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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. Chal...
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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 vo...
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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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Gyms, Germs & Copper
COVID is hitting indoor climbing gyms pretty hard. We can expect to be the first to lock down and the last to re-open. And with good reason actual...
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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 th...
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Crazy Shit Climbers Do: Sanding Calluses with Pumice
Climbers have a love-hate relationship with their calluses. You don’t want them to be there when they inevitably rip & cause a massive flapper...
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Can Climbing Gyms Filter Chalk out of the Air?
Chalk dust is the bane of a climbing gym owner’s existence. Everything gets covered in it. The holds, the floor, you name it. It seems to get into...
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Crazy Shit Climbers Do: Super Glue Their Fingers
When I first heard of climbers using Super Glue to fix flappers & skin tears by glueing the skin back on, I thought they were crazy. But after...
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How Is Climbing Chalk Made?
Climbing chalk or more commonly called magnesium carbonate in industry is traditionally mined as magnesite & then purified into the powder we ...
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How to Store Climbing Chalk
Climbing chalk or magnesium carbonate powder has become a staple of climbing life. Most climbers use it both at the rocks and at the gyms to keep ...
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