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- From: bobh@minaret.hwr.arizona.edu (Bob Harrington)
- Newsgroups: rec.climbing
- Subject: Re: Macho quiz (for Laura)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.170507.18960@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:05:07 GMT
- References: <13543@ecs.soton.ac.uk> <106480314@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Sender: Bob Harrington
- Organization: University of Arizona -- Tucson, AZ
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- In article <106480314@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> j_elison@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Elison) writes:
- >In rec.climbing, bobh@minaret.hwr.arizona.edu (Bob Harrington) writes:
- >
- >> Pull-up strength almost completely controls
- >> how hard a route you can do in the Shawangunks,
- >
- >You are joking, right? TECHNIQUE almost completely controls how hard a route
- >you can do ANYWHERE!
- >
-
- Well I'm not joking; I'm just wrong.
-
- You're certainly right about technique; I stand corrected. Let me
- rephrase: "Pull-up strength is the most important strength factor for climbing
- in the Shawangunks". Your point that technique beats strength (almost)
- every time is true.
-
- >
- >> I think the correlation between finger strength and climbing
- >> ability is likely to be stronger. Or better, finger strength divided by body
- >> weight.
- >>
- >Contact strength.
- >This is the most important strength factor. But even finger strength has two
- >aspects: power and endurance. What's the worst/smallest hold you can grab
- >from the ground and pull on? vs. How long can you move on holds that are 50%
- >bigger than that worst hold? These are very different.
- >
-
- I wonder how well correlated these two types of strength are in an individual.
-
- >
- >Mort
-
- Bob Harrington
-