Helicopter Direct Start

This is a variation of

Helicopter

and also the start of some of the hard Helicopter eliminates such as

CPR

,

Pop Goes the Weasel

, and

Grape Ape

. This is also the version of

Helicopter

used in

Air Loopis

. Hopefully this will help clarify some of the descriptions of these problems.

Begin with your left hand on a good undercling (the "toe-hook hold" for the typical

Helicopter

beta) and with your right hand on a "circular" undercling up and right of your left hand. Pull on, and slap up and left to a set of dish-like slopers. Then, get your feet sorted, match, and do some traversing moves into the top half of

Helicopter

.

I would say that this is maybe a half-grade harder than the typical

Helicopter

start (

i.e.

the Flaming Arrow start).

0-3 pads, depending on how cool you are.