Not being able to overcome your fear of falling is one of the biggest obstacles from improving your rock climbing skills. This is particularly important if you are a rock climbing beginner. In this video I will introduce three beginners tips that helped me to overcome my fear of falling. Hang boarding, core training and general fitness doesn’t really matter if you cannot keep a cool head while climbing.
Early in my rock climbing career I couldn’t overcome my fear of falling and that hindered my progress a lot, and the tips in this video is from personal experience and this is what helped me, but you might have to do some other things too. I guess this is something a lot of rock climbing beginners to can relate to.
The first tip to overcome my fear of falling I had to accept that being scared is natural and perfectly normal. Even very experienced climbers get scared. You have to accept that fear of falling is a part of climbing. Being a rock climbing beginner this is really important
Rock climbing is a three-dimensional sport, and you need to find the right balance training all three dimensions. Strength and conditioning, technique, and mental game. If you only train one or two of these, you will not succeed! But we are all different, you might have to train your mental game more than others, or you might be blessed with a strong mind and do not have a fainted heart. This is something you have to accept.
The second beginner tip to overcome my fear of falling I actually started practice falling in the climbing gym, so I get used to it and avoid hurting myself, when I fall for real. One fall training routine I do is to climb up to a certain bolt where I feel safe, I clip the bolt, and take a fall from here. Then I continue climbing to the next bolt, clip that, and take a fall here too. And then I continue all the way to the anchor. This is called the drop-clip technique and is a widely used technique to practice falling. In this way you will practice falling and how it feels, but in a safe and controlled environment. If the belayer is not aware of you practicing your falling technique then he or she might be surprised, and things can go wrong. And also remember to check with the gym staff whether this is okay. In some climbing gyms, this is not allowed.
The final tip is that I found out was that if I started climbing harder, then I did not focus on whether I would fall or not - I just climbed. A couple of added benefits is that you will practice uncontrolled falling as you do not take falls on purpose, but actually fall because you slip or pump out. This is a great way to get falling under your skin.
Also falling on harder routes, say 6b/5.11a and up, becomes safer as the routes are often steep or overhanging meaning that there are not that many things you can hit on your way down, and you fall will be clean. If you keep climbing grade sub-6a/sub-5.10, then there are most likely big holds or ledges that you can hit if you fall, which also mean that you will focus on falling instead of climbing.
So, how did you overcome your fear of falling? Let me know in the comments section below.
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