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Who Got A Boarding Pass For The Paris 2024 Olympics?
We’re seven months away from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and the spirits are getting higher and higher (literally). With the Santiago Pan-American Games opening the Olympic-gate for a few athletes, the IFSC European Qualifier in Laval, France, brought
Sport Climbing Guides
The Beginner’s Guide to Climbing Top Rope
Top rope may not be the most glamorous form of rock climbing, but it’s the first step in the journey for most folks who start climbing. In short, top roping is the safest and simplest way for a new climber
General Knowledge
What is Sport Climbing?
Sport climbing is a style of free climbing whereby the lead climber clips quickdraws and their rope into permanently installed (fixed) protection bolts they ascend.
After arriving at the top of the climb, the leader clips their rope into bolted anchors and is either lowered off or abseils down.
In the event of a fall, a knowledgeable and adequate belayer, the bolted protection and the climbing rope, work together to arrest the leader’s fall before they can hit the ground.
Training
Valuable Climbing Training Tools: The Campus Board
Practically every climbing gym has a campus board. For many beginner climbers, it’s a far-fetched torture device that looks incomprehensible. For other climbers, the campus board is an essential tool in their training toolbox. Where you fall on the spectrum
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Benefits of Rock Climbing
Rock climbing can be a lot of fun, and many climbers find it satisfying to improve their skills and work towards new climbing goals. It’s obvious that heading to the gym or tying into a rope makes you better at
All Free Soloing is Free Climbing, but not all Free Climbing is Free Soloing
The 2018 film, Free Solo, deposited rock climbing into the limelight. In particular, the film highlighted a niche style of climbing called free soloing. To further complicate matters, the film depicted a free solo ascent on one of the largest
Best All-time Female Rock Climbers
Have you ever looked around the climbing gym or crag and noticed more men than women? Rock climbing can often feel like a male dominated sport, and estimates suggest that only around 40% of rock climbers are women. Despite this
Climbing Terminology: Onsight, Flash, Redpoint, and Pinkpoint
Non-climbers probably assume that climbing a route means one thing – you climbed it! But if you’ve been lead climbing for some time, you probably know that’s not the case. You can onsight or flash a route, both of which
5 Fun Rock Climbing Games That Will Make You Stronger
I’ve always thought that rock climbing was the epitome of “fun” and “working out.” It’s like a secret workout disguised by a fun activity. Instead of getting motivated to walk in place on a treadmill or lift heavy objects in
11 Fun Facts About Climbing You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
The sport of rock climbing never ceases to interest me. When I think I’ve reached the pinnacle of fun facts about rock climbing, someone drops a new one I’ve never heard before. So, to help you beef up on rock
The Classic Figure 8 Device
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
Supplements for Rock Climbers
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
Collagen For Climbing: Scientific Fact or Myth?
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
Famous Climbers: The Past & Present
When you’re looking at building a list of the most famous climbers in history, it’s not too hard to begin with. There are some true legends in the sport that live on through history, but then you get to the
How To Start Rock Climbing: A Brief Guide
Rock climbing has exploded in popularity over the past five years or so. Much of that has to do with blockbuster films like The Dawn Wall and Free Solo bringing what was once a sub-culture sport into the limelight with
The Climbers of El Capitan
A big wall of rock like El Capitan is impressive by itself. So impressive that for the majority of the human population, El Capitan is only for looking at. However, for a smaller sample of the population, El Capitan is
Coaching: Do You Need A Climbing Coach?
For most climbers, getting better is one of the key goals they are working towards. And there are many ways to help yourself improve: Watching videos Reading articles Watching more experienced people at the gym Taking lessons at your local
Who Are the 9c Climbers?
What does it feel like to be at the pinnacle of climbing? To be part of the elite group that you can count on one hand, if only a few fingers, those sport 9c climbers? Climbing has always been a
Let’s Talk About Climbing Shoe Sizing: Considerations and More
Climbing shoes are one of the most important pieces of climbing equipment rock climbers rely on. That’s because climbing shoes are responsible for being the direct connection between your feet and the stone. For your climbing shoes to help you
Latest News
Who Got A Boarding Pass For The Paris 2024 Olympics?
We’re seven months away from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and the spirits are getting higher and higher (literally). With the Santiago Pan-American Games opening the Olympic-gate for a few athletes, the IFSC European Qualifier in Laval, France, brought
Sport Climbing Guides
The Beginner’s Guide to Climbing Top Rope
Top rope may not be the most glamorous form of rock climbing, but it’s the first step in the journey for most folks who start climbing. In short, top roping is the safest and simplest way for a new climber
What is Sport Climbing?
Sport climbing is a style of free climbing whereby the lead climber clips quickdraws and their rope into permanently installed (fixed) protection bolts they ascend.
After arriving at the top of the climb, the leader clips their rope into bolted anchors and is either lowered off or abseils down.
In the event of a fall, a knowledgeable and adequate belayer, the bolted protection and the climbing rope, work together to arrest the leader’s fall before they can hit the ground.
Training
Valuable Climbing Training Tools: The Campus Board
Practically every climbing gym has a campus board. For many beginner climbers, it’s a far-fetched torture device that looks incomprehensible. For other climbers, the campus board is an essential tool in their training toolbox. Where you fall on the spectrum
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