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Introduction Climbing efficiently means moving smartly, smoothly, and with purpose. Whether you’re new to climbing or looking to improve, these ten tips will help you use less energy, maintain better balance, and get more enjoyment out of every session. Focus on Footwork: Trust your feet and push with your legs, your legs are stronger than your arms. Look at Your Feet: Precise foot placement saves energy, especially on small footholds. Keep Your Arms Straight: Straight arm

While climbing gyms are popping up like mushrooms, and the sport as a whole is growing very fast, there are still a lot of people hesitating to try it because of common myths. Let’s break them down together. To be able to climb, you need to be super strong. Climbing isn’t at all about using force and strength; it’s about balance, technique, problem-solving, and not giving up. That strength that you might be missing right now will develop over time without you even noticing

Everything you truly need to get started, no more, no less. Starting your climbing journey? Here’s a simple guide to the gear that matters most without the faff. Start from the Ground Up When you’re new to climbing, your kit list can look intimidating. But most of it is optional at first and if there’s one place to start, it’s with what’s on your feet. Climbing Shoes: The One Thing Worth Caring About If there’s one piece of gear that makes a real difference, it’s climbing sho

In celebration of Autism Acceptance Week 2026, we spoke to Autistic climbers from across the community about their experiences of climbing.

A clear and friendly guide to the words climbers use every day

If you have ever watched a competition climbing livestream and thought, "what is happening?" You are not alone. Between flashing boulders, sprinting up a standardized wall, and athletes battling pump on a towering lead route, competition climbing can look like three different sports happening at once. Modern professional climbing revolves around three disciplines bouldering, lead climbing, and speed climbing, and a global competition circuit that ranges from yearly World Cup

An image of Johanna setting with holds from the inclusive range. Introduce yourself and your role with Playstone. My name is Johanna, I am 42 years old and I live in Germany. I love people and I love climbing 😊. In my work, I use climbing to support people who struggle with physical, cognitive, and psychological impairments or who are neurodivergent. I am also a routesetter specialising in inclusive route setting. I started cooperating with Playstone to develop and distribut

Charlotte, a final year International Business Management student at Northumbria University talks to us about how her love of climbing is fuelling her dissertation research project.

I’ve spent over a decade working in the climbing industry. I’ve managed multiple walls, led teams, taught many new climbers and spent much of my adult life inside climbing walls. But for most of that decade, I was fighting issues I couldn’t quite put my finger on.

On the 24th January 2026, Access to Climb were thrilled to be invited to attend Grit's inaugural paraclimbing festival at 270 Climbing. The day was a true celebration of our community, organised and ran by local paraclimbers, it was an all round brilliant event.

A guide for international climbers Anyone who thinks the Netherlands is too flat for climbing is mistaken. Across the country, you’ll find more than 35 climbing centres, ranging from impressive top-rope walls to modern bouldering gyms and challenging lead climbing facilities. The Dutch climbing scene is surprisingly active and continues to grow every year. If you’ve visited both countries—the climbing gyms of the Netherlands and the rocks of the United Kingdom—you’ve probably

At the end of October 2025, ABC Walls & Development through Change hosted the inaugural inclusive climbing conference. Aim2Change was imagined and created by a steering group of disabled people, and aimed to shine a light on inclusive climbing.

As the autumn chill sets in and the dark days come we thought there’s no better time to cozy up and draw inspiration from some incredible climbing stories. In this blog we recommend a few of our favourite short climbing films from paraclimbers around the world, each overcoming challenges in their own indivdiual way. Get ready to be moved, motivated, and perhaps even rethink your own perceived limits. "By a Thread" by Philipp Hrozek Length - 15min This film delves into the wor