---
title: 'Sequence and sight-reading'
date: 2026-10-08
summary: 'Seed. Reading a boulder problem from the ground is planning under a model you know to be wrong; the skill is in how cheaply you revise.'
status: seed
topics: [climbing]
canonical: 'https://yhzhan.me/notes/sequence-and-sight-reading/'
source:
  type: own
links_to: [loss-landscapes-and-terrain]
---
Seed. Sight-reading a problem produces a sequence that is usually wrong in one
specific move. Strong climbers do not read better — they appear to re-plan
faster, and from a lower position of commitment.

Worth connecting to search and backtracking properly. Related:
[[loss-landscapes-and-terrain]].