Climbing Clinic

Question: My footwork is rubbish! I'm a 35 year old bloke. I've only been climbing a couple of years I lead at around VS4c. Not being confident in my feet is causing me some grief and I think it's holding me back. Affecting my head game. I'm fit and strong but I get pumped out all too quickly the...

Question: Hi, I am going on an 8 month rock trip around Europe next summer. The idea is to climb longish easy grade rock routes. Any tips about preparation/training? Going with my husband, we are both in our 40's and started climbing a few years ago. My husband onsites HVS and I onsite HS. I have...

Question: Firstly, may I thank you for the opportunity to pose questions to you, it is much appreciated. I am 38, female, have been climbing approximately three years, twice a week. I mainly boulder, on indoor walls, occasionally do routes indoors too. Although I am still very passionate and exited...

Question: I am almost 53 yrs old and have been climbing for 10 years. (yes I know I started a little late) I don't meet many women my age so I am not sure if there is anything in particular I should be doing differently, although I still seem to be getting stronger. Unfortunately I have a muscular...

Question: Hey, I just wanted to let you know Im a big fan of yours. I'm 17 and have been climbing since I was around 9 years old. Climbing is all I think about and I really want to continue to improve. Unfortunately the only regular wall I can get to is a small 6 meter top roped wall at my school....

Question: About 2 months ago, I was descending Tryfan and took a nasty fall, tumbling 60 feet. Although I didn't break anything, my confidence has been shattered and my love of the mountains seems to have gone that way, too. I find this upsetting and prohibitive to a past-time that I loved and am...

Question: I've been trying to push my grade recently and although I'm getting fitter, I am finding it hard to get stronger. I think that if I weighed a bit less I could be stronger. I am not fat by any means but I do not have a skinny build. A lot of my muscle could do with getting a bit stringier/...

Question: I’ve been climbing about 1 and 1/2 yrs and worked up to around 6c/7a/7b, depending on the route etc. My problem is I don’t find the moves too bad but it’s having the same energy in my forearms when I started the route, when I’m half way up! I’ve been trying to do circuits and up...

Question: I’m climbing from 1991, my best climbs are three 8b+ PP and 7c+ OS. Our generation trained on fingerboard and did some bar work. With new possibilities (lot of good climbing walls) I start to train on them. I know, how I can prepare with bouldering (lot of little bit easier boulders per...

Question Part 1: I've got a lot of questions but I'll try not to ramble. I need ideas for how to improve my training, I just want to be able to climb harder! (At both bouldering and leading.) My weaknesses are aiming for pockets, pinching, toe hooking, doing super steep walls and I find that my...