What do the Colors represent?
As you can see, are six colors in KlimBeta which corresponds to the six Faktors of KlimBeta
LABOR
⭐LABOR is the goal or purpose of an experience.
In climbing LABOR is experienced as the competition, the route, the other competitors, the time limit, the tools you use, the clothes you wear and any other rules or regulations.
In some sports like Ski Racing or Kayaking, the goal is to complete your route (course) as quickly as possible, just like Speed Climbing.
In other sports athletes must perform specific Aktions. These Aktions are known by various names among the different sports.
In Freestyle Skiing, Diving and Skateboarding you would call an Aktion a "trick" or "maneuver", while in Gymnastics you'd say "element". As you will see "element" means something slightly different in BETAGLOT
The similarity between all Aktions is that they are performed and judged based on the Execution, Difficulty.
What's with the weird way that Aktion is spelled?
You will notice that some of the spellings that BETAGLOT uses are not English, this is because whenever possible I have tried to use names which are composed of a hybrid between Latin and Greek. This naming convention is designed to fit together with the languages of Biology, Physics, Geology, Philosophy and Psychology, which are all based in Latin or Greek.
- Homo Sapien, Sodium Chloride, Glacier, Psychoanalysis, Bacteria, Biceps Brachii, Flexion, Pandemic, Echo
The purpose of changing the spelling is to enable people from various languages to be able use the names without translation, to make it easier to share and communicate globally. To ensure that the names are easy to pronounce BETAGLOT uses the letter "K" instead of "C" when relevant and also removes silent letters, like "H".
- Action ---> Aktion
- Eco ---> Ekos
If you speak English, French, Spanish or Portuguese, then it should be possible for you to pronounce every name in BETAGLOT
A simple example of an Aktion is reaching. When you reach for something there is an intrinsic goal, to actually get to and establish a grip on a hold.
A more complex element of LABOR is a route. The goal of a route is to get to the top of it, or at least get to the Zone Hold in bouldering.
Here are some more Aktions
- Going through a Gate in Slalom Skiing, and Kayaking
- Reaching with your foot or hand or hip
- Performing a backflip
- Performing a dyno
- Heel Hook, Toe Hook
- Falling
- Rolling your kayak
- Jumping off a ski jump
- Grinding on a rail
- Performing an Ollie
- Performing a Handstand
- Gripping a Sloper
- Crimping an Edge
- Mobility
SOMA
Every person has a different body. The group 🔷SOMA (which is just greek for "body") describes the body part used to perform the Aktion and the specific properties are the body part and body in general.
Everyone is unique, the length of your arms, BMI, total body height, age, ape index etc. all affect the way that an athlete performs an Aktion.
You can perform the same Aktion with a different body part. You can Reach with your Arm or Reach with your Leg
Human Anatomy
- Age, Child, Teen, Senior
- Arm, Leg, Hand, Finger, Torso, Head, Foot
- Muscle, Limberness,Tendons, Ligaments
- Skin, Nail, Hair
Nutrition
- Food, Electrolytes, the need to breathe
Injury
Physiology
- VO2 max, Lung Capacity
EKOS
Humans can't hover, we aren't just floating in space, they are touching the Earth. 🟩EKOS (which is inspired by the concept of "Ecosystem", since the "eco" is Greek for home or environment).
Hydrosphere
- Water
- Rain
- Snow
- Ice
Atmosphere
- Air Temperature
- Humidity
- Wind
Lithosphere
- Sand
- Rock
Fire
Wildfire
Lightning
Biosphere
Things that are alive.
Plants
- Tree
- Bush
- Moss
- Grass
Animals
Fungi
Mixture of Plants, Animals and Fungi
- Organic Layers of Soil
- Forest
- Grassland
- Biome
Artificial EKOS
Climbing Wall
- Holds
- Volumes
- TNut
- Screw
- Plywood Wall
- Textured Paint
Tools are part of LABOR, they extend an athlete's body to perform Aktions on EKOS.
- Hammer
- Clothing
- Carabiner
- Rope
- Harness
- Helmet
- Belay Device
VIA
Say you're skiing down a slope and there is an obstacle in your passage, you can go left or right around it. The part of your experience which deals with the particular way that you perform an Aktion is 🔻VIA.
Constraints
Affordance
enables, can, allows for, offers
The core component of VIA is Affordance. You must perceive that your passage, method, location is possible.
- Grippable
- Can be Gripped
- Crimpable
- Can be Crimped
- Climbable
- Can be climbed
- Matchable
- There is enough space to
We can see that, generally, words that end in "-able" are Affordances
Probability
likely, possible, impossible
Position
AbsolutePosition
northern, southern, upper, lower, beside, western, eastern
Body Position
RelativePosition
between, above, below, under
Direction
up, down, in, out, across, over ...
Passage
Geometry
Shape, Form
Logic
If-then, Causality
MOTOR
To actually move through time and space you require 🟠MOTOR. This group represents your experience of motion in Time. MOTOR includes all of Kinematic Physics (motion, speed, acceleration, time) and Dynamics Physics (force, velocity, momentum, inertia). The person who's work best represents what MOTOR is all about is Isaac Newton.
ANIMA
The most fundamental of all the categories is 💜ANIMA (which was named "Psyche" for about a year during earlier development, but it seemed too difficult for kids to pronounce and it's unfortunately common for people to have a negative association with words like "Psychology", "Psychiatrists").
ANIMA can be translated as "soul". Unlike the other categories ANIMA is mostly not visible from a third person point of view. The foundation of ANIMA and all other categories is Awareness, also called consciousness . Awareness is where "you" are, it's where your thoughts and sensations occur. ANIMA is not logical, it is emotional, intuitive, can be instinctual and is usually non-verbal. ANIMA is anything that occurs in your nervous system.
Although your eyes are part of your body, BETAGLOT categorizes them as ANIMA, given that your retina is literally part of your brain.
ANIMA, also known as Consciousness
Elements of ANIMA include:
- Attention
- Touch, Sight, Hearing, Taste, Proprioception
- Emotions, Moods
- Understanding, Intuition, Recognition
- Sense of Balance
- Metacognition
- Any thought
How do the categories go together?
BETOMs
You've probably noticed that elements just exist by themselves, everything is connected as a combinatory system. The unit of combination is called a BETOM. The rainbow icon has all the colors of BETAGLOT.
Betoms must include at least two elements and are surrounded by square brackets
The order in which the elements of each group is listed is always the same:
- ⭐ LABOR
- 🔷 SOMA
- 🟩 EKOS
- 🔻 VIA
- 🟠 MOTOR
- 💜 ANIMA