Repelling is a means of lowering a person from an anchor to the ground using a rope and belay device. Typically, the person being lowered is also the one controlling the gear and thus, how fast they lower off the rope. Repelling is most often used in canyoneering as well as outdoor climbing. However, the … Read more
As an avid climber, I’ve set-up many anchors outdoors for top-rope climbing on bolts. Recently, while talking to a friend about her outdoor experience, she told me that she’s never set-up the anchors herself and has always relied on someone else to do it. This got me thinking about the value of knowing how to … Read more
V3 is an incredible milestone for climbers and once you hit that moment, you may start feeling like climbing V4s is a steeper learning curve and much harder to accomplish. The biggest challenge I noticed as I was working on V4s was that the techniques I needed to use require a bit more strength than … Read more
By now you’ve seen who medalled for the Men’s Olympics and you may be wondering – why didn’t anyone anticipate this line up? Today we are looking at what happened and why everyone (including myself) was wrong I’m also reviewing what it would have looked like if Speed Climbing wasn’t in the Olympics this year … Read more
Belaying is the most important safety skill in climbing and understanding the ins and outs of it can help keep you and your climbing friends safe. If you want to be safe while climbing you and your climbing partner need to be proficient with belaying and it should feel like second nature. This guide directs … Read more
If you’ve been to a climbing gym or seen a rock climber up at a cliffside, you may have noticed them taping their fingers. Climbers typically tape their fingers either because their skin is torn or ready to tear or they are trying to provide tendon support. Depending on the purpose of the taping, there … Read more
If you feel like you’re too tired to finish a route or a climb is too hard, it’s probably that you’re using your arms significantly more than your feet or your footwork sucks. I asked hundreds of climbers on Reddit, Facebook, and at the gym, “what footwork drills do you do?” and these are the … Read more
Olympics are coming (August 3rd) and I made an article a couple of months back about what to expect with the Olympics (events, scoring, list of climbers, etc) and I realized that if you’re like me, then you’re going to want to know about the individual climbers entering the competition – so I did some … Read more
I live 20 minutes from American Fork Canyon and an hour from Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon, which means I can do climbing day trips easily throughout the summer and fall season. Because of this, I have a bit of experience with what to bring on a day trip climbing. In addition to climbing gear, … Read more
In today’s video, we’re going to talk about using the Grigri for top-rope climbing. And it’s an amazing belay device. Honestly, if you’re worried about falling or you’re worried about your belayer being new to belay, this is a great tool that you can use to get that extra sense of safety. If you fall … Read more
