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As a self-proclaimed low-ball roof boulderer, this post may come as a surprise. I LOVE SLAB. If you are building a home wall, I recommend building a slab wall. I wasn’t always pro-home slab wall. I was actually very upset when my coach told me, I needed a slab wall. But so far, my coach hasn’t been wrong in his recommendations. So this roof climber embarked on her slab climbing journey.
Read MoreWhen you start your climbing journey, there is an overwhelming amount of information to learn! You have to learn safety, new lingo, new muscle use, new movement and more. One of the critical pieces of being a successful climber is understanding the hold types. Knowing the names and how to use different types of hold will help you read the climb before you hop on it and will help you communicate to other climbers. In this post, I go over the basic hold types.
Read MoreThis summer my partner James and I took on the task of designing and building our own backyard climbing wall. Here are several lessons we learned along the way!
