Category: Climbing Tips

Reaching the point in your climbing career where you have gotten committed to trad climbing and want to build your own rack can be super exciting but also pretty daunting. A trad rack is a

So you’re just getting into climbing, and you tell your buddy that you want to buy your own shoes. Your buddy says that you should get the tightest shoes you can because that’ll help your

With so many different techniques and moves to learn when you start climbing, it can be easy to forget to take a rest, both in learning and while climbing. Learning how to properly rest while

No matter how long you have been climbing, you must have experienced the tension and stress of arm pump that keeps you incapacitated on the wall, unable to untie your eight figure knot, or has

It may seem like a ridiculous question, but it is one that many new climbers find themselves contemplating. What to wear when you go rock climbing? Like many other sports, rock climbing-specific clothing is available.

Climbing an overhanging route can be super intimidating, both mentally and physically. These routes often take climbers years to work up the courage to project, but they shouldn’t be that scary. There are a variety

Rock climbing is an amazing sport that offers a great workout to anyone who wants to try it! One of the downsides of the sport is that it can be pretty hard on your fingers,

When you think of rock climbing, you probably imagine miles of rope stretched along endless slates of rock weaving in and out carefully placed carabiners. That’s pretty much the gist of it, but for an avid climber there’s way more to it than that.

Have you felt a low achy pain in your elbow as you’ve started warming up for climbing? Maybe the evening after climbing, your elbow is in lots of sharp pain? If either or both of

Many climbers live by the adage that the only way to train for climbing is to climb more, and maybe that works for you, but if you’re looking to add some off the wall training