Redpoint

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Improve faster and avoid injuries by climbing just below your limit—roughly 80 percent of your maximum ability—about 90 percent of the time.

"I’ve been climbing for a pretty long time, long enough that I feel like I shouldn’t still get so freaking nervous when I’m going for the send."

Projecting climbing routes isn’t widely taught, so how do you learn this complicated art?

"In a sport that prizes youth and energy and boldness and good health, it is, I realize, anathema to confess to any sort of weakness..." But sometimes embracing your weakness can help.

"The bottom line is that climbing your best and pushing yourself are sometimes uncomfortable."

Learning how to try hard is hard. And it’s so easy to be stupid.

The why, when, and how to shaking off the pump.

Climbing your best and most efficiently isn't just about using your hands and feet.

Kurt Albert defined free climbing and took it to the remote mountains of the world. Behind the stories of wild adventures and great deeds, there was something exemplary in the life cut short.

How do you train specifically for your route? There are tactics to employ both on and off route.

Falling is part of climbing. But so, occasionally, is not falling.

Almost every climber has ambitions, but often we simply don’t know how to move forward or at what pace—and so, perhaps, we plateau. Fortunately, there are five simple ways to track your goals and encourage steady progress.

How Heather Weidner learned to embrace routes that challenged her weaknesses to become a stronger, more well-rounded climber.

An easily customizable training path to redpointing your hardest routes or boulders

Rogora has rapidly established herself as one of the best climbers in the world, inside and outside.

Projecting spicy high-level trad is an all-in endeavor. Here are Wes Fowler’s top takeaways.

The French climber becomes the first woman to send the classic route, which is generally considered to be the world’s first 5.14d.

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Pro climbers answer climbing questions.

How truth In climbing makes you stronger

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Develop a ritual to ground you in the moment

Get comfortable going airborne so you can let go and climb

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Embrace the process to build a productive relationship with redpointing.

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Pro climber Heather Weidner gives advice for expanding boundaries.

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Alex Megos shares his mindset for fast and decisive sending

Improve redpointing efficiency with these simple clipping tricks