Rock Climb

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“Rock Climb” was thoughtfully designed and produced over a two-year period to help you expand your knowledge, improve your skills, get stronger and become a safer climber.

Professional rock climber Roddy McCalley and his friends take you through 7 hours of exclusive outdoor footage, from the basics to advanced techniques.

Look for the lite version of this app: “Rock Climb Lite.”


Table of Contents of Rock Climb:

INTRO — 1. About Roddy McCalley, 2. Types of Rock Climbing, 3. Bouldering 1: Pigpen, 4. Bouldering 2: Strawberry Contraceptives, 5. Bouldering 3: Planet X, 6. Sport Climbing: Udder Chaos, 7. Traditional Climbing: Super Roof, 8. Multi-Pitch Climbing: Solid Gold

PREPARATION AND SAFETY — 9. Risk Management, 10. Warming Up, 11. Spotting and Crash Pads

FACE AND SLAB CLIMBING — 12. Rock Climbing Basics, 13. Climbing Efficiently, 14. Footwork, 15. Handholds, 16. Flagging, 17. High-step, 18. Backstep, 19. Heel and Toe Hooks, 20. Mantles, 21. Dynamic Moves, 22. Slab Climbing, 23. Stemming, 24. Chimneys, 25. Laybacking, 26. Exit Move

CRACK CLIMBING — 27. Jamming Hands and Fists, 28. Jamming Fingers, 29. Jamming Feet, 30. Putting It All Together, 31. Intro to Offwidth Technique, 32. How to Tape Your Hands

ROPE BASICS — 33. The Science of Falling, 34. How to Coil a Rope, 35. How to Flake a Rope, 36. Belayer-Climber Safety Check, 37. Commands, 38. Ground Anchor for Belayer

TOP-ROPING — 39. Intro to Top-Roping, 40. Safety Check for Top-Roping, 41. Belaying, Giving Slack and Lowering with a Tube Style Device, 42. Belaying, Giving Slack and Lowering with a GRIGRI

LEAD CLIMBING — 43. Intro to Lead Climbing, 44. Belaying a Leader, 45. Catching a Fall Softly, 46. Assessing Fall Potential, 47. Extending Gear

SPORT CLIMBING — 48. Intro to Sport Climbing, 49. Leading a Sport Climb, 50. Clipping, 51. Cleaning a Sport Climb, 52. Cleaning a Bolt Anchor - Being Lowered, 53. Cleaning a Bolt Anchor - Rappelling

TRADITIONAL CLIMBING — 54. Racking Up, 55. Gear Placement on Lead, 56. Cleaning Gear

NATURAL PROTECTION — 57. Placing Cams, 58. Placing and Cleaning Nuts, 59. Placing Tricams, 60. Placing Hexes

ANCHORING — 61. The Science of Anchoring, 62. Cordelette, 63. Tethering, 64. Bolt Anchors, 65. Self-Equalizing Anchor, 66. SRENE Anchor, 67. Trad Cordelette Anchor with W, 68. Trad Cordelette Anchor with Super 8, 69. Extending the Master Point over an Edge with 50’ Rope, 70. Tree Anchor, 71. Boulder Anchor, 72. Alpine Extension, 73. Anchoring Tips and Tricks

LEAD-FOLLOW — 74. Setting up a Guide Plate, Belaying and Lowering from the Top, 75. Setting up a GRIGRI, Belaying and Lowering from the Top, 76. Belaying with a Munter Hitch, 77. Stance Management, Swinging Leads and Rope Management

RAPPELLING — 78. Rappelling

RESCUE — 79. Lowering with a Direct Belay, 80. Escaping a Direct Belay, 81. 3 to 1 and 6 to 1 Hauling

KNOTS, HITCHES — 82. Knots, Hitches, etc.

GEAR — 83. Climbing Shoes, 84. Chalk, 85. Chalk Bags, 86. Harnesses, 87. Belay Devices, 88. Carabiners, 89. Helmets, 90. Crash Pads, 91. Dynamic Ropes, 92. Cords and Webbing, 93. Quickdraws and Slings, 94. Daisy Chains and PAS, 95. Cams, 96. Nuts, Hexes and Tricams, 97. Tape and Gloves

DIFFICULTY RATINGS — 98. Bouldering Grades, 99. Rock Climbing Grades

ETHICS AND ENVIRONMENT — 100. Number 2 in the Wild, 101. Ethics and LNT

LAST WORDS — 102. Mentors and Guides

WRITTEN CONTENT — Assessing Bolts, Bouldering Day Overview, Top-roping Day Overview, Sport Climbing Day Overview, Trad Climbing Day Overview, Rescue, etc.

COMMUNITY — Geolocalize other climbers and chat with them.