What is flash climbing?

FLASH Climbing a route on the first try (with prior knowledge of the moves; i.e. after watching another person climb the route, or given beta).Click to see full answer. Similarly one may ask, what does Flash mean in rock climbing?Flash means someone gives you beta or tips or you watch another climber first and then try the route. Onsight means you come to the climbing route or Boulder and successfully climb it without any information about it beforehand.Secondly, what is onsight climbing? Onsight Climbing Tips for Sport Climbers. To onsight a route means to walk up to it and send it first try, having never seen anyone on it or being told any beta. Onsight climbing is hard to do, especially at grades near your limit. Spend a lot of time climbing easy routes in the gym, flowing up the holds to a rhythm. Also question is, what does it mean to flash a route? Onsite- Doing a route/ boulder first try without falling and without prior information. Flash- Doing a route/ boulder first try without falling with some information, such as a rack suggestion or beta. Redpoint- Mostly used in sport climbing. Doing a route without falling after at least one attempt.What does Redpoint mean in climbing?In sport climbing, redpointing is free-climbing a route, while lead climbing, after having practiced the route beforehand (either by hangdogging or top roping). Free-climbing while leading with preplaced quickdraws is sometimes referred to as a pinkpoint.