The FrictionLabs Blog / Climbing 101
Six Things You Must Know Before Climbing Outside
Disclaimer: This article is intended as a resource for outdoor climbing beginners. More advanced climbers (even those who have never climbed outside) might find some...
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10 Ways to Get Your Friend Hooked on Climbing
One of the best parts about being a regular at a climbing gym is the community. You start to climb with the same people and before long, you’ve made a...
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Hand & Skin Care for Rock Climbing
Nothing destroys a climbing session like shredding your skin. How often has your body been willing, yet your skin is so sensitive you think it needs to go to...
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7 Tips to Help Your Spotting Technique
Your friend – a V4 climber – has just groveled her way through her first V5, and has arrived at the sloping, unrealistic mantle topout. Her legs shake...
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Climbing Gym Session
If you’re like most climbers, you see every trip to the gym as a chance to climb the hardest thing you’ve ever done. Maybe it’s one specific route...
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How to Stay Calm and Send
So far in our blog posts we’ve covered a few different pieces of hardware to help you climb your best. We’ve also gone over climbing gym etiquette, so you feel...
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How NOT to Use Chalk for Rock Climbing
Let’s start by clarifying something that all climbers know: chalk matters. It’s a simple truth and one that drove us to make the best chalk out there. Chalk...
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Taping Fingers in Rock Climbing
There are a few essential pieces of gear for rock climbing: shoes, chalk, and safety gear like ropes, quickdraws and crash pads top the list. There are also...
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What is Good Climbing Gym Etiquette?
I just started climbing at my local gym. It’s so much fun but I’m nervous that I don’t have good gym manners. It’s a little intimidating being around...
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Find Perfect Friction
We at FrictionLabs have always been confused by how climbers completely overlook what they put on their hands. No one seems to ever acknowledge that some chalks are better than...
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