Climbers in Quarantine: Part 2

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…

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Spray in the Time of COVID19

I wish I didn't have to write this article, genuinely.I have had a drafted article about "Spray" sitting on this blog, for years.  I've never posted it because everytime I…

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Gear Guide – The Crag Car

The Crag Car.  You know you're getting committed to a hobby when it influences major decisions like what car you're driving - I'd do a follow up article on where…

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In Defense of the “Easy”

I'm 10 feet up on a problem that the guidebook calls "Carnage Central - the site of more broken ankles than any other problem in the park".  I am shaking,…

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Climbers in Quarantine

How to Spend the Next 15 to 30 Days in IsolationIt’s no secret that we are all going through a crisis with the Covid-19 pandemic.  Gyms have been closing across…

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How to Transition to Indoor Climbing

I see a lot of posts on Reddit these days asking the same question over and over:  "How do I transition from indoor climbing to outdoors?"  As far as I…

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A Guide to Socializing in the Gym

People.  People are hard to deal with.  Some of us are better at it than others, and I wanted to give you an idea on ways to deal with the…

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JMC: The True Cost of Competition Climbing

You know what Jams My Cams? Competition climbing.  At its start, it was literally called "sport climbing" by the Euros, although the English-speakers have co-oped that to being anything with bolts…

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