Your rock shoes are the most important piece of climbing equipment you must choose. It's really important that you do it right. Not only will it play an important role in whether you end up with good footwear or not, but it will also determine whether you will still have functional feet in decades to come, or have painful, arthritic feet.

Vlog #4: Subjecting your climbing partners to long belays might be okay on a sport climbing trip, but for everything else, it might be better to just go and work moves on your project on your own.

Why is it that some climbers have a badass home training setup and plenty of time to use it, yet they are not improving as fast as some who don't? Set it up and use it sub-optimally and your home wall can be just another source of plateaux in your climbing performance.

We all think wooden hangboards are a no brainer. They are nice to use, they save your skin. They allow you to do more training. More folks are thinking the same about wood holds for the actual climbing. They are not a new invention of course!

I'm starting a vlog. This is episode #1. This vlog will be about all things climbing - hard climbs, new climbs, training, science, deep dives and things I've learned and I think might help you too.