Maybe you’ve recently found a special someone. They’re amazing, you have a great time with them, and they rock climb. Perhaps you rock climb too but have never shared the rest of your life with another climber. While climbers are known for their welcoming, encouraging, and uplifting […]

If you have set foot in a rock climbing gym recently, in a newer facility, you’ll likely notice signs for yoga classes and a separate yoga room off the main gym. Maybe you’ve even taken some yoga classes at your local climbing facility. From an outside perspective […]

Every sport or community has stereotypes among its participants. It’s human nature to group people based on similarities; think of all the times you’ve been in a conversation in which there is a reference to the high school jock, or skateboard, emo kid. The rock climbing community […]

If you’ve ever tried to campus up the climbing wall, you know how hard it is to climb without using your feet for more than a few moves. Save for the few boulder bros or insanely strong climbers in the gym, most of us rely on our feet to help us ascend a climb. But there’s a difference between keeping your feet on the wall while climbing and using them to improve your climbing efficiency and reduce energy expenditure.