Expose

You want to be a better climber but you are not trying out new wall-climbing gyms and new outdoor places? Well, chances are, your growth in honing your climbing skills will be stagnant. To maximize your training, you should expose yourself, as I said in another article (Train), to the different and various rock surfaces, rock holds, and temperature out there with the challenge of the natural elements: wind, heat, rain, moist. This is why when you look at the profile of the world's greatest climbers, they have already traveled round the globe looking for more and more rocks to expose themselves to. Such is the richness of their experience. This experience, as I said in another article (Train), makes a great climber. How to have experience? Just expose yourself more and more to various climbing sites (both indoor and outdoor)

Another way of exposing yourself to gain experience is joining competitions. Expose yourself in rock-climbing competitions. The level of experience that you will gain here is high because the competition demands you to be more serious and more focus on your climbs. Here, exposure to fellow climbers and their styles is also a benefit for you. Learn how they climb the routes easier and faster. Also, do not forget to expose yourself with video clips of the greatest climbs ever that are easily available on DVD, and some are even accessible via the YouTube and rock-climbing sites.

What are you waiting for? Expose, expose, expose! Think less, climb more!