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Welcome to our Blog where you will find a large collection of informative articles and videos for new and experienced climbers, runners and outdoor enthusiasts.

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The Flash: Rock+Run Blog

La Sportiva designer Pietro Dal Pra explains the design ethic of the Theory; a high performance bouldering and sport climbing shoe, designed for maximum feel and surface contact.
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Here are a few fun ways to keep your fitness up and your mind active through lockdown...

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Building a strong base in climbing is essential to work from. David Mason shows you how to build a concrete frame so you're not trying to jump from sand.
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Dave MacLeod talks below about he's managed to stay motivated throughout his 25 Years of climbing and about accepting set backs and keeping moving forward.

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A detailed look at the Moon Fingerboard, combining a review of its features and an advanced training workout.
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Climbing in Switzerland film, with its stunning glacial river boulders to the pinewood forest blocs and from short powerful problems to some palm sweating highballs.
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Pleasing to the eye, a pleasure to pull on and fashioned from a renewable resource, are just three (good) reasons why Metolius Wood Grips have rapidly become some of my favourite home training holds.
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Moon Athlete Buster Martin has a quick fire video on how to improve your footwork and your confidence in your feet when climbing indoors and outdoors.
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In 1999, the 18 year old climbing phenom Chris Sharma roamed the American West with Obe Carrion in a beat up old RV, visiting the best emerging bouldering areas and establishing hundreds of problems.
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Climbing athlete Dave Macleod talks through how to stay consistent when training in any sport. He talks about coming back from an injury and building a foundation.
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The video is by Moon athlete David Mason, and he talks through Deadhang training using the Moon Deadhang rung. 
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Back at the start of the year, when we were setting our 2020 climbing goals, I can't imagine that anyone was thinking about the Coronavirus outbreak and how it would be impacting not only our climbing...
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Perhaps you can’t get down the climbing gym as easily as you’d like, or you’re simply looking for a way to top-up your training regime. Either way, having access to a home fingerboard, or hangboard as they're sometimes known, is a great option to have. 
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Scarpa define the Spark as an ‘Alpine Trail’ shoe, which suggests its principal market is the off-road, but not off-track contingent.
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The Evolv Shaman is hardly a new shoe, in fact it first hit the shelves way back in 2011. The very fact that I’m now on my my third pair of Shamans may allude to what follows.
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Coming in at a mere 75g, the Actik Core is barely noticeable and its minimal weight and compact, one-piece chassis means it doesn’t move around whilst you’re on the run or jolting down a steep gully. 
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Paul Tierney set out on an epic adventure to summit all 214 Alfred Wainwright Lake District peaks in one go. His goal was to try and beat the record time of 6 days 13 hours and 1 minute, set five years earlier by fellow fell runner Steve Birkinshaw.
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Straight away I’m going to say that, from day one, I have loved theses axes. I’ve felt very comfortable using the Ergonomic as my go-to Dry tooling and Competition axe.
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Edelrid TC ProDry DT is a mouthful, so what does it all mean? Over the past 6 months, consisting of various climbing trips, I’ve been testing this top of the line rope to find out. 
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A great little film, focussing on British boulderer Dan Turner, following his obsession and commitment to bouldering and training.
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Check out this really nice video showcasing Jimmy Webb's tough battle with the legendary and somewhat infamous Lucid Dreaming (V15/8C!).
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Base Jumper Tom Erik Heimen and trail runner Kilian Jornet "race" up and down the iconic Romsdalshorn (1550m) in Norway.
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The sun is low in the sky and sharp, the ground frozen and the friction perfect. Winter is the season to punish your skin and test your power on the UK’s varied and high quality rocks, boulders and mini crags.
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