Grace and beauty

Post by **Wes** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:34 pm

It is easy to have good footwork/technique on easy routes. The trick is to look graceful when you are at your limit...

Post by **ynot** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:40 pm

Good point. I wonder about that. I gues you can be just as gracefull missing and falling if you are comfortable with it. I noticed if I am nervous and my heart is racing I miss the redpoint. If I am calm I send.

Post by **Namaste** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:37 pm

TradMike wrote:They must have taken ballerina lessons. But seriously, I watched two ballerina people do a 5.13 slab route in Yosemite. I was completely amazed at the grace and ease they moved up the wall.

Oh no, no, no...I took 8 1/2 years of ballet, and I still grunt and look like I am wrestling with the rock rather than "dancing"

Post by **Ascentionist** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:55 pm

Wes wrote:The trick is to look graceful when you are at your limit...

Good point. I rarely do.

Look graceful that is. I'm usually at my limit no matter what route I'm on.

Post by **Ballss** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:52 pm

I think defining grace happens on a very personnel level. It's not a certain style, or balance of power and technique. Grace comes when a person knows their body EXTREMELY well. And what's so cool is that so many approaches to this state yield the same end. There's the "feel" people, who don't try to quantify anything and then there's the "law" type, who approach the variables at play in a much more scientific manner. Plus about 80 million variations in between.

When the "feel" people start venturing into the "law" ideas (and vice versa), that's when barriers get smashed. Just my opinion.

Man........I wanna go climb......