Master the mantle at the rock gym! Learn good mantle technique with Crack The Boulder

Ask not what you can do for the mantle, but what the mantle can do for you!
Have you ever wondered what technique to use on what type of boulder? Do you climb, but are you unsure about what moves to use when climbing an overhang as opposed to a slab or vertical wall? If so, then this is the channel for you.
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[@life_of_riley]

It's a pleasure to find your channel. We were neighbours at those apartments in Kalymnos, spring 2022! I came here looking for tips on a kind of mantel problem that I have on a vertical outdoor climb in Thailand. So I have both hands on a crimpy mantel ledge. Then I need to get my right foot high, but I'm kind of compressed here struggling to keep my hip in. I then need to pinch a small undercling with my right hand, but it's out of reach. Now, I've managed to make the move once but I'm struggling to do it again. Somehow I transferred weight onto my right foot, stood up a bit, converted my left hand crimp to a mantel, and then had the height to reach the small undercling with my right hand. I hope you can picture the problem somewhat. Do you have a video covering something like this? I will experiment with the hanging left leg and sitting on the right leg, just like in this video for now.

[@BoulderLab]

Hello Stephen!! Yeah I remember always intruding upon your breakfast 😆 Amazing to hear from you in the roundabout way which is youtube! Getting into underclimgs off a mantle can be hard , but good job getting some height on that right foot. Funnily enough we just shot another episode on mantleing. It's in post production at the mo, but we hope to get it out by the end of the month. Also, I would say that taller climbers sometimes have it harder to get those hips into the wall...so maybe some hip mobility would be a good idea.

[@spacecowboysucio]

Thank u, very usefull video.