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Bouldering

Learn all about bouldering, the pursuit of hard moves on small rocks; how to boulder; using bouldering to improve your technique; and bouldering equipment.
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11 Articles in: Bouldering
Logan Berndt spots Ian on a boulder problem at Big Bend near Moab, Utah. - Photograph copyright Stewart M. Green
Your Essential Bouldering Equipment
The beauty of bouldering is not just doing hard moves but also its minimalism. You don’t need to spend lots of money on equipment to have fun on the boulders. Here are the 3 essential pieces of climbing equipment that you need to go bouldering.
Bouldering near the ocean. - Jordan Siemens/The Image Bank/Getty Images
Tricks and Tips for Better Bouldering
Bouldering is a simple climbing sport. It's just you and the rock. Follow these 6 essential bouldering tips and tricks and get up more problems and have more fun. Learn why you should clean your rock shoes and handholds; the ethics of cheater stones; why it's important to check out the top out and the descent; and how to previsualize a boulder problem.
Photograph copyright Stewart M. Green
How to Give a Good Spot When You're Bouldering
When you go bouldering, you need to learn to give a spot to keep your buddy safe when he climbs. Learn the basics about how to spot a boulderer. He'll thank you next time he falls off!
Ian Spencer-Green bouldering on the Split Boulder in Indian Creek Canyon, Utah. - Photograph © Stewart M. Green
How to Spot a Boulderer and Use a Crash Pad
Bouldering is the only aspect of climbing where you regularly take ground falls. Learn how to stay safe and avoid injuries by using a crash pad and having a buddy spot you on boulder problems.
Photograph © Stewart M. Green
Chalk Bags are Essential Climbing Equipment
Chalk bags are simply small fabric sacks that are filled with climbing chalk and carried on a belt around a climber's waist. Learn more about chalk bags, their different sizes and shapes, how to buy a chalk bag, and how to carry a chalk bag.
Big Bend bouldering area is one of the best places to climb boulders near Moab in Utah. - Photograph copyright Stewart M. Green
The 4 Types of Climbing Chalk -- Which Is Best for You?
Climbers use chalk to dry sweaty hands and to enhance their grip on handholds. Learn about the types of chalk that you can buy and use on the rock.
A climbers finger tips grasp a hold - Brent Winebrenner/Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images
Learn the Nine Basic Types of Climbing Handholds
Learn here the nine different types of handholds that you'll encounter on cliffs and how to use each with specific hand movements and techniques.
Eric Horst crimping up
Tips to Improve Your Rock Climbing Footwork
How you move and place your feet and rock shoes while you're climbing is important to your success. Efficient foot placement, including watching your foot, placing your foot quietly, and taking small steps is paramount to climbing well. Learn 6 tips about climbing footwork and you'll be climbing harder and higher.
Dynos are risky moves. Latch the top hold and don't fall off! - Photograph © Stewart M. Green
Dynos and Deadpoints -- How to Do Dynamic Climbing Moves
Dynamic movements, dynos and deadpoints, are essential to modern climbing and getting up hard routes and boulder problems.
Ian Spencer-Green climbs at the Old New Place at White Rock climbing area in New Mexico. - Photograph copyright Stewart M. Green
How to Climb Aretes on Climbing Routes
Aretes, vertical cliff edges, are rock features that beg to be climbed. Climbing aretes requires strength and technique. Learn to climb aretes with these technique tips.
Photograph copyright Stewart M. Green
What is a High Ball Boulder Problem?
Definition of a High Ball boulder problem, a climbing slang word which refers to a high and scary boulder problem that a rope is not used for safety by the climber.
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