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These are posts where I give you advice from what I’ve learned from my own climbing. I wish I had had these pointers when I was starting out, because I personally dealt with a half-year plateau that could have been easily avoided with the right climbing advice.
- How to Become a Better Climber When You’re First Starting Out: 9 Tips
- How to Start Doing Pull-ups for Climbing: 3 Tips
- 50 Rock Climbing Tips for Beginners and Intermediates
- 21 Advanced Bouldering Tips and Techniques
- The Ultimate Guide to 4x4s for Rock Climbing Training
- Does Rock Climbing Build Muscle?
- How to Stretch Climbing Shoes: Ultimate Guide
- 15 Climbing Core Workout Tips
- Can You Shrink Climbing Shoes?
- How Many Calories Do You Burn Rock Climbing?
- Hand Care Tips for Climbers: The Ultimate Guide
- What to Wear When Rock Climbing
- How to Avoid Pump When Climbing: 15 Tips
- Liquid Chalk vs Dry Chalk: The Ultimate Guide
- How to Find Rock Climbing Near You
- Bouldering vs. Rock Climbing: What’s the Difference?
- How Should Climbing Shoes Fit?
- 19 Rock Climbing Exercises at Home
- How to Drop Knee: Climbing Techniques & Moves
- How to Backstep: Climbing Techniques & Moves
- How to Toe Hook: Climbing Techniques & Moves
- How to Flag: Climbing Techniques & Moves
- How to Heel Hook: Climbing Techniques & Moves
- How to Mantle: Climbing Techniques & Moves
- How to Smear: Climbing Techniques & Moves
- 11 Onsight Climbing Tips to Climb Stronger
- How to Clean Rock Climbing Shoes
- The Best 25 Climbing Stretches
- How Much Does Rock Climbing Cost?
- What Are Rappel Rings Used For?
- How to Deal With Rock Climbing Flappers
- How to Deadpoint in Climbing: Climbing Techniques & Moves
- Antagonist Climbing Training: The Best Guide
- Climbing Grades vs. Bouldering Grades: What to Know
- When to Resole Climbing Shoes
- Climbing with Weights: Does it Help?
- Climbing Elbow Pain: What is it and How to Treat it?
- Lead Climbing vs. Top Rope Climbing: What’s the Difference?
- Climbing Safety Tips: How to Stay Safe While Climbing
- How to Warm-Up Before Climbing?
- How Painful Should My Climbing Shoes Be?
- The Scapular Pull-Up: How to Use it to Improve Your Climbing?
- Climbing Diet: Climber Nutrition Must Knows
- Rock Climbing Therapy: 13 Benefits of Rock Climbing on Mental and Physical Health
- What Muscles Does Rock Climbing Work?
- 7 Techniques for Climbing Overhangs: How to Climb Overhangs
- Climbing Tips for Tall People: The Ultimate Guide
- Climbing Tips for Short People: The Ultimate Guide
- 15 Unwritten Rules of Climbing Gyms and Crags
- How High are Climbing Walls on Average?
- How to Start Rock Climbing?
- Is Rock Climbing a Sport?
- What to Wear Indoor Rock Climbing?
- Beginner Hangboard Workout for Climbers
- Do You Wear Socks with Climbing Shoes?
- How to Belay with a GriGri?
- Yoga for Climbers
These are posts where we review climbing gear. We dig into what people like and dislike, typically putting things into categories of our favorites, runner ups, and value picks.
- Best Beginner Rock Climbing Shoe? Evolv Axiom Climbing Shoe Review
- The Best Climbing Backpacks of 2021
- The Best Bouldering Chalk Buckets of 2021
- The Best Grip Strengtheners for Climbing of 2021
- The Best Climbing Balm and Salve for Your Hands of 2021
- The Best Climbing Tapes of 2021
- The Best Crack Climbing Gloves of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gear for Kids of 2021
- The Best Climbing Harnesses of 2021
- The Best Climbing Carabiner of 2021
- The Best Climbing Chalk of 2021
- The Best Stick Clips for Climbing of 2021
- The Best Belay Glasses for Climbing of 2021
- The Best Climbing Pants of 2021
- The Best Climbing Snacks for Rock Climbing of 2021
- The Best Beginner Climbing Shoes of 2021
- The Best Climbing Sun Protection of 2021
- The Best Climbing Nuts for Trad Climbing of 2021
- The Best Sport Climbing Rope of 2021
- The Best Climbing Brush of 2021
- The Best Portaledge for Big Wall Climbs of 2021
- The Best Rope Bag for Climbing of 2021
- The Best Extension Pole for Stick Clipping for Climbing of 2021
- The Best Cam Set for Trad Climbing of 2021
- The Best Intermediate Climbing Shoes of 2021
- The Best Belay Gloves for Climbing of 2021
- The Best Rock Climbing Pulleys of 2021
- The Best Belay Devices for Climbing of 2021
- The Best Gifts for Climbers of 2021
- The Best Hangboards for Climbing of 2021
- The Best Pumice Stones for Climbers of 2021
- The Best Gym Climbing Shoes of 2021
- The Best Quickdraws for Climbing of 2021
- The Best Climbing Holds of 2021
- The Best Minimalist Hiking Boots of 2021
- The Best Climbing Fingerboards of 2021
- The Best Canyoneering Shoes of 2021
- Auto Belays: How Do They Work?
- Climbing Gear Storage Ideas: How to Store Rock Climbing Gear?
- NoCry Massage Gun Review: Is It Worth It?
Ever wonder what the best podcasts are to listen to as climbers? Or maybe what climbing movie to watch next on Netflix? We cover topics like these in this section of our site.
These are posts where we review camping gear. We go knees deep on topics like what the best water containers for camping are, the best mugs for backpacking, and more.
We scoured the web and couldn’t find a single site that did a comprehensive look into the top climbing gyms of different major cities in the United States. So we wrote these posts to help compile the best climbing gym information available.
- The Best Climbing Gyms in San Diego of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Houston of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Los Angeles of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Denver of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Phoenix of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Dallas of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in San Francisco of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Portland of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Philadelphia of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Charlotte of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in San Antonio of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Seattle of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Salt Lake City of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in San Jose of 2021
- The Best Climbing Gyms in Chicago of 2021
This is my main series which documents each climbing session I have in working towards my goal of sending a V7. I achieved this goal, but unfortunately wasn’t all that diligent in digitizing all my logs ☹️ I do have every log though and hope to one day get to digitizing my journey to becoming a steady V7 climber.
- Journey to V7: The Beginning of My Climbing Log (1/2/2018)
- Journey to V7: Rocking the First Friday (1/5/2018)
- Journey to V7: Chipping away at the V5s (1/7/2018)
- Journey to V7: Keep calm and climb light (1/9/2018)
- Journey to V7: Gradually picking things back up (1/11/2018)
- Journey to V7: New personal best (1/15/2018)
- Journey to V7: Back on the V4 and V5 grind (1/18/2018)
- Journey to V7: Feeling out of sync (1/20/2018)
- Journey to V7: Testing the V6 waters (1/23/2018)
- Journey to V7: 100 sends in 2018! (1/25/2018)
- Journey to V7: Scaling back a bit (1/28/18)
- Journey to V7: Top-roping and a V6 send (1/31/18)
- Journey to V7: Light day for recovery (2/2/18)
- Journey to V7: Back to regular climbing at FA Uptown (2/3/18)
- Journey to V7: Some days you just fail a lot (2/5/18)
- Journey to V7: The struggle continues (2/8/18)
- Journey to V7: Switching things up (2/10/18)
- Journey to V7: Solid return from a 5-day break (2/15/18)
- Journey to V7: The blue V5 strikes again (2/17/18)
- Journey to V7: Solid V4-heavy day (2/19/18)
- Journey to V7: Final climb of the week (2/21/18)
- Journey to V7: It’s been a while, BKB (2/26/18)
- Journey to V7: New personal best at First Ascent Block 37 (2/28/18)
- Journey to V7: Back from long weekend (3/5/18)
- Journey to V7: Close to perfect session (3/7/18)
- Journey to V7: New PR, almost hit 100 points (3/10/18)
- Journey to V7: Continuing to climb strong (3/13/18)
- Journey to V7: Campus boarding is so much easier (3/15/18)
- Journey to V7: The 40+ point streak continues (3/17/18)
- Journey to V7: So sore, but climb on (3/18/18)
- Journey to V7: Why can’t I get this V5? (3/20/18)
- Journey to V7: Testing the V6 and V7 waters again (3/22/18)
- Journey to V7: Three days off = high volume session (3/25/18)
- Journey to V7: Still gassed from last time (3/27/18)
- Journey to V7: Got the V6 I wanted (3/29/18)
- Journey to V7: Finished my first 5.11d (4/1/18)
- Journey to V7: Bouldering League debut (4/4/18)
- Journey to V7: Another high volume session (4/7/18)
- Journey to V7: General full-body workout (4/9/18)
- Journey to V7: Last session of stretch four (4/11/18)
These are my high-level analyses of every ten climbing sessions. You’ll find details on my average workout during different stints in my Journey to V7 series.