Are your climbing shoes too big? If you want to learn how to shrink them, you’re in the right place. Whether you’re a new climber and accidentally overestimated your foot size when shoe shopping for climbing shoes, like me or you’ve lost weight and your feet have shrunk in size […]

For women climbers, it’s important to get a harness that fits you just right. This is one of the most important pieces of safety equipment we use anywhere we climb, which is why you should invest in your own climbing harness designed just for women. Whereas helmets are typically unisex, […]

Whether you started taking up climbing before becoming a parent or if it’s something you began to explore after starting your family, it doesn’t matter. Because sooner or later, kids get curious about your gear. And more than likely, you’ve had to take them along to the climbing gym because […]

I remember all too well the first time my best friend dragged me to the climbing wall. I’d been an unwilling participant but I’d made a promise I’d give it a try. And I remember how hard he’d laughed when I asked him if I could wear my glasses. Perhaps […]

Recently, some climbing friends had gathered together for a non-climbing scenario. I know, shocking, right? Anyway, one of the newer guys who had just gone out on his first crag after spending time on the climbing wall at the gym asked us about wet ropes and electricity. To me, it […]

Looking for a new belay device? Or perhaps you’re just beginning your adventures into climbing and getting your first one. Whatever the occasion, I hope I can provide some valuable insight to help guide you in the right direction. If you’re here, you know what a belay device is but […]

If you wear glasses, it’s highly likely you’ve felt like a dweeb in them at some point. I should have known I’d have it coming in my youth when I snickered at the kid with the thick glasses in my class. Just a decade later, I was at the eye […]