https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/hook/ Safe Rock Climbing Skills Explained Fri, 15 May 2026 22:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/hook/#comment-258 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:53:37 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=564#comment-258 […] It soon became clear that we wouldn’t be able to climb all the pitches free. The terrain is very steep, and the cracks are mostly very thin. [We had to] either aid climb or risk long falls with bad consequences. The crux pitch was done using skyhooks. […]

]]> https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/hook/#comment-232 Wed, 18 May 2022 19:14:49 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=564#comment-232 […] How To Use Skyhooks – Big Wall Climbing Skills […]

]]> https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/hook/#comment-48 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 14:17:13 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=564#comment-48 […] grade. Essentially this route is around 8a/+ (5.13b/c) difficulty, you can place an unhelpful skyhook about 8 feet up, and sometimes you can place a runner a good way off to the side. But that's it […]

]]> https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/hook/#comment-24 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 20:58:16 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=564#comment-24 […] Stepping out of the mild belay chaos typically brings me a great sense of relief. This is the part of the climbing that is actually climbing and enjoyable. On July 11 I took off from our first bivy and began making my way across a section of rusty bolts that were probably placed on the first ascent back in ’72. A lot of these bolts don’t actually contain a hanger, which is what you’d typically find at a popular crag. Instead, you are left with a hangerless bolt and a bunch of cinch hangers that are mostly only good for bodyweight only. After a series of these bolts, I hammered in a beak for a little extra assurance that I wouldn’t take a fall on the belay. Now, began a fun series of C3 hook moves. […]

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