The FrictionLabs Blog

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...

Feb 03, 2016

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...

Jan 25, 2016

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...

Jan 09, 2016

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...

Dec 28, 2015

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...

Nov 20, 2015

Why do Rock Climbers Brush Holds?

Your first time in a gym, you might think rock climbers are seriously obsessive about oral hygiene. Spare toothbrushes are everywhere you look. Last we checked, Colgate hadn’t...

Nov 04, 2015

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...

Sep 18, 2015

Climb Your Impossible

Until you’ve done it, climbing can seem so pointless. Go up this accident of holds and shapes and features. Then come down. No baskets, no goals, no touchdowns....

Sep 11, 2015

How to Train for a Stronger Core

Everyone wants to work on their core and get stronger abs. But what function does this have for climbing? How much do we need to do? I will briefly explain...

Aug 31, 2015

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...

Jun 04, 2015