What is Traversing for Indoor Rock Climbing?

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eHowLearn what traversing is and how to do this technique for indoor rock climbing in this free rock climbing video lesson.

Transcript for: What is Traversing for Indoor Rock Climbing?

"In this segment we're going to go over traversing. Now, traversing is climbing from side to side instead of from the ground to the top. Traversing, as Caitlin is doing, is one of the best things a new climber can do. It's going to teach proper footwork, proper body positioning. As you can see Caitlin is smoothly flowing on the wall. This is what a good climber should look like. And traversing is one of the best ways to learn how to do that. You can jump off."

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