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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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The Ultimate Skincare Kit For Climbers
For the best climbers good skin can make the difference between failure and sending the project but regular climbers benefit from a good skincare ...
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Crazy Shit Climbers Do: Gradepointing
Gradepointing is an obscure fun little game you can play on outdoor boulders or short climbs. The idea is very simple: you walk around without a g...
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Don’t Climb On Wet Sandstone
I’m guilty of this myself. For years we’d go to Fontainebleau on rainy weekends and climb on rock that we judged “dry enough”. The problem is, tha...
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How To Use Liquid Chalk For Climbing
Liquid chalk has a couple of serious benefits over more traditional climbing chalk powder: it’s more performant, lasts longer, acts as a disinfecta...
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Crazy Shit Climbers Do: Benzoin
Benzoin is a resin obtained from the bark of several species of trees in the genus Styrax. It’s also sometimes called Storax and typically harveste...
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How to Make Your Own Liquid Chalk
Liquid chalk is a pretty simple product: it’s just alcohol and 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 and especially bouldering gyms can be dusty crowded places that don’t look too appealing to outsiders. It’s not just the chalk powde...
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Does Climbing Chalk Expire?
No. Climbing chalk essentially does not expire. Chalk is an almost completely inert chemical and stays good far beyond the expiration date on the ...
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