When I first started climbing I had no idea what was considered "good" in climbing. When I finally was able to climb my first 5.11a route, I did some research to figure out how good of a climber I...

Have you ever had the itch to go climbing but it was downpour raining outside? Well this always seems to happen to me and I personally can only spend so many days in the gym. Eventually, I said screw...

When I first started sport climbing, my climbing partners were the ones supplying the quickdraws and rope. As I began to get more into climbing, I decided to buy my own draws. The only problem? I had...

I spotted an employee demonstrating beta while barefoot at my local climbing gym on a very slow Monday night. This got me wondering, can you rock climb barefoot? And if so, are there any advantages...

As I rested my pumped forearms at my local climbing gym, my mind started to wander and I began to wonder how much the average climbing shoe weighs. The average climbing shoe weighs between 14 and...

When I first started climbing, I used to store my climbing chalk in the hot, humid trunk of my car. The chalk became completely ruined within a month, well before the chalk's "expiration date". This...