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Climbing Chalk and Contaminants
Climbing chalk is “just” Magnesium Carbonate (MgCO3) but because of the way it is produced it can contain “heavy metal” contaminants like Lead and ...
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Flow & Surfing, Skateboarding, Climbing at the Tokyo Olympics
What does sport climbing have in common with 2 other sports introduced at the Tokyo 2020 / Tokyo 2021 Olympics? One word: Flow.Sport climbing was ...
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Synthesised vs Mined Climbing Chalk
Climbing Chalk is essentially magnesium carbonate and most of it comes to us through an open-pit mining process. The mining process extracts the m...
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Do You Know What’s In Your Climbing Chalk?
While at the core climber’s chalk is supposed to be just pure Magnesium Carbonate there are some observable differences between sources. For all p...
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Top 5 Climbing Chalk Mistakes Climbers Make
Climbing chalk may seem like a simple product but in fact there’s a lot of science behind it. Yet most climbers let their use of it be guided by h...
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Skincare For Climbers: Tape Your Fingers
Finger tape is used in two main ways by climbers: to protect the finger skin and to support the finger after a tendon injury. Protecting your fin...
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Do You Know Where Your Chalk Comes From?
Magnesium Carbonate is made from magnesite, a mineral mined from the Earth. Currently over 70% of all magnesite is mined in China. While the CCP h...
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How To Clean Climbing Holds
If you have a small home gym you’ll probably start to wonder about how to actually clean the holds after a couple of months of intense use. A laye...
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Crazy Shit Climbers Do: Ethanol
Even before COVID hit some of the more experienced climbers knew there was something interesting about high-purity alcohol. Not the kind for drinki...
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How to use climbing chalk blocks
If you’re going to buy climbing chalk powder this is probably going to be a good option for you. Chalk comes in big bags today but for a long time...
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How To Get Started: Indoor Bouldering
Climbing gyms have been around since the late 1980’s. They started out as indoor training facilities for dedicated outdoor sports climbers but the...
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Crazy Shit Climbers Do: Electrocution
In their never-ending quest to improve friction some climbers have started to electrocute their hands. Iontoporesis is a known treatment for patie...
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