How to Find Outdoor Rock Climbing Near You
Advanced, Intermediate

How to Find Outdoor Rock Climbing Near You

Looking for outdoor rock climbing near you? You’re in luck; it hasn’t been easier to find local crags than now.  Here is a list of all the ways to find Read More

How to get the most out of your climbing gym session
Beginner, Intermediate

How to Get the Most out of Your Rock Climbing Gym Session

While rock climbing is a powerful stress reliever, it can also be a source of stress when you want to get the most out of your rock climbing gym session. Read More

Intermediate

What Most Climbers Get Wrong About the Locking Off Technique

What is Locking Off? In climbing, the term locking off is when a climber tries to hold a position on the rock wall. The arms are usually bent around a Read More

Intermediate

A Quick Climbing Tutorial on High Stepping

Why Do You Need a High Step? High steps become more and more common as slab and vertical moves get harder. A high step is difficult to precisely define. In Read More

Intermediate

Dynamic Climbing 1.0: Deadpointing

What is a Deadpoint? Deadpoints are the foundation of dynamic climbing. It’s a movement pattern that aims to use momentum, rather than pure strength, to accomplish a move.   The Read More

Understanding Climbing Grades
Intermediate

Understanding Climbing Grades

Whether you see “5.10b” in a gym or guidebook, understanding climbing grades is not intuitive. As you climb more, understanding climbing grades becomes second nature. One thing to remember throughout Read More

Intermediate

How to Practice Climbing at Speed

Speed Climbing vs Climbing at Speed? The simplest way to introduce the feel of dynamic climbing is to start climbing “at speed.” It is likely that you have some passing Read More

A man lead climbing
Intermediate, Technique

Am I Ready To Learn How To Lead Climb?

For many, lead climbing is what draws us into the sport of rock climbing. Do you ever ask yourself why you climb? What is it about this sport that draws Read More

Intermediate

Enhance Your Movement in Climbing: Dynamic Weight-Shifting

What Does it Mean to Be Dynamic in Climbing? Dynamic movement takes advantage of the momentum generated during a move to propel your body (most notably, your hips) up to Read More