How to care for your climbing gear including climbing shoes, belay devices, rope, harnesses, etc.
Whether you’re preparing to purchase a rope or you have a rope and are wondering if how you should be taking care of it, you probably have a few questions about extending its life and how to keep it clean and last as long as possible. When I got my first rope I was underwhelmed … Read more
In addition to making your gear look better, your gear will work better and last longer if you keep it clean. Aside from germs, removing dirt and grime from your gear is something that you should be doing at least once-per-year. Some gear should be cleaned more often. For example, if your rope is dirty … Read more
Once you start becoming more serious about climbing, you may ask yourself if you need to upgrade your climbing chalk to a new brand or a different consistency. For me, when I started climbing, I used the cheapest chalk I could find but since then I’ve experimented with different brands and consistency ranging from ultra-chunky … Read more
If you are considering getting into climbing or trying climbing for the first time, you may wonder if climbing is expensive. Like any other activity, you have to buy gear to get started so how much do you have to spend if you want to get into climbing? This article goes into the cost breakdown … Read more
You may be wondering what to wear bouldering, and the topic of wearing socks with your climbing shoes may come to mind. I used to think that wearing socks with climbing shoes was unusual, but as I talked to more and more climbers, I’ve learned that many climbers wear socks with climbing shoes. Though, you … Read more
Going to the climbing gym without a bag of chalk that coats everything in my car with white dust is enticing so I decided to try liquid chalk for a week. In this article, I compare bouldering with liquid chalk and dry chalk. There are two main sections in this comparison; 1) the pros and … Read more
When it comes to weight, some climbers feel that every piece of item that you bring with you is another piece of gear that is going to make climbing harder. Though every ounce does make a difference with the difficulty of a climb, It’s not likely to be significant enough to be the reason you … Read more
Whether you are bouldering for the first time on a date or you want to fit in with your friends when they bring you to the climbing gym, you may be wondering what to wear. In general, as long as you can make full movements in all of your limbs without restrictions from your clothes, … Read more
Whether you just got a new pair of climbing shoes and you don’t want them to stink or you noticed many of your climbing friends have smelly shoes and don’t want to have that in common, you may be wondering how to prevent shoe odor. Below is an outline of everything you need to know … Read more
In the first few years of climbing, I used an ATC and never considered spending additional money on an assisted-braking device. However, after witnessing a terrible climbing accident (not even related to an ATC), I realized that I needed gear that could minimize any risk involved in the dangerous sport of climbing. Is an assisted … Read more
