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 Tech Tip - Sport - Eco-friendly bouldering
With public land managers clued in to the existence of us Pad People and closures looming left and right, it’s time to start bouldering smart and reducing impact.  Tech Tip - Sport - Road-Trip-itus
“Road-Trip-Itus” is a well-known condition caused by spending too much time in close proximity to the same person.  Tech Tip - Aid - Cheap aiders and daisy chains
Scoot down to the gear shop and buy four 20-foot sections of one-inch flat webbing and four 10-foot sections of 9/16 tubular webbing.  Tech Tip - Trad - Friction slabs
Stay focused, regulate your breathing, and don't let your doubting mind make the rock appear steeper than it actually is.  Tech Tip - Big Wall - Your first one-day
Proper technique and strategy are keys to turning that Grade VI into a mere 12-hour climb.  Tech Tip - Trad - Escape a belay for self rescue
Your best option is always self-rescue. Escaping the belay requires a few simple knots. Master these before you need them.  Tech Tip - Alpine - Lightning aversion
Lightning-related accidents kill approximately 200 people each year. Those who spend their time in high, exposed terrain are at a greater risk — especially climbers and mountaineers carrying metal gear.  Tech Tip - Sport - Four limbs
French or not, you’ll begin to flow effortlessly over the stone if you increase your body awareness.  Tech Tip - Aid - 2:1 Hauling Ratchet
Big-wall climbing is just a different kind of suffering, and never do you suffer more than when hauling, especially during the first few days when your loads are heaviest.  Tech Tip - Training - Pilates your way to stronger deltoids
Look around the crag or climbing gym and you’ll notice all the people with forward-rolling shoulders, like those of the hunch-backed gargoyles atop Paris’ Cathedral of Notre Dame.  Tech Tip - Ice - Stein Pulling
Stein Pulls — tool placements where the pick and the head of your axe are set in opposition — are the coolest holds you’ll encounter when dry tooling.  Tech Tips - Trad - Grateful head
Why do I sometimes feel confident high above a row of tiny pieces, half a mile off the deck, and other times reach peak pucker factor with my shoe laces still threatening to tangle with my last bomber placement?  Tech Tips - Aid - Froggy goes a juggin’
You’re back at the base of El Cap, ready to jug the ropes you fixed on the radically overhanging Tangerine Trip. Nothing to do but clip on your ascenders and start jugging.  Tech Tips - Alpine - Cold play
Glove management is a complex issue, even to those well versed in winter travel.  Tech Tips - Sport - Gym dandy
With their well-padded and obstruction-free environs, indoor bouldering gyms are supposed to be safer than outdoor rocks. |
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