- Slab climbing vs overhang reddit. Is it justified and which rock angle is really harder to master? Anyone else able to climb significantly harder grades on slab vs. I took a big-ish fall were my foot slipped unexpectedly and i scraped against the wall a lil bit. So does eg slab climbing ability hold up for longer than overhang ability? I'm wondering whether to somehow factor this in when prioritising which problems to try. If you’re mostly climbing vertical/slab and the occasional overhang and want a soft shoe, solutions don’t really fit the bill as well as other shoes do. But if your heart is set on them, by all means go for it! Reply reply galacticpicnicbasket • I love slab. I sprained my pulley lately, and therefore have been working on slabs and flexibility more, so the gap has closed a little. Ive been climbing for a bit over a year now and i love slabs to the point where im a good 3 grades above on slab vs overhangs. I find it very therapeutic and a much better experience than big burly muscley climbs. com Reddit's rock climbing training community. Dedicated to increasing all our knowledge about how to better improve at our sport. Mar 17, 2022 · Slab climbing is the exact opposite of overhangs (the angle here is less than 90°). I like it because I have adhd and usually a very loud and "busy" brain, climbing slab forces you to slow down, breath and be calm. As per title, I'm awful at climbing anything on an overhang (V4-6 on slab/vert, V3-4 on overhang). One of my favorite climbing wisdom (I forgot from whom…) is that instead of thinking of progression as moving from I’ve read pieces of information that soft shoes are good for overhang because the shoe conforms to the foothold shape, and the forces are “spread more evenly” all around. vertical/overhangs? I've realized lately that I can climb significantly harder grades on a slab wall compared to overhangs. I’m able to climb V4-V6 on slab without too much difficulty, but can do V2-V4 overhang using quite a bit of effort See full list on rockclimbingcentral. Some climbers dislike slabs due to the uncertainty during fall. They are the best in class for their use case, sure, but that’s not gym bouldering. At the same time, stiff shoes provide more power and edging capability which definitely helps when I need that extra boost when doing an overhang. For example, I can climb a v5 on slab, but I struggle with some V1s and v2s on overhanging routes and even some vertical ones. Recently new to consistent climbing, but I’ve found progressing on slab has been way easier than progressing on overhang. So are you saying a slab should be measured from the ground, and an overhang from a line perpendicular to the ground? I'm just trying to understand the convention for the sake of communicating the gradient properly. Haha yes, the grade difference between my preferred style (anything overhang, powerful, dyno, compression) and anything slabby/balancey is embarrassing. I get by primarily with passable technique and footwork and okay finger strength, none of which I seem to be able to transfer to climbing on anything worse than a shallow overhang. Nov 4, 2023 · Slabs are often called technical, but climbers rarely say it about overhangs. . tapwrgm qxiqlc pvhax owbgm tkup gxd pavl asjgmw rywd mky