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> Time trials sound like a quick avenue to painful injury Oh it's already a thing, injury or no. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4n6xfu8VDU https://www.youtu

• tomsthumb 11y ago
  That's pretty different than this though. Those people have made those exact moves hundreds or thousands of times. They know how to set their shoulders for those moves and aren't put in situations with novel foot work that could mess up their knees. Those routes are also rather easier than the hardest thing they could climb. All of the holds are massive, not necessarily good, but large enough that finger injury should be very unlikely. The parent is worried about the combination of pushing the limit of what you can do safely with your strength and doing so as fast as possible. This can lead to being out of control, and strength and technique are part of what keep you safe. You should probably have a very high level of climbing fitness before you even consider this, though I can see it being potentially quite useful. You would also have to break down what is going on in the route that is generated and how it might be dangerous. Throwing out drop knees[0] and heel hooks[1] and yanking on crimps[2] is a great way to get wrecked if you don't know _exactly_ what you're doing. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHlzC7EqyDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHlzC7EqyDA [1] - https://climbingtogetherandotherfunadventures.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/ashima.jpg https://climbingtogetherandotherfunadventures.files.wordpres... [2] - really tiny holds => https://www.google.com/search?q=climbing+crimp&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=climbing+crimp&tbm=isch