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From Winning Nothing To Climbing Champion

Beatrice Colli

It was not always clear that Beatrice Colli was going to be a great climber…

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Beatrice Colli

Finger and hand injuries and fingerboard training characteristics of SA based climbers

Julia is conducting a web-based survey study to gain insight into South African-based climbers’ hand and finger injuries and fingerboard training, especially before, during and after the Covid-19 lockdown period.

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Climbing Gym Training

Rémi Samyn, when training is in your blood

Interview with Rémi Samyn, age 36, ex-coach of the French team recently sent ‘Orsay roof’ 8C in February and his first 9a ‘Sang Neuf’.

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Rémi Samyn

Assisted braking belay device comparison: Edelrid Mega Jul, ATC Pilot, Mammut Smart

Myself and buddy Andre were comparing some of the new devices, and saw others had the same questions – so we put together a little comparison to help out.

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auto-locking devices belay devices CityROCK Gear Shop gear review Review

What I learned from 1-month rock-climbing challenge

Hangtime Gym Bellville

Cool article about a newbie who took on a rock climbing (bouldering) challenge, and had this to say…

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Bouldering Climbing Gym Training

Reality of indoor climbing injuries and accidents!

Safety in INDOOR climbing is mostly taken pretty seriously and the Gyms are exceptionally good at maintaining a safe environment

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Injury Sport Climbing

Build Max Strength, Injury Free: Part2

Repeaters are the most commonly practiced exercise on a hangboard, however, they give you a “pump”, thus activating power/endurance system

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Bouldering climbing training Hangboard Kai Fitchen Training

Build Max Strength, Injury Free: Part1

Gyms are sprouting up all over the show and with that so has come a pretty impressive amount of “training” related injuries.

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Kai Fitchen Training

Want to Crank Hard? Build your BASE

Our legs are our “base”, our foundation; driving us and moving us to new and exciting places.

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climbing Kai Fitchen rock-climbing Training

Cleaning the top anchors

cleaning top anchors how 2018

Learn the safest ways to clean and lower off a top rope anchor.

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2015 National Bouldering Series Championships

On behalf of the SANCF, Western Cape Climbing welcomes all other provinces to the annual SANCF National Bouldering Series Championships.

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National Bouldering Series

Brian Tries 1-4-7 on the Campus Board

During the transition from Strength to Power, I’ve started to campus board a little. This is the first day of my efforts.

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Brian Weaver Campus Training
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