Piazen

Climber in Saxon Switzerland near Piazen, around 1965

When Laybacking (also Brachiation or counter-pressure technique referred to) is a climbing technique in which is brought by displacement of the body center of gravity rearwardly and train the hands Seitgriffen pressure on the feet. This technique makes it possible to climb even in passages with little or no step, such as in cracks or along rock scales, by using the friction between the shoe sole and rock or artificial wall . Piazen requires a lot of strength, especially in longer and overhanging sections.

The name goes back to the Italian mountain guide Giovanni Piaz , who developed the method. In France, Italy and occasionally in Switzerland it is traced back to the German mountaineer Hans Dülfer , which is why one speaks in French of la méthode Dülfer or of Dülfer , whereby it is to be distinguished from the Dülfer seat for abseiling, which is also named after Dülfer .

Web links

Wikibooks: Piazen (crack climbing)  - learning and teaching materials

• Piazen on the climbing pole , May 14, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klettern.de: The great rock house L to P ( Memento from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on November 17, 2015