Redpoint

In sport climbing, redpointing is free-climbing a route, while lead climbing, after having practiced the route beforehand (either by hangdogging or top roping).

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You've just fallen off your project for the fifth time, and now you’re back on the ground wondering what to do next. You’re still psyched and ready to give it another go, and that forearm burn isn’t too bad. But should you rest? If so, how long? Should you keep moving or conserve energy? Hard bouldering and sport climbing don’t fatigue a body as much as running a marathon, which can take even an elite runner several days to bounce back from. But how quickly you recover and how well your body is fueled greatly affect your climbing performance.

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On-sight, flash, beta flash, redpoint - what does it all mean? Steve explains.

Effective redpointing requires a thoughtful, strategic approach to solving the crux moves, connecting the sequences, and developing a belief that you can send the route

Sufficiently recovering at a rest on a rock climb often means the difference between success and failure. You have to rest to redpoint your project—no matter what. Here are some techniques.

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Pick up some tricks to help you redpoint your project in the gym!

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How one climber bumped her redpoint grade three letters in one weekend I’d always been a trad climber, and as someone whose daydreams were filled with endless pitches and remote objectives, the idea of monomaniacally attacking the same route over and over again never quite made sense to me. And yet, last September, I found …

To help you master the redpointing, here's an article by Andrew Bisharat of Evening Sends in which he discusses the entire process of redpointing from the first trip up a route to the eventual send in detail.

Redpointing is one of the most stressful head games in climbing, imbuing in each of us the demoralizing and spirit-crushing notion that we may never send our project.

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