Climbing knowledge for beginners and beyond

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Climbing and Bouldering Tips & Tricks

Check out popular resources for leveling up your climbing skills and knowledge.

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Climbing Holds

In climbing there are lots of different types of holds. This guide goes through them all.

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Climbing Grades

Those tags with numbers and letters tell you how difficult a route is. This guide explains all.

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How to Start a Route

The tags next to holds also tell you how to start a route. We explain what they all mean.

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Climbing Techniques

Raw strength can only get you so far. Level up your technique to make climber easier.

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Climbing Styles

There are many different styles in climbing, find out what they are and how to master them.

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Climbing Lingo

Climbing comes with it's own words and phrases. Find out what they mean and how to use them in a sentence.