Climb Like A Paraclimber

Climb using only one arm/hand or the other. It helps to put your other hand behind your back to ensure that you don't accidentally use it while climbing. Climbing one-handed is a great way to challenge your footwork and commitment and is best done on vert or slightly overhung terrain.

Climb with only one leg/foot or the other. It is difficult to avoid flagging your other leg since this often occurs naturally as a consequence of certain positions. Don't worry too much about this unless you are hosting a competition (in which case you'll have to decide how much it matters to you). Often climbers recovering from an ankle injury will dabble in one-legged climbing, making it one of the most common ways people climb like a paraclimber without even realizing it.

Climb without the use of your vision by wearing a blindfold. This is a great way to challenge your static climbing and lock off abilities. Make it more fun by encouraging a friend to be your sight guide (known as a caller). Your caller can help you through a climb by telling you how to move and what holds are available.

This is the most common way people climb like a paraclimber without knowing it. Climbers who are paralyzed from the waist down campus as their only way of climbing. Do this to develop awesome upper body strength and remember that while you can use your legs and hips to generate momentum while campusing a wheelchair athlete cannot.

Use climbing tape to tape all of your fingers on one hand together. Do this either with your fingers extended or tape them into a fist for different types of limb difference. Climbing with your fingers taped together helps you get close to understanding the differences in movement and body positioning required by paraclimbers with limb difference.