Justin asks: “I regularly find the difference between success and failure on a route can be distilled down to state of mind on the day - the...

I have been working on a series of introductory articles for the Mountaineering Council of Scotland’s magazine and site. They deal with gene...

I get many emails from climbers asking how many days on they can have and whether they can do some supplementary training on the ‘rest days...

I was interested to pick up a copy of this American climbing training manual. Out of the training for climbing manuals I’ve reviewed on this...

Another email I get a lot from climbers is one asking “how can I go about getting some sponsorship?” or asking what grade do you have to cli...

Following on from my last post where I said people often email and tell me what grades they climb in different disciplines and ask how they ...

Averaging out at once every day, I get a very similar email, which goes roughly like this (with minor variations): “Hi Dave, I’m a really ke...

My undergraduate research project investigating determinants of finger endurance in trained climbers was recently published in the Journal o...

Many of you have been asking about split tips (cuts in the fingertip pad, usually from using small sharp crimps and most often in the index ...

training hard and strange things are happening to your motivation and mood. What can you do to get the ship back on course? Before I look at...