Useful products you can use to treat climbing injuries Climbing is an intensive sport and climbers are prone to injuries. Climbing at an intensity you are not used to or at grades well over your limit is a recipe for getting injured. Every climber will get injured doesn’t matter if you are a pro or a novice. If you had never been injured that means you hadn’t been climbing.
Useful products you can use to treat climbing injuries Climbing is an intensive sport and climbers are prone to injuries. Climbing at an intensity you are not used to or at grades well over your limit is a recipe for getting injured. Every climber will get injured doesn’t matter if you are a pro or a novice. If you had never been injured that means you hadn’t been climbing.
Best climbing gear to buy In this article, we’ll look at what are the best climbing gear to buy in 2023. Every year manufacturers develop
Find out everything you need to know about quickdraws. Especially if you are new to sport climbing and just about to dabble in lead climbing.
Different types of carabiners There are different types of carabiners. Big, small, D shape, pear shape, oval shape, solid gate, wire gate, screw gate… confused?
What are the most popular harness competition climbers wear? The popularity of competition climbing had grown immensely since the mid-2000s. And equipment manufacturers had introduced
What are the most popular climbing shoes competition climbers wear The most important gear determining a climber’s performance is his climbing shoes. This is why
How to make a DIY chalk ball? I have a love-hate relationship with chalk balls. There is nothing nicer to squeeze for a climber than
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5 best YouTube channels to watch training for climbing There are countless climbing training videos on YouTube. Videos after videos of climbers on hangboard, Moonboard, campus board… you know the usual stuff. It is hard to know which creators’ training content is good and has different training advice for climbers at different skill levels. Therefore, we are excluding YouTube channels created by any Tom, Dick
Useful products you can use to treat climbing injuries Climbing is an intensive sport and climbers are prone to injuries. Climbing at an intensity you are not used to or at grades well over your limit is a recipe for getting injured. Every climber will get injured doesn’t matter if you are a pro or a novice. If you had never
Lead climbing outdoors – Everything you need to know If you have only been bouldering and top roping in a climbing gym, you are missing out on a lot of fun. The reason you are bouldering and top roping exclusively is most likely because it does not require any ropework and safety knowledge.
Are modern climbing gyms making climbers lazy? Not too long ago being a climber you’ll need to have a few additional skills. Apart from climbing skills, you need to have knowledge of meteorology, logistic planning and entry-level survivor skills.
What is the difference between indirect redirect and direct belay? When it comes to multipitch climbing just knowing how to set up an anchor to belay is not enough. Knowing the different types of belaying methods is crucial. Because you may encounter unforeseen situations which require you to improvise.
How to rappel? Rappelling or abseiling (depending on where you come from) is not something many leisure climbers care about. But, if you want to do big wall climbing or even short 3 to 4 pitches multipitch routes. Then rappelling is something you’ll need to learn and practice. Most climbing accidents happened when rappelling and not while you are climbing.
Behind every route, there is a story. The route is “No Name” at Dairy Farm. It is the first official route established and climbed back in 1987. I had been climbing for nearly two decades and to many Gen-Z climbers I am an old fart and any climbers older than me are considered ancient.
Why it is good to climb like a girl? Not to be sexist here. When someone says to a guy that he ______ (feel free to add in words like run, throw, jump etc) like a girl. The statement is normally derogatory. Men are stronger, faster and more aggressive and women are less so.
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