Equipment

Best Chalk for Bouldering: Loose, Block, or Liquid?

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Chalk might not be the flashiest piece of gear in your climbing bag, but when your fingertips are clinging to a sloper or digging into a sharp little crimp, it can make all the difference. It doesn’t matter if you’re crushing V4s in your local gym or scrambling over sandstone in the desert; finding the … Read more

Crash Pads Explained – What You Need and Why It Matters

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Crash Pads bouldering

If you’ve ever watched someone huck themselves at a big move on a boulder problem and thought, “Wow, they’re brave,” chances are their confidence wasn’t just about strength or guts – it was also about what they were landing on. Enter the humble but mighty crash pad. Bouldering, unlike rope climbing, means you’re close to … Read more