Rock Climbing

The 5-Step Food and Nutrition Guide for Mountaineers

The 5-Step Food and Nutrition Guide for Mountaineers

  Have you noticed that somehow people tend to pack the exact same food, like some chocolate and a couple…
3 Mountaineering Videos to Get Closer to That Peak of Yours

3 Mountaineering Videos to Get Closer to That Peak of Yours

The most frequent question we get from you guys, no matter which climb you are interested in, is “Can I…
What To Do With Mountain Sickness

What To Do With Mountain Sickness

It’s simple. It’s common. It’s awful. Do you know the feeling when you’ve been preparing for a summit for months…
It’s All in Your Head

It’s All in Your Head

How do you train for climbing? When I went climbing for the first time, my forearms and my fingers hurt…
A Rookie Rocky’s Tale about Montserrat

A Rookie Rocky’s Tale about Montserrat

Foreword You remember the story of Little Red Riding Hood? Let me tell you my rock-climbing version of the tale.…
Climbing Technique – Proper Placement of Your Hips

Climbing Technique – Proper Placement of Your Hips

You know, how you’re always told as a beginner climber that you should place your weight over your feet and…

Funky Drytooling in Downtown Zurich

Miss the ice and your tools after a fun season? No need to worry, just be creative. Head on downtown…

How to rappel with three people fast and sound

A really cool blog: Alpine Awakening by mountain guide Kurt Hicks recently featured a really good article on how to…

Can You Be a Climber Without Being a Mountaineer?

A friend and I were talking last night… He’s a great [tag-tec]alpinist[/tag-tec], having bagged several difficult routes in Europe and…

First Ascent of Fisht Western Face in the Caucasus

You’ve got to have respect for Russain mounaineers. In Europe and North-America, they get too little attention. I just read…