How Should Your Climbing Harness Fit?
How should your climbing harness fit? Set the waist above your hips, snug not tight, leg loops to four fingers. Fit guide, hang test, and brand sizing chart.
Climbing Gear
How to care for your climbing gear including climbing shoes, belay devices, rope, harnesses, etc.
Can You Bring Climbing Chalk On A Plane?
Yes, TSA allows climbing chalk in carry-on and checked bags with no limit, but over 12 oz may need separate screening. Liquid chalk follows the 3.4 oz rule.
Should You Wear A Helmet For Bouldering?
Should you wear a helmet for bouldering? Usually no indoors, but a helmet helps outdoors. Learn when to wear one, which type protects best, and how it fits.
What to Wear Bouldering: Women’s Guide
For bouldering, wear stretchy bottoms, a sports bra, a top that lets your shoulders move, and pull your hair back. Your regular workout clothes work fine.
What Affects How Climbing Shoes Fit?
How should climbing shoes fit? Learn how brand, material, and shape change the fit, plus sizing tips to find a snug pair that performs without pain.
How To Clean Your Grigri
How to clean your grigri without wrecking it: the exact Petzl-approved steps for salt, mud, and oily dirt, plus what never to use and when to retire it.
Climbing Chalk: Chunky vs. Fine
Chunky vs fine chalk for climbing: how cost, waste, and application differ, what 79 climbers preferred in our poll, and how to find your own happy medium.
How To Care For Your Climbing Rope
A plain-English climbing rope maintenance and care guide: how to clean, store, wash, and cut your rope so it stays safe and lasts as long as possible.
How To Clean and Disinfect All of Your Climbing Gear
Learn how to clean and disinfect all of your climbing gear, from rope and harness to shoes, carabiners and chalk bag, using manufacturer-safe steps.
The Best Chalk For Climbing and Bouldering
Looking for the best chalk for climbing? A climber-tested rundown of Friction Labs, Black Diamond, Metolius and more, plus chunky vs. fine and liquid chalk.