The 10 Best Bouldering Shoes to Help Send Your Next Project
Bouldering is the purest form of rock climbing. And the most accessible. You’re not burdened with ropes, harnesses, or quickdraws. Routes are short, intense, and powerful. And all you need is a pair of shoes and a chalk bag (a working understanding of key climbing lingo helps, too). But bouldering at your limit means no room for error. Each foot placement, toe smear, and heel hook must be perfectly placed.
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How To Talk To Your Friends about Bouldering Etiquette
With a record number of climbers heading outdoors, it’s more important than ever to keep a low profile at the boulder field. Here’s how to bring it up without killing the stoke.
Top 5 Bouldering Spots
Grab your foam crash pad, and climb extra-large rocks on a bouldering adventures.
How to Choose and Use Climbing Chalk and Chalk Bags
Chalk isn’t just for gymnasts: Climbers everywhere sport pasty white hands to combat moisture and improve grip.
Social Climbing has a Whole New Meaning
The nubbly fitness obsession that forces you to unplug and concentrate or — AAAAH!
Bouldering Project Acquires Three Brooklyn Boulders Gyms
Bouldering Project, based in Seattle, WA, has acquired three gym spaces in Brooklyn, Boston and D.C., formerly run by Brooklyn Boulders.
New Squamish Bouldering Guidebook Just in Time for Spring
This is sure to be one of the best new guidebooks of the year and certainly one to add to your collection.
Russia Yanked From International Climbing Comps in Ice, Speed, and Bouldering Circuits
And the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) suspended bouldering and speed competitions set for Moscow.