Should you explore a new style of climbing, to become more adaptable, or exploit the style you are already well-versed in?

Returning to the common sense of how and why we do this thing should be common practice – but it rarely is.

Why failure might not be our best teaching tool.

Somehow, I didn’t fail. On my 50th birthday, I managed to scrape my way up my one-hundredth 5.13.