Opposite side climb

From Silkworms

opposite-side climb:

(straddle climb, knee climb, crazy climb, opposite side hook climb, scissor climb, bastelle climb) (subida de corva contraria)

from opposite-side knee hook (shown in picture), reach free hand up to grab fabric high above knee. then, while clenching hard with knee and pressing knee down slightly to keep pressure on fabric, release the under-knee hand and reach up to grab fabric beside the first. straighten body until you're hanging free. then invert for the next knee hook.

this really is easier than a hand over hand climb, but it may not seem so until you figure out how and when to press down with the hooked knee to help gain height.

n.b. unlike the same side climb, it is natural for this climb to alternate sides, because straightening the knee shifts the fabric to your other side each time.

uses/builds on: (invert)

links: the seattle circus wiki calls this a straddle climb and describes it here: http://www.byz.org/cgi-bin/SeattleCircusWiki?StraddleClimb

here is a video of this climb on facebook, along with some discussion of names for it.

here is a youtube video that starts with this climb till about 0:18, calling it bastelle climb