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How to Make Your Own Liquid Chalk
Liquid chalk is a pretty simple product: it’s just alcohol & magnesium carbonate mixed together. It’s pretty easy to make your own liquid chalk...
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Why Are Climbing Gyms So Dusty?
Climbing gyms & especially bouldering gyms can be dusty crowded places that don’t look too appealing to outsiders. It’s not just the chalk powd...
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Does Climbing Chalk Expire?
No. Climbing chalk essentially does not expire. Chalk is an almost completely inert chemical & stays good far beyond the expiration date on the...
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Climbing and Hyperhidrosis
Excessive sweating can be a serious burden to your climbing ability. Absorbing sweat is the reason climbers started to use Magnesium Carbonate but ...
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How to Use Climbing Chalk Balls?
Chalk balls are small cotton balls filled with ordinary magnesium carbonate powder. Manufacturers typically put a finer, non-chunky grind of chalk ...
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How to Keep Your Favourite Bouldering Gym Dust Free
Chalk or magnesium carbonate powder can cause an excess of white dust in climbing gyms, especially in small confined spaces & training rooms. T...
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Can I Climb Indoor without Climbing Chalk?
Most people can climb with far less chalk than they think is needed. Some climbers with exceptionally dry hands don’t even need chalk at all. Chalk...
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How to Use Chalk Powder
We don’t sell chalk powder. The whole purpose of our company is to reduce the use of chalk powder in the climbing world.
Our recommendation is to ...
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Crazy Shit Climbers Do: Hoofmaker
This story goes back a long time. Sometime not long after 9/11, I visited the United States for a bouldering trip. We hit areas like Bishop, Joe’s ...
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How Much Does Chalk Cost?
Climbing Chalk or magnesium carbonate is sold in bags, blocks, buckets & bulk. There are significant differences in prices depending on the vol...
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How to Grind Climbing Chalk
The cheapest chalk often comes in block or in chunky form. Yet a lot of people prefer a finer texture while climbing. So let’s explore a couple of ...
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Climbing Chalk vs. Gym Chalk
Climbing Chalk actually has its origins in gymnastics. John Gill had a background in gymnastics when he first introduced magnesium carbonate to the...
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