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Pcutler
climber
Iowa
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 28, 2012 - 08:19pm PT
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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.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Feb 28, 2012 - 08:24pm PT
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Levitation Technique?
Yer already dead!
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LithiumMetalman
Trad climber
cesspool central
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Feb 28, 2012 - 08:28pm PT
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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.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 28, 2012 - 09:04pm PT
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Never heard of it ....
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Feb 28, 2012 - 09:11pm PT
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i practyce bye
wearing the same pear
of underwear for 9 days ata time.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 28, 2012 - 11:56pm PT
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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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