Bouldering safety tips:
1. Warm up to avoid muscle or ligament strains, or sudden stiffness and injury from insufficient warm-up during climbing or falls.
1. Warm up to avoid muscle or ligament strains, or sudden stiffness and injury from insufficient warm-up during climbing or falls.
2. Try not to climb routes beyond your ability level—there’s no need to push excessively hard on overly difficult problems, especially those with large moves.
3. Before climbing a route, understand it well, paying attention to its cruxes and where you might fall and land.
4. Before climbing, make sure there are no other people lingering below the route or in the potential fall zone.
5. When reaching the top of a problem or preparing to descend mid-climb, it’s a good habit to look down and assess the landing area.
6. The person setting the route should fully consider its climbing safety.
7. Climb within your limits and try to avoid finger deformities and ligament strains or inflammation.
The author has sprained their right ring finger twice—once when dynamically grabbing a small pocket and once when catching a crimp.
Experience:
1. Before using one hand to grab a small hold, make sure the other hand and your core are locked in—don’t let all your weight suddenly shift to the grabbing hand. Practicing body awareness on the wall is crucial.
2. For beginners within their first six months of bouldering, try to avoid pockets and crimps, especially one-finger “zen” grabs.
