Check out this fantastic video featuring Jay Smith climbing a fantastic crack in Moab, Utah. He demonstrates and explains hand jamming technique beautifully.

Check out how relaxed Jay is throughout the climb.

It’s really important to note the importance of foot positioning. Most of your weight should be carried by your feet.

If you climb in the UK, especially in the Peak District, you’ll appreciate how important this technique is for crags like ‘Millstone’. If you get your crack technique down, you will style the climbs that many other climbers sit out.

I for one will be practicing the hell out of this, ready to hit those cracks this summer.

Climbing cracks – finger and hand jamming techniques is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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