Is there a standard term for putting your leg behind the rope?
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In what has to be a coincidence (or maybe not?) I have two occasional climbing partners, both women, who both climb aggressively, both are from South America, both frequently put a foot/leg behind the rope, and both seem to be rather clueless that they're doing it. Here's a photo of one of them. |
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Yell "wear a helmet" |
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Technically, thats putting the rope behind the leg, or putting the leg in front of the rope. :) |
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Backstepping |
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"Quitate la pierna de enfrente de la cuerda ó te vas a chingar toda la madre, pendeja!" |
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Bill Kirby wrote:BacksteppingIn my experience "Back stepping" is whenever you put your pinkie/outside edge of your shoe on the foothold instead of some other part of your shoe (inside edge/point/heel/etc). |
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I was taught to call it "backstepping" |
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I thought backstepping meant crossing one leg behind the other while traversing. |
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Not sure what you call it, but I like to shout 'neck brace' at my partner when he does that. |
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You're backstepped. |
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"F'ed"!! |
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John Byrnes wrote: In my experience "Back stepping" is whenever you put your pinkie/outside edge of your shoe on the foothold instead of some other part of your shoe (inside edge/point/heel/etc).I've heard that referred to as Outside Edge. |
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I always just shout up, "hey, watch your leg on that rope". Sometimes they don't listen though. |
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Sure you are not just subtly spraying about the Brazilian hotties you are climbing with? ;) |
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looks like its below the previous bolt which is less of an issue, but still a concern |
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redlude97 wrote:looks like its below the previous bolt which is less of an issue, but still a concernYes. Less likely to get flipped upside down, more likely to get a gnarly burn. |
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Lothian Buss wrote:I was taught to call it "backstepping"You were taught wrong. A backstep is climbing technique. Any time you step through such that your hip is facing the rock, usually with the outside of your foot against the rock, that is a backstep. climbingtechniques.org/inte… |
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I agree with Mr. Sprague, backstep is a move. This is not a backstep, but possibly quite dangerous |
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Yes, I've seen this called backstepping. Let's accept that the same term refers to two different things (the move and the error). |
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ollieon wrote:Yes, I've seen this called backstepping. Let's accept that the same term refers to two different things (the move and the error). Like how flagging could mean sticking your leg out or a fancy way of saying you're tired.Except it doesn't work in this case. If you tell someone they are backstepping and it has two meanings, how are they to know which meaning you intend? I've pretty much never once heard someone who wasn't a complete nOOb refer to putting the rope behind your leg as "backstepping". Conversely, pretty much every experienced climber I've ever met would know exactly what you meant if you referred to a move as a "backstep" and give you a puzzled look if used in the other (rope-behind-the-leg)context. Just tell the climber to watch the rope behind their leg. If that doesn't get the message across then someone needs a little ground lesson before they hurt themselves. |
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Back stepping = stepping back? |