If you have a body, you can climb. Young, old, weak and strong - the tags fall flat when it comes to climbing. Because, very literally, anybody can climb. A blundering myth that everybody prescribes to at first glance is the belief that climbing or bouldering requires upper body strength. Upper body strength and rawpower in general can only take you so far in the sport. The most handy muscle that makes progress possible on the wall, is the mind.

Being aware of the body, being mindful of the route at hand and planning those delicate twists and turns that make all the difference - this is how efficient climbing is done. In a nutshell, climbing is for anybody and everybody. uences and boulder Problems. Most importantly, it teaches you how to keep your wits about you, at times when it matters. In essence, to climb is to submit yourself to be moulded by a most skilful sculptor..