learn big wall Archives - VDiff Climbing https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/tag/learn-big-wall/ Safe Rock Climbing Skills Explained Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:08:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/wp-content/uploads/vdiff-logo-Header-36x36.png learn big wall Archives - VDiff Climbing https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/tag/learn-big-wall/ 32 32 How To Climb a Big Wall > Fixing Pitches https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/big-wall-fixing-pitches/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:42 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=5440 How to Climb a Big Wall: Fixing Pitches When to Fix Pitches It is common to fix ropes on a big wall. Often this is because you’ve climbed the first few pitches and want to...

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]]> How To Climb a Big Wall > Hauling (Part 2) https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-hauling-2/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:00:40 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=5420 How to Climb a Big Wall: Hauling (Part 2) Docking the Haulbag Once the haulbag is at the belay, you’ll need to ‘dock’ it. This means attaching the haulbag to the belay in such a...

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]]> How To Climb a Big Wall > Hauling (Part 1) https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-hauling-1/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:13 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=549 How to Climb a Big Wall: Hauling (Part 1) Big Wall Hauling Fundamentals There are different hauling systems you can use to get your equipment up the wall. 1:1 hauling is the simplest and most...

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]]> How To Climb a Big Wall > Packing the Haulbag https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-haulbag/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 07:00:25 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=558 How to Climb a Big Wall: Packing the Haulbag A poorly packed haulbag is a nightmare on the wall. Small essential items will sneak their way to the very bottom, or you’ll be unable to...

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]]> How To Climb a Big Wall > Following https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-following/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 06:00:54 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=553 How to Climb a Big Wall: Following Cleaning an aid pitch is different than cleaning a trad pitch. Instead of climbing the rock, you will use jumars to ascend the rope. There are two reasons...

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]]> How To Climb a Big Wall > The Belay https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-belay/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=502 How to Climb a Big Wall: The Belay Setting up a big wall belay is more complicated than a standard trad belay but follows some of the same principles. Belays are bolted on most popular...

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]]> How To Climb a Big Wall > Leading https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-leading/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:00:13 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=496 How to Climb a Big Wall: Leading The Lead Climbing Setup Step 1 – On Belay Before you leave the belay (or ground), you’ll need to get set up for the lead. Both climbers tie...

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]]> Aid Climbing and Big Wall Gear https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-gear/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 03:00:16 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=494 Big wall gear: In addition to regular trad gear, you'll need some specialist stuff to aid climb. Here is a full description of everything you need.

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]]> Aid Climbing Ratings https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-grades/ https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-grades/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:00:09 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=492 Aid Climbing Ratings All aid climbs are A1. Until you fall. Then it becomes A4, pretty darn fast. This video explains why: Aid Climbing Grades: The Theory The grades range from A1 to A5, and...

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]]> https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-grades/feed/ 10 What is Big Wall and Aid Climbing? https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-intro/ https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-intro/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2025 01:00:49 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=488 What is Big Wall and Aid Climbing? What is Big Wall Climbing? Big wall climbing is a guaranteed adventure. A big wall is essentially a vertical expanse of rock which is too big to climb...

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