The figure-8 has been a tool utilized in climbing for well over 50 years. As a result, most climbing hardware manufacturers have designed at least one model at some point in time. In its heyday, the figure-8 was one of the most utilized belay and rappel device. Over the years, it stood the test of …
Last week, Will Bosi, the boulder-crushing Scotsman, found himself facing what might just be his greatest bouldering problem to this day. Terranova, a route established by Adam Ondra in 2011, is a 17-move boulder problem with a V16 grade, but which no one has managed to repeat and thus confirm the difficulty. It took Adam …
If you are like me, when you think of someone taking dietary supplements for sports performance, you picture a muscular person in a cut-off tank top shaking their mixer bottle and glugging down a mystery concoction before, during, and after a weightlifting session. However, it’s not only weightlifters who use supplements to enhance their workout …
Indoor rock climbing has become so popular that for some people, the sport only exists indoors in wonderfully colorful and air-conditioned spaces with foam floors and a cafe or bar. And if you read that and thought, “That’s what I thought,” I’m here to blow your mind. Beyond the confines of state-of-the-art modern climbing gyms …
If you have been paying attention to recent trends in sports nutrition, then you’ve probably heard about collagen supplementation. And if you are a climber, you have probably been introduced to the merits of collagen for climbing. Rock climbers herald collagen for climbing because it can help build finger strength, recover from workouts faster, and …
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