How to care for your climbing gear including climbing shoes, belay devices, rope, harnesses, etc.
Storing your gear in an environment-controlled space is important to ensure that the gear lasts as long as possible. With that being said, here are 23 ideas for storing your climbing gear. 1. Customized Book Shelf Heaven Reorganizing the height of shelves, adding rods for hanging jackets and drawers makes a bookshelf a great way … Read more
I have nine belay devices (tubular, semi-assisted and auto-locking) and I still have a couple on my wish list that I’d like to add to my arsenal so when it comes to climbing gear, you can bet that belay devices are my favorite. As a beginner climber, I bought the cheapest gear on the market … Read more
One of my best friends is finally making the jump to buy his own pair of shoes instead of renting them every time we go climbing together. He loves climbing but he wasn’t sure if he was ready to invest in an expensive pair of climbing shoes while he is still figuring out what kind … Read more
My friend, whom I recently got hooked on climbing, told me that they are looking for a new harness, but wanted tips on how it should fit so they can get the right size. Since it’s been years since I’ve bought a harness (I take care of my harness), I decided to do some research … Read more
I’m getting ready for a short work trip to a place that has a cool bouldering gym that I want to test out in my free time but I was wondering if I could bring chalk on the plane so I did some research to find out. Can you bring climbing chalk on a plane? … Read more
After rock climbing for years, I decided to try bouldering and I noticed that most boulderers don’t wear helmets while they climb so I did some research to find out if I should. Should you wear a helmet while bouldering? Climbing helmets are built to protect things from falling on top of your head. Since … Read more
Whether you are going on a date climbing or just going with friends, you may be wondering what to wear bouldering. I know when I went climbing for the first time, I didn’t know what to wear. So what should women wear? Generally, the clothes that you wear to exercise will work. Just make sure … Read more
If you are buying your first pair of climbing shoes, you may be wondering what affects how climbing shoes fit. What affects how climbing shoes fit? Climbing shoe sizes change based on many factors including brands, material, shoe shapes. As for brands, La Sportiva is commonly smaller than Madrock climbing shoes. As for material, leather … Read more
If you have a grigri, you may be curious about how to disinfect and clean it. Cleaning your grigri is easier than you may suspect. Below is a step-by-step recommendation based on Petzl (the creators of Grigri) maintenance guide for cleaning their guide. When To Clean Your Grigri After use in a salty environment (seaside) … Read more
When it comes to climbing, chalk is one of the most popular tools used by climbers to give them the edge they need to climb higher and harder. Chalk used to only be provided in a block form (still common in most CrossFit and weightlifting competitions) but now you can get it in a liquid … Read more
