Joe Kinder: “Training Works”
On our first day at the Korea Wall, a Basque Country “local’s crag” that happens to be stacked with completely badass 30-meter resistance routes, it was hotter than a Tennessee…
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Catch a Hangboard Buzz
Finger Strength Matters You could argue that finger strength determines your climbing level more than anything else. And training on a hangboard is the most productive, effective and efficient way…
Don’t Get Strong. Get Good.
Opening image: Courtney Sanders taking down a V7 in Fontainbleau, France. Photo: Keith Ladzinski. Rock climbing is equal parts mental, physical, and technical. Yet most climbers only focus on the…
Training with Justen Sjong
The first time I ever experienced technical climbing was during a lesson that my then high-school girlfriend surprised me with for me for my 16th birthday. And though I didn’t…
Training 2010
Wise people admit their mistakes easily. I must be dumb, because for the last few years, I’ve noticed myself falling into a very predictable routine in terms of my climbing…