Giving artificially low grades to climbs increases their perceived value for our training and development. The more something is mis-graded the more we naturally want to prioritize it.

We REWIND to this classic conversation with Jonathan about when and why to change things up in your training, and one thing that training should definitely include a whole lot of: climbing.

Discussion around grades can be so polarizing that many of us avoid the topic.

When it comes to skin care in the climbing world, Rhino Skin Solutions is the one name you need to know.

In an ideal world, grades would be objective and we’d have some universal formula for how they’re decided. But we don't live in an ideal world.

Get those digits ready!

Climbing starts off as this self-feeding cycle that has you wishing you could climb seven days a week. What happens when this cycle stops bringing improvement though?

Seasoned big wall climber Josie McKee returns to discuss how her recent trip to Yosemite turned out, and some of the hurdles that can hold us back from a fulfilling relationship with climbing.

What makes us feel curious in the face of anxiety, fear, and frustration? It's all in asking the right questions.

Experienced climbers are incredible at lying to themselves.

Experienced big wall climber Josie McKee recently found herself with limestone sport climbing as her primary means to train for a Yosemite trip.

Look, it’s important to not let things get overcomplicated. Hunting for elegant answers keeps us from getting bogged down with minutia. But when we take it too far, we lose sight of the bigger picture. 

We REWIND to this episode with British climbing legend, Stevie Haston.

Watching Will Bosi and Aiden Roberts work on the Burden of Dreams replica is fun, but is it valuable for the rest of us?

Achieving hard things requires sacrifice.

Most of us have never given 100% to an attempt on a rock climb. Most of us just don’t know how.

There are an infinite number of lessons to learn within climbing.

McKenzie Long’s love of climbing – and dream of becoming a writer – led her to consider our relationships with public lands.

Climbing can be scary.

Be intentional.