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Pcutler

climber
Iowa
Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 28, 2012 - 08:19pm PT
What exactly is the 'levitation technique'

The only way that I know of to climb offwidth is with lots of grunting, struggling and swearing. Then I hear 'experienced offwidth climbers' refer to the 'levitation technique' I'm curious




I'm totally gonna die.
michaeld

Sport climber
Sacramento
Feb 28, 2012 - 08:24pm PT
Levitation Technique?


Yer already dead!
LithiumMetalman

Trad climber
cesspool central
Feb 28, 2012 - 08:28pm PT
From Mackavus

http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=786858

Randy Leavitt and one Yaniro created Leavittation.

Step 1.

get a good jam with one of your legs. best, but not always possible, is to stick a knee in first and bend it so your heel is basically touching your ass. thsi fattens us your leg and allows it to jam. kinda like you are sitting on your foot as someone mentioned.

Step 2.

Take your other leg and do something with it. you are going to be supporting most of your weight on the jammed leg so this isnt as important, but you need to do something with it. kinda put opposing pressure on the opposite side of the crack as your leg. or flag it, or jam it, or smear. do whatever you have to to give you a little extra bit of stabilization.

Step 3.

hand stack, jam whatever. get your hands as high as you can and use whatever jam or stack you need to to fit the crack that you are in. if you can stand up a little without loosing the jam with your leg do it.

Step 4.

hang off that jam\stack and move your legs up as HIGH as you can, untill you are in the position you were at the end of step 2.

repeat untill you are where you wanna go.

this is HARD. and it is even harder to explain, i tried though. you kind of INCHWORM your way up the crack when you do this.
Johnny K.

climber
Feb 28, 2012 - 08:33pm PT
^^ hahaaa


http://widefetish.com/pages/how_to.html#leavittation
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Feb 28, 2012 - 09:04pm PT
Never heard of it ....

Norwegian

Trad climber
Placerville, California
Feb 28, 2012 - 09:11pm PT
i practyce bye
wearing the same pear
of underwear for 9 days ata time.
cintune

climber
Midvale School for the Gifted
Feb 28, 2012 - 09:13pm PT
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=417082&tn=0
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Feb 28, 2012 - 11:56pm PT
Since each photo is worth a thousand words, for some quality Leavitation porn go the photo gallery @ www.widefetish.com

One of the most concentrated repositories of this info anywhere.
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