

Try clipping this to your chalk bag to get some unique perspectives. The Strap’s hand mount works great for capturing 3rd person shots of yourself while climbing slabs, faces, or mountaineering (but it’s not so great while climbing crack.) To mix things up a bit, try these other mounts: The vented helmet strap is useful as a removeable mount it can easily be removed when not in use.įor all climbing POV mounts, make sure that the GoPro is positioned at about a 60-degree angle, which will allow it to capture hands when looking up and feet when looking down. Placement should be in the center of the helmet, slightly above the forehead and slightly below the top. Heat the adhesive with a butane lighter before mounting it to achieve maximum stickiness.

The curved adhesive mounts create a secure, low-profile mount on hardshell climbing helmets.

The Headstrap is best-used when not wearing a helmet, for instance while bouldering. That provides us with three different main mounting options: While climbing, the best footage will be captured from the climber’s POV. As such, it’s important to maximize a camera’s dynamic range Protune enables this on GoPro by shooting higher quality video that is flattened out-allowing users to make more poignant color corrections in post.ĮV Comp: 0 (Adjust Depending on Ambient Brightness) Lighting changes on a whim when clouds move in, snow reflects everything, and rock chimneys may be shrouded in darkness. The natural environment where climbing takes place is dynamic. Recording in a 4:3 resolution allows for cropping latitude in post-enabling you to choose the best part of the frame to feature in each clip. A lot of climbing will be filmed using Point-of-View (POV ) action dictates that the hands are often reaching high and the feet are stepping low. When setting up a GoPro to capture climbing, the two key takeaways are with regards to aspect ratio and Protune. For climbing, where moments alternate between quick pumpy moves or slow glacial slogs, balance is key this set-up works best for me. The first step in capturing great footage is optimizing your settings. Great edits start with great footage-which is easy to capture with GoPro.
