Holds Shapes
We all know, Climbing holds type, size, color all these three factors contribute to the shape of your climbing holds.
Type of grips
Get a good variety of different grips. Make sure you get enough jugs for warming-up and setting on the overhang parts of your wall, but also get enough crimps, slopers and pocket to create challenging route setting that will help you improve your climbing skills. Getting the right amount of footholds is also necessary.
Jugs
As the name suggests, jugs are larger holds that are typically easy to get a handle on. A jug is usually large enough to wrap most of your hand around.
Slopers
A sloper is a hold without any positive angle for you to wrap your fingers around. They are so-called because they slope away from the climbing wall and don’t have any edges to grip onto.
Crimps
A crimp is a climbing hold only large enough for the pads of your fingers. A full crimp means hard angles in your knuckles and your thumb tucked over the top for power. An open crimp means your fingertips are on the edge, but the rest of your hand hangs below—no hard angles on the knuckles.
Footholds
Everything on a climbing wall is potentially a foothold. But dedicated footholds are usually very small, creating only enough space for a toe or two.
Pockets
A pocket is a round hold bored into a grip to simulate the uneven surface of natural materials. They are often only large enough to place one or two fingers/toes into at a time.
Pinches
A pinch is a grip made up of two opposing edges. To maintain grip, climbers must pinch their thumb and fingers together.
Size
Avoid getting too many big holds. Yes, all of us love climbing on big holds but if you have limited wall space you better choose your holds wisely.
We all know, Climbing holds type, size, color all these three factors contribute to the shape of your climbing holds.
Type of grips
Get a good variety of different grips. Make sure you get enough jugs for warming-up and setting on the overhang parts of your wall, but also get enough crimps, slopers and pocket to create challenging route setting that will help you improve your climbing skills. Getting the right amount of footholds is also necessary.
Jugs
As the name suggests, jugs are larger holds that are typically easy to get a handle on. A jug is usually large enough to wrap most of your hand around.
A sloper is a hold without any positive angle for you to wrap your fingers around. They are so-called because they slope away from the climbing wall and don’t have any edges to grip onto.
A crimp is a climbing hold only large enough for the pads of your fingers. A full crimp means hard angles in your knuckles and your thumb tucked over the top for power. An open crimp means your fingertips are on the edge, but the rest of your hand hangs below—no hard angles on the knuckles.
Footholds
Everything on a climbing wall is potentially a foothold. But dedicated footholds are usually very small, creating only enough space for a toe or two.
Pockets
A pocket is a round hold bored into a grip to simulate the uneven surface of natural materials. They are often only large enough to place one or two fingers/toes into at a time.
Pinches
A pinch is a grip made up of two opposing edges. To maintain grip, climbers must pinch their thumb and fingers together.
Size
Avoid getting too many big holds. Yes, all of us love climbing on big holds but if you have limited wall space you better choose your holds wisely.