To help you narrow down your choices, here are some key things to consider when selecting the best climbing shoes for beginners. … More The Best Climbing Shoes For a Beginner – How to Choose
In recent years, dedicated ice climbers have discovered that the best glove for ice climbing may not be an ice climbing glove at all, but surprisingly, a work glove used by fishermen. … More The Fisherman Gloves for Ice Climbing
This is a fantastic helmet for certain types of users. … More Black Diamond Vapor Climbing Helmet Review
A review of some popular premium quickdraw options for sport climbing and lightweight trad climbing. … More Best Ultralight Quickdraws for Sport Climbing
After whetting their appetite sport climbing outdoors, many gym-to-crag climbers will eventually desire to get into trad climbing (AKA traditional climbing). Trad climbing gear is more complicated and varied than sport climbing equipment, leaving many beginner trad climbers overwhelmed with their purchasing options. Here, we will give a short list of trad climbing essentials, and … More What to Buy For Your First Trad Rack
The first thing a new rock climber learns in a climbing gym is how to top-rope, so it makes sense that the first activity a gym to crag climber would want to learn is how to top rope outside. After all, how do you set up a top rope when no one has done it … More Buying Guide For Top-Roping Outside
When you tell your mama you’re getting into rock climbing, the first question she’s going to ask you is: “do you have a helmet for this rock climbing?” And you better be able to answer her: YES!! Below you’ll find our guide to choosing a good helmet for sport climbing. Truth is, it’s not that … More How to Choose a Helmet for Sport Climbing
Your nut tool is good for a few things other than removing stuck stoppers. A few other things you can try: … More Best Nut Tool for Trad Climbing
A short video showing how to place quickdraws and connect to the rope while lead climbing indoors and outdoors. … More Learn How to Clip While Lead Climbing
Many climbing gyms require climbers use Petzl GriGris for top-roping. In fact, GriGris are quickly becoming the standard belay device for climbing gyms. We can safely say the GriGri is the best belay device for indoor rock climbing. However, when you decide you want to advance from top-rope rock climbing to lead climbing, things get … More How to Lead Belay With A GriGri
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