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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...

At CHALK REBELS, we love the climbing community and their lifestyle. Climbing is all about being present in the moment and that way of experiencin...

Our "Use Less Chalk" Woman. We finished the design for our first posters to encourage climbers to use less chalk in gyms. There's a male version ...

There's this wonderful scene in Free Solo where Alex passes a guy climbing El Cap in a unicorn suit. It's a moment of levity in a movie full of su...

Our "Use Less Chalk" Man. We finished the design for our first posters to encourage climbers to use less chalk in gyms. There's a female version o...

Plastic. Plastic. Plastic. Everywhere. It may have been true 50 years ago that the future is plastics, but today it most decidedly is not. We’re t...

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...

CHALK REBELS contributes 1% of revenue to environmental charities through the 1% for the Planet program. Since its inception in 2002, 1% for the P...

For our logo, we sought inspiration in the stark warnings you find on cigarette packaging. Because we think 20 years from now, chalk over-use will...

I still remember the first time someone told me “Don’t use chalk”. Me and my buddy were bouldering on a hot summer day in Fontainebleau. An old gu...