Heather Weidner and Arno Ilgner – The Art of Redpointing

Heather Weidner and Arno Ilgner – The Art of Redpointing

Check it out: Heather Weidner and Arno Ilgner – The Art of Redpointing

Learn how to redpoint in this online climbing class, with pro climber Heather Weidner and mental-training expert Arno Ilgner. Unlock pro tips and world-class advice, including physical and psychological training techniques, becoming comfortable falling, linking sections, and overcoming frustration. Learn to embrace the process and climb harder and smarter than ever with Climbing Magazine’s The Art of Redpointing.

Get redpoint-ready with this online climbing course taught by the pros. You’ll unlock every essential of redpointing, including how to pick the right project, train your mind, prepare your body, refine your beta, and execute effective burns, with the ultimate goal of a redpoint send.

How This Course Works

We know you have a busy schedule, so we’ve designed this course to be taken at your own pace. You’ll learn through a variety of interactive formats, including video instruction, photo descriptions, and more. Each session builds on the last, and, while we’ve designed the course to be 9 weeks long, you can take it as quickly or slowly as you want. Plus, once you purchase the course, the lessons are yours forever.

Syllabus:

Phase 1: Preparation

1. The Mental Game
• Mental Training
• Focus and Attention
2. Getting Comfortable Falling
• Managing Fear
• Practicing
• How to Fall
• Belayer and Climber Communication
3. Learning and Practice
• Analyzing the Route
• Experimenting with Beta
• Clipping Through Cruxes
• Creating Beta Maps
• Ticking and Brushing

Phase 2: Practice

1. Linkage
• Linking Sections
• Highpointing and Lowpointing
• Training on Route
• Gear Refinement
• Cadence and Rest Refinement
• Clipping Efficiently
2. Psychological Refinement
• Working the Route
• Falling Practice
• Visualization

Phase 3: Redpointing

1. Redpoint Burns
• Focus and Attention
• Goal-Setting
• Shifting from Practice to Application
• Go Time
2. Succeeding with Failure
• Not Going at 100 Percent
• Falling Due to Fatigue
• Falling Due to Hitting a Mental Wall
• Regression on Cruxes
• Overcoming Poor Conditions
• Dealing with Poor Attitude
• Tunnel Vision