Bouldering can be done alone, and requires more upper body strength.
I wouldn't say so, necessarily.
Often when there's only a small bouldering area as part of a roped climbing wall, it does tend to be mostly very overhanging, and oriented towards people who want to use it for training or really strong young guys who just want to Tarzan around because they think it looks cool.
But you can have vertical and slabby bouldering too, and the London walls which are bouldering-only (or which have a lot of bouldering, like Mile End) generally have a wide selection of angles.
As a slab-lover, I am happy to say that the Biscuit Factory has many slabs, including an awesome/hideous hanging slab to top out onto, which is at just the right angle that you can (very cautiously) creep across it or up it on friction alone.
And whatever form of climbing you're doing, you want to get your legs doing as much of the work as possible.
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Date: 2012-10-20 01:24 pm (UTC)Bouldering can be done alone, and requires more upper body strength.
I wouldn't say so, necessarily.
Often when there's only a small bouldering area as part of a roped climbing wall, it does tend to be mostly very overhanging, and oriented towards people who want to use it for training
or really strong young guys who just want to Tarzan around because they think it looks cool.But you can have vertical and slabby bouldering too, and the London walls which are bouldering-only (or which have a lot of bouldering, like Mile End) generally have a wide selection of angles.
As a slab-lover, I am happy to say that the Biscuit Factory has many slabs, including an awesome/hideous hanging slab to top out onto, which is at just the right angle that you can (very cautiously) creep across it or up it on friction alone.
And whatever form of climbing you're doing, you want to get your legs doing as much of the work as possible.