I’ve been introducing climbing to a lot of my friends lately and a common thing I notice is that they don’t want to use chalk. I usually convince them to use mine, but it got me thinking, can you go climbing without chalk? Chalk is one of the most common tools used by climbers because …
When I first started climbing, my hands went through a beating and I would get rock climbing “flappers” almost every week. I thought that flappers were just something I had to deal with if I wanted to continue climbing so I did some research. The best way to deal with climbing flappers is to prevent …
I was top-rope climbing with some of my friends earlier today and was wondering should I wear socks with climbing shoes so I did some research and tried it out. Most professional climbers don’t wear socks with climbing shoes. However, there are plenty of great climbers that wear socks with their climbing shoes and it …
I’ve been at the bouldering gym a lot lately and a few of my friends were wondering if bouldering is dangerous. To help settle their concerns (and my own), I decided to do some research to find out. Is bouldering dangerous? There are more injuries from bouldering than there are from rope climbing but that …
I was taking my climbing shoes off today, giving my feet some rest between climbs, and wondering how tight should climbing shoes be so I did a little research. How tight should climbing shoes be? Climbing shoes should be tight enough that there is no space for moving around in the shoe and your toes …
