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pull ups 12-Dec-2006 At 1:16:13 PM kp

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On 11/12/2006 cruze wrote:
>You have a quick draw Damo...
>
>Interesting point kp. On a pretty rudimentary level one thing that frustrates
>me (and there are many) when I climb indoors is routesetters focussed on
>the movement of the upper body but not the lower. Having a bit of weight
>about me I enjoy using my feet when outdoors on v. small holds, yet indoors
>I find myself constantly struggling to use a similar technique on steep
>poorly featured walls and I end up pasting my feet and feeling like I am
>bouldering more than route climbing. Not saying it happens everywhere or
>all the time (not at all). On the few occasions I have climbed at SICG
>I have enjoyed their generous spray of screw-ons - doesn't need to be much.
>
>Just an observation.

Cruze...
Interesting that you mentioned this. A friend of mine recently informed me that this was the way that they set in parts of the UK. As you mentioned, it replicates outdoor climbing better, but unfortunately they found the world cup bouldering tough as they wern't used to the big movements (of tracking style setting)... I find the lactic factory often has a few excellent routes with many little footers.