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My girlfriend often complains that a route or boulder was created for tall climbers. In my experience that sometimes is true: I easily get a hold, she has to jump. However, Lynn Hill proved that a ...
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2020-04-17T20:46:37Z (over 4 years ago)
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Jon
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2020-04-17T20:46:36Z (over 4 years ago)
<p>My girlfriend often complains that a route or boulder was created for tall climbers. In my experience that sometimes is true: I easily get a hold, she has to jump. However, Lynn Hill proved that a small climber can achieve wonderful, unthinkable things. </p> <p>When looking at mixed gender bouldering competitions in Germany (like described in the <em>Art and Science of Bouldering</em> by Udo Neumann) girls easily manage the guys' problems, but with different techniques.</p> <ul> <li><p><strong>What are the advantages of short climbers?</strong></p></li> <li><p><strong>How should short climbers train to compensate for their shorter reach?</strong></p></li> </ul>