How to Boulder Using Static & Dynamic Moves to Train for Rock Climbing

Transcript for: How to Boulder Using Static & Dynamic Moves to Train for Rock Climbing

"Hi! My name is Brandon. I'm with expertvillage.com, and today I"m going to show you how to rock climb. Another type of climbing offered at this facility is called bouldering. Bouldering is more of training for climbing rather than getting vertical on the walls. Bouldering is usually done on a low height and consist of difficult moves over a short period of time. On this specific boulder problem I'm about to try, there's 2 different ways to do it. Off of these 2 holds, my next move is with the right hand all the way out on the corner. To get there, I can either do what's called an ecstatic movement. A static move; the move is very controlled and you can tell the climber has a little effort doing it. A dynamic movement is when the climber throws for the next hold. Sometimes in a last ditch effort just to get to it. The first type I'll show you is called smearing. My feet are all down here. I have 3 feet. I'm going to walk my feet up the wall. I'm going to then smear on the wall, which means pushing and reach out. As you can see, that took a little effort to do. The next dynamic movement would not smearing at all. I'll start with my right foot on the bottom hold, and simply throw off for the hold around the corner."