Rock, ice and alpine — movement, systems and judgement.
Climbing
Lead falls are a normal part of climbing and most people learn to take them badly, by accident, over years. There is a technique, and it can be learned deliberately in an afternoon.
Climbing
Every climber learns a mnemonic for anchor building and most can recite it. Far fewer can explain why each letter is in there, which is the part that matters when the rock does not cooperate.
Climbing
Almost nobody drops a partner because they did something exotic. They drop a partner because of four or five errors that repeat across gyms, crags and countries with depressing consistency.
