A TECHNIQUE HANDBOOK FOR INDOOR BOULDERING
Reading
the Wall
Learn to read a problem from the ground
and work out the techniques you need to climb it.
Edited by Simon Gray
Written by Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic
November 2026
Your grade
What problems look like at your grade, and what to work on.
The techniques
Stuck on something?
Troubleshooting goes from what happens on the wall to the techniques that fix it. On the mat is the book on one page, for between attempts.
Exercises
Eight drawn problems to read from the ground, each with its answer.
The book
- Part I Foundations: how movement works and how to read a problem
- Part II The techniques, by category and grade
- Part III Grade by grade: what to focus on from VB to V8+
- Part IV Your body and how you learn
- Appendices