how to hold onto slopers

How to hold onto slopers and learn to love them

How to hold onto slopers If there is a type of hold that climbers hate it would be the dreaded sloper. It is not a hold that inspires confidence, especially on exposed routes with dodgy footholds. And many climbers bail on moves that involve slopers ending their chance of sending the route. Sloper holds are a challenge for even the most seasoned climbers.

how to hold onto slopers

How to hold onto slopers and learn to love them

How to hold onto slopers If there is a type of hold that climbers hate it would be the dreaded sloper. It is not a hold that inspires confidence, especially on exposed routes with dodgy footholds. And many climbers bail on moves that involve slopers ending their chance of sending the route. Sloper holds are a challenge for even the most seasoned climbers.

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Training for climbing | 5 best YouTube channels to watch

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

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Useful products you can use to treat climbing injuries

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

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New to lead climbing outdoors – Everything you need to know

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.

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Are modern climbing gyms making climbers lazy?

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.

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how to hold onto slopers

How to hold onto slopers and learn to love them

How to hold onto slopers If there is a type of hold that climbers hate it would be the dreaded sloper. It is not a hold that inspires confidence, especially on exposed routes with dodgy footholds. And many climbers bail on moves that involve slopers ending their chance of

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How to rappel – everything you need to know

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.

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Q&A with the Pioneer of Dairy Farm – Lawrence Lee

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.

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What are the advantages of being a short climber?

What are the advantages of being a short climber? You’ll probably have asked this question especially if you have just started climbing and you happen to be short. Let’s put things into context. According to Google’s top search result, to be considered short for men, you’ll have to be 1.65m and below. And for

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