniques? (13)

Answer 2

Backstep, Step Through, Smear, Foot match, Flagging, High step rock on, Mantle, Stemming/palming, Bumping, Heel Hook, Twist Lock, Drop Knee, Dyno, Dead Point

Question 3

What is a step through used to avoid?

Answer 3

To avoid foot match, hands don’t move for this

Question 4

What is the key to smearing?

Answer 4

Get more rubber on the wall

Question 5

What are the 4 (3) types of Foot matching?

Answer 5

Knife, Roll, Smear, Hop

Question 6

What are the 3 types of flagging?

Answer 6

Inside, Outside and Standard

Question 7

What are 2 common movement techniques used to climb dihedrals?

Answer 7

Stemming and Palming

Question 8

What is “bumping”

Answer 8

Moving the same hand twice in a row

Question 9

Should your foot be inverted or everted for a heel hook?

Answer 9

Slight eversion

Used on aretes, steep terrain, or angling traverses

Question 10

Describe the Twist-Lock movement

Answer 10

Bring hips to wall like back-step, Pull hand close to body, rotate hips to wall and push into foot holds with feet to lock body in

Question 11

Where should your back foot be in a drop knee?

Answer 11

At or Above hip height

Question 12

What is the difference between a dead point and a dyno?

Answer 12

Dead point the feet stay on the holds while a dyno the feet leave the hold

Question 13

What are the 2 grading systems?

Answer 13

Yosemite Decimal System and the V-grade (aka Waiko) system