{"id":1782,"date":"2012-02-25T00:07:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T08:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2012-02-25T14:11:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T22:11:02","slug":"climbing-tips-from-a-2-year-olds-climbing-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/climbing-tips-from-a-2-year-olds-climbing-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbing Tips from a 2 Year Old&#8217;s Climbing Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a 2 year old nephew (his birthday was a few days ago) who loves to climb on things. He scared my brother and my sister-in-law by climbing to the 2nd floor on the outside of the stair railing. \u00c2\u00a0While this is a rather admirable feat for a then less than 2 year old, my brother and sister-in-law have been wondering when he&#8217;ll learn that sometimes height can equal hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video my brother sent me the other day:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/37418542\" width=\"400\" height=\"706\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/37418542\">My 2 year old nephew climbing<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/rockgrrl\">rockgrrl<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/37418542\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1788\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/climbing-tips-from-a-2-year-olds-climbing-video\/nephewclimbing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/rgadmin\/rockgrrl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/nephewclimbing.png?fit=277%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"277,483\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nephewclimbing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/rgadmin\/rockgrrl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/nephewclimbing.png?fit=172%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/rgadmin\/rockgrrl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/nephewclimbing.png?fit=277%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1788\" title=\"nephewclimbing\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/rgadmin\/rockgrrl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/nephewclimbing.png?resize=172%2C300\" alt=\"nephewclimbing\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/rgadmin\/rockgrrl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/nephewclimbing.png?resize=172%2C300&amp;ssl=1 172w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/rgadmin\/rockgrrl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/nephewclimbing.png?w=277&amp;ssl=1 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>In the video my nephew:<\/p>\n<p>1. Carefully places his feet. Great footwork is the foundation of climbing.<\/p>\n<p>2. Finds out that if he doesn&#8217;t have a good foothold, he may not be stable enough to get the next hand hold. Climbing is a process, learning the sequence can be the key to a successful ascent.<\/p>\n<p>3. Reasons that if it is not safe to continue*, it is sometimes better to down climb. Downclimbing is a valuable skill.<\/p>\n<p>4. After downclimbing, takes a look at his route again. Analyzing your route is a good way to see if you can spot something to try next time.<\/p>\n<p>5. Goes to get a hug after his climb from the camerawoman (his mom). Everyone needs a little encouragement sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>*the word my nephew keeps saying is, &#8220;High!&#8221; this is what his mom tells him as a warning when he is too high or on something not really possible for him (for example, I noticed my sister-in-law tell him this when he was on some strangely shaped bars meant for big kids).<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to see what other things I&#8217;ll learn from my nephew as he continues his climbing career!<\/p>\n<p>PS &#8211; I wish they had climbing hold playthings in public parks when I was growing up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a 2 year old nephew (his birthday was a few days ago) who loves to climb on things. He scared my brother and my sister-in-law by climbing to the 2nd floor on the outside of the stair railing. \u00c2\u00a0While this is a rather admirable feat for a then less than 2 year old,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[114],"tags":[22,282,235],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa1ZbT-sK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1651,"url":"https:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/yostweetup-april-2011-yosemite-climbing-trip-in-pictures-and-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":1782,"position":0},"title":"#YosTweetup April 2011 &#8211; Yosemite Climbing Trip In Pictures and Video","author":"Eileen Ringwald","date":"April 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"My mind has been in the visual space lately, how could it not be, five days spent in breathtaking Yosemite will do that to you. 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