Bouldering and top roping are the two most accessible forms of climbing to try as a beginner, and are the most common ways to climb at indoor gyms. However, other than those similarities, bouldering...
Category: Rock Climbing
In the last decade, rock climbing has become less of a fringe adventure sport, and more of a mainstream activity. While any sport can feel intimidating to a beginner, rock climbing can feel...
Rock climbing as a sport is growing at a fast pace around the United States and throughout the world. What was once a thrilling, dangerous, daredevil extreme activity is now so mainstream (and safe)...
We're all competitive, even when we try not to be. It's natural to want to know how you stack up to other climbers. There are a lot of nuances that go into climbing grades, even though they're...
If you’ve ever seen pictures of rock climbing, or walked through a place like Yosemite National Park, you might have wondered how rock climbers get back to the ground. Rock climbing is an...
Since climbing outdoors requires a modest investment in basic climbing gear, and can be intimidating for someone new to the sport, climbing gyms have today become the starting point for most folks’...