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Trad Climbing
Traditional climbing means placing your own protection and trusting it. These videos cover reading rock for placements, setting nuts and cams, and judging gear you would stake your life on, the core skill of the trad discipline.
How to place trad climbing gear
Altus Mountain Guides
0How to place and judge trad climbing gear including Nuts, Hexes & Cams.
JB Mountain Skills
0How I learned to place trad gear I'd trust with my life
Dave MacLeod
0Learning to Trad Climb: Part 2 - Placing rock protection
DMM Wales
0Trad Climbing Basics- Placing Your Nuts!
BetaClimbers
0How to place trad gear on lead
Noah Kane
0Placing trad gear - cams and nuts
Sam Farns Climbing
0Pro Trad Tip - How To Place Nuts With Neil Gresham | Climbing Daily Ep.1935
EpicTV Climbing Daily
0How to Place Cams | Beginner's Guide to Trad Climbing
Summit Seekers Experience
0Trad Climbing Rack for Beginners and Experts (and equipment)
Skills for Climbing
0How to rack for trad climbing with Beth Rodden
Metolius Climbing
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