When I first started climbing, I asked the seasoned climbers how to get better. The answer was always the same: "Climb more."

It's the holiday season! Whatever your belaytionship status, here are three gifts for the rock climber in your life.

If you want to take your climbing to the next level, a spray wall or rocket wall is a total game changer.

With the last snow behind us, I think it is finally safe to say that spring has arrived. There is that fresh change in the air, the birds...

You can’t change the fact that climbing gyms are having a bit of an identity crisis, but you CAN change where you train.

by Christopher Schafenacker So, you’re looking for a gift for that climber in your life? You know they’d like nothing more than climbing...

by Christopher Schafenacker So, your local pain cave has a bedbug infestation… or your car’s been making a weird sound… or winter’s...

by Christopher Schafenacker If you’ve spent any amount of time at climbing gyms around the country this past decade, you’ve witnessed the...

There are two types of climbers: those who have a home training set-up and those who dream of having a home training set-up.

by Christopher Schafenacker The holidays are here which means if you have a climber in your life, it’s once again time to familiarize...

Here are five tips for rock climbing in a gym when the setting is a little uninspiring.

What can you ACTUALLY accomplish on a home climbing wall? Home climbing wall workouts can be surprisingly effective—and surprisingly hard!

Kilter board training and Tension board training both have their place in climbing training. Learn the benefits of each training board...

The freestanding hangboard has emerged as the Goldilocks solution for those without the space or resources to mount a home climbing wall.

We don't always have time to visit the gym or crag, but there are plenty of climbing training drills we can do at home to stay in shape...

Your Rocket Wall home woody has just arrived. Learn which holds you need to get the most out of this climbing training tool.

Training boards are the new cool in climbing. Or, they’re the old cool made new (and cooler). They have lights, interactive apps...

If nothing else came out of 2020, a wide range of home climbing walls were built. Some were epic. Some were, uh, not so epic. And some were

by Christopher Schafenacker If you or a loved one has experimented with rock climbing, you know the activity is all-consuming and highly...

The Coronavirus pandemic has been a less-than-ideal situation for pretty much everyone, but especially us climbers. Since March, we...