BOARD MEETINGS | Should Climbers Generalize or Specialize?

Prompted by the phrase "Common sense isn't always common practice," from Trevor Ragan of Learner Lab, Nate and Kris sat down to discuss five aspects of climbing where they see this holding true. This is the third of those five aspects: should climbers generalize or specialize?

There is a time to grow your skill set, but it can also be appropriate to focus on one aspect of it. But how do we know when to do which?

This episode originally aired on March 21, 2018.

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