Tips and Training

-Blog post written by Abree Murch Have you ever wondered why we don’t belay off the same points we tie into when we climb? It has to do with the physics of a piece of gear you might not expect: [...]

We just stumbled across these training series on bouldering by Mr. Eric Karlsson via YouTube; he’s not a member of EVO, nor have we ever met him, but he certainly has some good technique [...]

Boulders:  We love them.  We climb them.  And inevitably, we fall off them.  Here’s what Nicholas Foster (Head Route Setter at EVO Portland) said about risks while bouldering. Disclaimer – this [...]

“Eating Your Way to Better Climbing,” written by sports science researcher Robert Portman, Ph.D., was published in Rock & Ice Issue 198 (December 2011) and is still applicable today. As a [...]