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There seems to be a negative effect on athletic aerobic performance correlated with dust levels in climbing gyms. This study investigated the issu...

This study looks into the environmental impact of magnesium carbonate in climbing areas. The surprising take-away is that significant levels of mag...

Nanotech is coming to climbing! Climbers use magnesium carbonate to keep their hands dry but magnesium carbonate is used in all kinds of moisture ...

Many gyms have made the use of liquid chalk mandatory since the high alcohol content was expected to be an effective weapon against COVID.

The long-term health effects of chalk dust in gyms is a constant topic of study. Current consensus is that climbing chalk dust has a definite short...

In an effort to stay on top of the science we’re posting all known scientific research around chalk use in climbing. This article is pretty old (2...

This study from 2012 explores the effect of chalk and humidity on friction in a simulated climbing setting with an inclined hangboard. This study ...

This study from 2016 brings up an interesting observation wrt. chalk use among climbers. Even though there is no measurable “material” difference (...

Measuring the effect of chalk on climbing performance is a tricky business. Experiments are very hard to replicate and tend to isolate movements t...

2012 research on the prevalence of magnesium chalk dust in climbing gyms points to liquid chalk being a viable alternative to chalk bans in gyms t...

Climbing chalk is a pretty niche product and there's still a lot of uncertainty about how effective it is and if prolonged chalk use has any nega...

This 2014 study analysed the genetic sequences of micro-organisms found on climbing holds in several gyms. Guess that they found? Shit! That’s righ...