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The Show Must Go On: Finding Grip (Literally) with a Broken Heart -E

The Show Must Go On: Finding Grip (Literally) w...

We’ve all been there. The playlist is on shuffle, and suddenly, the opening synths of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department anthem, “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,”...

The Show Must Go On: Finding Grip (Literally) w...

We’ve all been there. The playlist is on shuffle, and suddenly, the opening synths of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department anthem, “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,”...

The Price of Pulling Hard: Can You Afford to Climb (and Train) in Today's Economy? -E

The Price of Pulling Hard: Can You Afford to Cl...

 A debate recently caught my attention. It wasn't about climbing grades, training protocols, or the eternal battle between outdoor purists and gym climbers. It was something far more fundamental: "If...

The Price of Pulling Hard: Can You Afford to Cl...

 A debate recently caught my attention. It wasn't about climbing grades, training protocols, or the eternal battle between outdoor purists and gym climbers. It was something far more fundamental: "If...

The Warmth of Knowledge: From a University Lecture Hall to a Climbing Wall -E

The Warmth of Knowledge: From a University Lect...

I once overheard two high school students talking on the subway. One said that if exams didn't exist anymore, what they really wanted to do was sit in on university...

The Warmth of Knowledge: From a University Lect...

I once overheard two high school students talking on the subway. One said that if exams didn't exist anymore, what they really wanted to do was sit in on university...

The Luxury of Boredom: What Rock Climbing Taught Me About My Friend’s Retirement Dream-E

The Luxury of Boredom: What Rock Climbing Taugh...

A friend recently told me what they would do with unlimited time and money. They wouldn’t buy a yacht, start a company, or travel the world in first class. They...

The Luxury of Boredom: What Rock Climbing Taugh...

A friend recently told me what they would do with unlimited time and money. They wouldn’t buy a yacht, start a company, or travel the world in first class. They...

The Stoic Edge: What a Wooden Hangboard Teaches About Control and Acceptance -E

The Stoic Edge: What a Wooden Hangboard Teaches...

In the second century, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius sat in his tent, surrounded by the chaos of war, and wrote to himself: "You have power over your mind—not outside...

The Stoic Edge: What a Wooden Hangboard Teaches...

In the second century, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius sat in his tent, surrounded by the chaos of war, and wrote to himself: "You have power over your mind—not outside...

The Carved Mirror: How the Two Stones Hangboard Reflects the Climber's Inner World -E

The Carved Mirror: How the Two Stones Hangboard...

There is a moment in every climber's journey when the external and internal worlds collide. It happens on a small edge, on a desperate redpoint attempt, or in the quiet...

The Carved Mirror: How the Two Stones Hangboard...

There is a moment in every climber's journey when the external and internal worlds collide. It happens on a small edge, on a desperate redpoint attempt, or in the quiet...