Kris Hampton 5/5/24 Kris Hampton 5/5/24

Taped Tips | Climb Taller AND Smaller

Short climbers are good at getting scrunchy, and tall climbers are good at climbing extended, right? Wrong.

Kris Hampton 4/14/24 Kris Hampton 4/14/24

Taped Tips | The Setup Mistake Climbers Make on Hard Moves

One of the most common places things start to fall apart is at the very beginning of the move.

Kris Hampton 4/1/24 Kris Hampton 4/1/24

Plugging In To Climb Better

Particularly when it comes to climbing better, knowledge alone isn’t all that helpful.

Kris Hampton 3/24/24 Kris Hampton 3/24/24

Taped Tips | The Secret to Hard Moves that Most Climbers Are Missing

We know spending time on a finishing link is smart tactics for hard climbs. So why not apply the same concept to individual moves?

Kris Hampton 3/4/24 Kris Hampton 3/4/24

What Type of Climbing Movement Do You Value?

Maybe “careless and sloppy” isn’t always so bad.

Kris Hampton 3/3/24 Kris Hampton 3/3/24

Taped Tips | Go Ahead, Grab That Foothold and Be Adaptable

Learning when and how to compensate for a weakness is a skill. And skills need to be practiced.

Kris Hampton 2/27/24 Kris Hampton 2/27/24

Taped Tips | The Hidden Value of Lowballs

Lowball boulders, while not as proud, can still teach us new movement, new ways to utilize tension, and force us into finding new techniques.

Kris Hampton 2/27/24 Kris Hampton 2/27/24

Why “Technique” May Not Be The Answer to Better Climbing

How do you solve a problem? By looking for a solution.

Nathan Drolet 2/14/24 Nathan Drolet 2/14/24

When It’s Better to Think Inside the Box

I never thought I’d be recommending this, but some of y’all should be putting less effort into becoming technically better climbers.

Kris Hampton 2/8/24 Kris Hampton 2/8/24

Rethinking Climbing Technique and Movement Skills

“Climbing is a skill sport,” isn’t enough.

Kris Hampton 10/26/23 Kris Hampton 10/26/23

Taped Tips | Stop Applying Training Principles to Climbing Performance

Training principles are important, but when they creep into performance, your climbing will suffer. Nearly every time.

Nathan Drolet 8/31/23 Nathan Drolet 8/31/23

It's All Uphill From Here

As you level up in climbing, so do the challenges.

Kris Hampton 8/17/23 Kris Hampton 8/17/23

Taped Tips | Connect the Dots: Where Climbers (and Coaches) are Going Wrong

We have become collectors of dots. But there’s one major thing that happens when we connect dots that is entirely lost in mass dot collection: critical thinking.

Nathan Drolet 8/13/23 Nathan Drolet 8/13/23

When Effort Isn’t the Issue

Do you really have terrible willpower? Or are you surrounded by distractions and obstacles?

Kris Hampton 7/27/23 Kris Hampton 7/27/23

Taped Tips | 3 Tips for Training for Climbing Trips

You have a climbing trip coming up. The rock is different. The style is different. Your pre-trip time is short and the number of days you’ll be climbing, even shorter…

Nathan Drolet 5/19/23 Nathan Drolet 5/19/23

Is Board Climbing Fixing a Problem You Don't Have?

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.

Nathan Drolet 4/20/23 Nathan Drolet 4/20/23

Consistency’s Caveat

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?