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Close to my home, there is only a bouldering gym, but no climbing gym that offers roped climbing. But my real goal in climbing is leading harder/longer routes. The bouldering really improves my str...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

In (probably) most of northern Europe, it is somewhat cold and wet outside. Despite this fact, I'm trying to get as much outdoor climbing done as I can. A backup plan for somewhat cold weather (i...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

This answer is going into a slightly different direction than fgysin's one since I just noticed that your question is about activities, not technique itself. My suggestions might be obvious to som...

posted 9y ago by anderas‭

In a bike accident, I managed to damage a softshell jacket. The damage consists of some smaller holes, and the manufacturer provided me with a patch kit that is basically a piece of the material th...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

I wouldn't count ascenders as common climbing gear, so I'm answering for gear that almost every climber has available: An ATC Guide (or Reverso, or similar device with a guide mode) and some cord o...

posted 8y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

I started setting routes in the small bouldering gym of our climbing club. I'm basically learning by doing this, so my approach is basically to try to think of some interesting moves, put up the ho...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

The belay class in the linked answer is in reference to the typical methods one would use in grade 4 (or 5) Yosemite Decimal System. Typically, in a rock climbing context you typically see grades ...

posted 7y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I have used both Grigri devices (the older one much more often than the new one), but I own neither. So I can answer at least most of your questions: have you used this device? I have used it a f...

posted 7y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

There is no generic answer to your question - it all depends on the kind of boulders you'll encounter on your destination. For example, if you have overhanging jug problems, the technique required ...

posted 7y ago by anderas‭

Context: I'm planning to take my self-inflating sleeping pad on a bike trip this year. The bike doesn't have any mounting points for a rack, so space is somewhat limited. Currently, my plan is to s...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

On a recent multi-pitch climb, we encountered a strange situation: The wall was basically divided into three parts: 200m of climbing, a large steep grassy part where you untie from the rope and wa...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

"Dish holds" are holds that are (in relation to their total size) rather flat. That seems to be their defining property - they can be round, have pockets, edges or other interesting features on t...

posted 7y ago by anderas‭

A recent question made me wonder how a running belay is really done. Suppose you are climbing an alpine route, maybe of difficulty UIAA 5. You encounter a stretch of 100m of UIAA 1 terrain with n...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by anderas‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

CampingGaz cartridges are incompatible with threaded cartridges, as the former use a kind of snap-on valve mechanism and don't have threads. Because of this, you can't use CampingGaz cartridges wit...

posted 7y ago by anderas‭

This kind of device is rarely used in sports as it is only useful when used with fixed ropes. You mentioned crevasses: The rope is not fixed here and you are tied in, so it is hard to image how suc...

posted 5y ago by anderas‭