What to Bring on Your Next Climbing Day Trip
What to bring on a climbing day trip, from a hammock and real food to water and a first aid kit, plus the climbing gear checklist for bouldering and ropes.
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How to Belay With a Grigri for Top Rope Climbing (Photos and Video)
Learn how to belay with a Grigri for top rope climbing: loading the rope, taking in slack, keeping your brake hand on, and lowering your climber safely.
How Climbing Routes Are Set: Interview with Team USA Chief Route Setter Mike Bockino
Team USA chief route setter Mike Bockino explains how climbing routes are set: his process, choosing holds, keeping comps fair, and becoming a setter.
Tendon Nutrition for Climbers: Collagen, Timing, and Recovery
What you eat changes how your tendons recover. Here’s the tendon nutrition for climbers that supports collagen, plus when to take it and who it helps.
Exercises to prevent tendon injuries for climbers
Climbing coach Eric Horst on how to prevent tendon injuries climbing: smart dosing, rest-day loading, and protective sessions that keep your fingers healthy.
Climbers’ Tendon Injuries and What Causes Them
Climbing tendon injuries sneak up when your tendons fall behind your muscles. Learn what causes them, the common finger and elbow injuries, and how to cut risk.
Mental Training for Climbing: Train Your Mind to Send
Mental training for climbing is the skill most climbers skip. Learn to beat the fear of falling and failure, rewrite your scripts, and send more.
How to Self-Rappel on a Single Line With a GriGri
Learn how to self rappel on a single line with a GriGri, from building a retrievable anchor to rigging the device and getting your rope back safely.
How to Self Rappel With a GriGri
Learn how to self rappel with a GriGri using a doubled rope, a solid anchor, and a stopper knot. Follow each safety step and get pro instruction first.
What Is the Safest Way to Rappel?
Learn the safest way to rappel, from building a bomber anchor to lowering with a Grigri. Real climber steps, backup and knot tips, plus when to get instruction.