Fontainebleau is Mecca for boulderers. Don't believe me? Bleau.info has a log of 245 sectors and almost 30,000 boulder problems listed for Font. Speaking of famous forest, Neil Hart has made…
What makes a "perfect" boulder?Is it the tangibles like moves, the texture, the location, the difficulty? Is it the intangibles like the history, the weather, who you were with at…
Grades.With every new grade, comes new debate. Which problem was the first? How much harder than the benchmark does something need to be before it deserves a new number? It's…
If you're a collector of climbing films, there are some that pop up on your radar constantly. These are films that despite being two decades old, there are still plenty…
Southern California... So Cal, or Soul Cal?From Paul Dusatko, who brought us skate-film-esque films like Inertia, and thoughtful profile pieces like A Day in the Life: 5 Women Who Climb, comes Soul…
How to Safely Return to Climbing after LockdownWho's ready?Two months ago, gyms across the world shut down. Major outdoor destinations were asking for visitors and tourists to go home. Access…
There's climbing in Ireland?Yes, there's plenty of climbing in Ireland, and Underdeveloped captures it at a very relateable level. It's a relatively "low budget" film compared to some other offerings,…
Rotpunkt. If you don't speak German, it means Redpoint. Believe it or not, the transition from aid climbing being "climbing" to free climbing being "climbing" is only four-ish decades in the…
You know what Jams My Cams? Hangboard TrainingLike many of you, my state has been under a Shelter-in-Place order since March. Even as parts of the state start to open…
And now for something completely different. Most of the recent reviews have been bouldering flicks, but there are other kinds of climbing, and we're going to the opposite end of…