This is a blog about climbing. It might help you to get better at climbing.
You’ll find useful information here outside of training and nutrition – like the “soft skills” you can use to improve your climbing. Are they as essential as hangboarding? No. Are they useful anyway? Yes.
These are the things that helped me on my 12-month journey from 5.10a to 5.12b. Hopefully, they’ll help you too.
Latest Blog Posts
- New Year, New Me? Thanks, But No Thanks
Ah, the new year: a time of hope, promise, and marketing campaigns. No, thank you, I don’t want to join your gym or shed six inches from my midsection. This time of year always comes with an arbitrary incentive, where… Read More »New Year, New Me? Thanks, But No Thanks - Mentors Have Been The Single Most Important Thing In My Climbing So Far
This post is not going to be about me. Cheering from the crowd. Seriously though, I want to write about mentors. In the current climate of climbing training, I don’t think mentors are thought about or spoken about much at… Read More »Mentors Have Been The Single Most Important Thing In My Climbing So Far - What I Learned From My First Bouldering Season Ever: Sport Climbers Should Boulder Too?
It’s November, and temps are officially cooling off. You know what that means: bouldering season. Or, at least, now it means that for me. But it definitely didn’t used to – last winter was my first bouldering season ever. This… Read More »What I Learned From My First Bouldering Season Ever: Sport Climbers Should Boulder Too? - A Trip To Smith Rock Changed My Climbing Forever
I’ve been climbing seriously for five years. That’s not that much time, but it’s certainly enough to have created an idea of who I am as a climber. Then, in spring this year, I went on a trip to Smith… Read More »A Trip To Smith Rock Changed My Climbing Forever - You Have Gut Instincts – So Use Them
Hi friends. This post is a bit sassy and probably of unpopular opinion, but I have to write it. In the current world of fitness trackers and sleep scores, of dynamometers and max hangs, I worry that we’ve forgotten how… Read More »You Have Gut Instincts – So Use Them - How I Solved My Sweaty Skin Problems
If you have really sweaty hands, this post is for you. See, I too have really sweaty hands. And I’ve spent the last five years (not exaggerating) researching and experimenting with different sweaty hand treatments. We’re talking Antihydral, iontophoresis, liquid… Read More »How I Solved My Sweaty Skin Problems - 2023: The Year Of Stronger Fingers
Hi friends. This post will be all about me: you have been warned. Its purpose is to lay a clear plan for my year and maybe inspire you to do the same – or at least to give you some… Read More »2023: The Year Of Stronger Fingers - You Should Work On Your Weaknesses. Here’s Why.
We all have things we’re good at – and things that we’re, um, less good at. And doing things we’re good at is way more fun than doing things we’re bad at. But I’m here to argue that you should… Read More »You Should Work On Your Weaknesses. Here’s Why. - How To Send Without Sending: A Look At Growth Mindset In Climbing
Climbing is mostly failing. You know that. I’m sure you’ve heard pro climbers talk about how you have to be okay with failing – it’s what you’ll be spending most of your time doing, after all. What I’ve noticed in… Read More »How To Send Without Sending: A Look At Growth Mindset In Climbing - Rotator Cuff Impingement: What I Did Wrong So You Don’t Do The Same
I’ve been dealing with a rotator cuff impingement for the last couple of months. Of all the (many) injuries I’ve had, this one has been the strangest. It didn’t present or progress like anything else I’ve experienced – and because… Read More »Rotator Cuff Impingement: What I Did Wrong So You Don’t Do The Same
