Encara que sigui hivern no deixo d'escalar. Aquí fa més fred que a Catalunya i els que escalem hem de centrarnos a entrenar portes endins. Ara estic entrenant en un mur de 14 metres i que disposa d'unes quantes vies de diferents graus.
Un esport com l'escalada és realment exigent i si deixes d'escalar un parell de setmanes ràpidament notes la pèrdua de força, així que no es pot deixar de banda.
Ara també estic aprenent a obrir vies, sempre havia escalat amb la corda ja muntada (o bé sense corda, el que anomenem boulder), però ara me n'adono de la dificultat i l'estrés físic i mental que comporta obrir la via. El desgast físic és molt més gran ja que t'has de entretenir a posar les cintes express cada dos o tres metres i després enmosquetonar la corda. I el desgast mental de saber que tens la corda darrere teu i no davant i que una caiguda suposa un "vol lliure" d'uns quants metres. L'altre dia sense anar més lluny, en una via 5b (un grau no gaire alt) vaig caure 4 vegades. Tot i que saps que el risc és mínim, us asseguro que la impressió es brutal i que has de tenir bastantes caigudes per acostumar-te mentalment al fet de caure, es com una caiguda lliure d'entre dos a 4 metres...has de tenir plena confiança en l'assegurador!!
Bueno us deixo un vídeo molt xulo, d'una noia americana que es diu Sasha Di Giulian i que ha estat la primera escaladora a encadenar un 9A! Aquestes coses són les que fan motivar-te i no voler deixar d'escalar!!!
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Even the winter season I do not stop climbing. Here the weather it's colder than in Catalonia and those who climb, need to keep training, so we do it indoors. Now I'm training in a 14 meters wall who provides some routes with different levels.
Climbing is a really demanding sport and if you stop training even two weeks you can note that you loose some strength, so you can't stop.
Now I'm learning how to lead the route. I've always climbed with the rope on the top (or bouldering, climbing without rope) but now I see that when you have to leader it's pretty difficult and the mental and physic stress is harder. You spend lots of strength because you have to put the quickdraws and then pass the rope inside the carabine every two meters. The mental stress is that you are conscious that the rope is behind you, not over you and if you fall you will "fly" some meters down. The other day, for example, in a 5b route (this is not a high level) i fall down like 4 times. Even you know that the risk is minimum, I can tell you that the feeling is scaring and you have to fall down several times to get the habit, it's like if you fall down from between 2 and 4 meters high...and also, you must have a complete trust in your partner!!
Well, here you are a nice video from an american girl, Sasha Di Giulian who has been the first woman who climbed a 9A! These things makes you keep motivated and makes you feel like climbing!!!
Un esport com l'escalada és realment exigent i si deixes d'escalar un parell de setmanes ràpidament notes la pèrdua de força, així que no es pot deixar de banda.
Ara també estic aprenent a obrir vies, sempre havia escalat amb la corda ja muntada (o bé sense corda, el que anomenem boulder), però ara me n'adono de la dificultat i l'estrés físic i mental que comporta obrir la via. El desgast físic és molt més gran ja que t'has de entretenir a posar les cintes express cada dos o tres metres i després enmosquetonar la corda. I el desgast mental de saber que tens la corda darrere teu i no davant i que una caiguda suposa un "vol lliure" d'uns quants metres. L'altre dia sense anar més lluny, en una via 5b (un grau no gaire alt) vaig caure 4 vegades. Tot i que saps que el risc és mínim, us asseguro que la impressió es brutal i que has de tenir bastantes caigudes per acostumar-te mentalment al fet de caure, es com una caiguda lliure d'entre dos a 4 metres...has de tenir plena confiança en l'assegurador!!
Bueno us deixo un vídeo molt xulo, d'una noia americana que es diu Sasha Di Giulian i que ha estat la primera escaladora a encadenar un 9A! Aquestes coses són les que fan motivar-te i no voler deixar d'escalar!!!
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Even the winter season I do not stop climbing. Here the weather it's colder than in Catalonia and those who climb, need to keep training, so we do it indoors. Now I'm training in a 14 meters wall who provides some routes with different levels.
Climbing is a really demanding sport and if you stop training even two weeks you can note that you loose some strength, so you can't stop.
Now I'm learning how to lead the route. I've always climbed with the rope on the top (or bouldering, climbing without rope) but now I see that when you have to leader it's pretty difficult and the mental and physic stress is harder. You spend lots of strength because you have to put the quickdraws and then pass the rope inside the carabine every two meters. The mental stress is that you are conscious that the rope is behind you, not over you and if you fall you will "fly" some meters down. The other day, for example, in a 5b route (this is not a high level) i fall down like 4 times. Even you know that the risk is minimum, I can tell you that the feeling is scaring and you have to fall down several times to get the habit, it's like if you fall down from between 2 and 4 meters high...and also, you must have a complete trust in your partner!!
Well, here you are a nice video from an american girl, Sasha Di Giulian who has been the first woman who climbed a 9A! These things makes you keep motivated and makes you feel like climbing!!!
