Last Updated on: 31st March 2023, 10:55 am
Check out this great article at Outside about the routesetters behind big climbing comps and events. Some parts are dumbed down a bit for non-climbers, but it’s still a good read.
Last Updated on: 31st March 2023, 10:52 am I just ran across an interesting article on the Outside website. The author takes a look at a handful of “extreme” outdoor sports—nordic skiing, rock climbing, open-water swimming, downhill mountain biking, and ultrarunning—to determine which is the “toughest.” Each sport is broken down into a few measurable…
Last Updated on: 31st March 2023, 10:52 am I like to read old climbing books. Performance Rock Climbing by Dale Goddard and Udo Neumann lists “The Ten Commandments of Physical Training,” and I thought they were great and worth sharing here: Warm up and cool down Vary your climbing and training Personalize your training Train…
Last Updated on: 31st March 2023, 10:51 am Climbing legend Lynn Hill talks about climbing goals in this 2007 article on the Patagonia website (emphasis is mine): “When it comes to planning my training objectives, I try to be realistic in choosing goals that are attainable. It’s much better to feel many small successes after…
Last Updated on: 23rd March 2023, 09:54 am I wanted an easy way to track how often I climb, so I printed out a single-page calendar that shows the entire year on it and stuck it to the wall next to my computer. (This is the 2016 calendar I printed, and here’s a 2017 version. I…
Last Updated on: 31st March 2023, 10:57 am I follow Renan Ozturk on Instagram (@renan_ozturk), and today he posted the following photo: