Climbing athlete, Remy Franklin, took a trip to South Africa to climb at the Rocklands Bouldering Area. In this blog, he provides detailed information and tips for first-time visitors.
The climbing world has a whole dictionary of words and phrases used for different things. When you first start climbing, it can be a bit overwhelming hearing everyone use all these terms that you’ve never heard before. In this blog, we’ll go over a bunch of the basic climbing terms to get you started!
Warming up before exercising is important to loosen up your muscles and help prevent injuries. We met up with athlete and climbing coach, Tash Hodges, to learn what warm-ups she likes to do before climbing.
It is important to choose the correct type of rope when you are climbing. This blog describes the three types of dynamic climbing ropes and why you might need one over the other.
With Beal's line of dynamic climbing ropes that feature UNICORE, climbers now have a safer option to consider when purchasing a rope. UNICORE permanently bonds a rope’s sheath to its core. This eliminates sheath slippage, allows a climber to escape off the rope if the sheath has been cut, reduces rope shrinkage, and allows for the temporary cutting of a rope without the usual fraying of the sheath.
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