Onsighting Skills

The ability to climb a route onsight from the ground up is often the method of ascent for most trad climbers, especially on multi-pitch routes. This section looks at tactics to employ to help you onsight a climb. Like any skill, the more you onsight the better you will get at doing it, whilst these lessons and advice will help, there is no substitute to deliberately practising these skills every time you climb and then reflecting on what went right and wrong after every climb to help adopt the good and reject the bad aspects of each experience.