Climbing
Training fingers without wrecking them
Finger tendons and pulleys adapt far more slowly than muscle. Almost every finger injury in climbing comes from that mismatch, and it is entirely predictable.
Topic
injury
Every Extreme Sports Adventures article tagged injury — 2 pieces across 1 section.
Climbing
Falling well: the skill nobody teaches until after the injury
Lead falls are a normal part of climbing and most people learn to take them badly, by accident, over years. There is a technique, and it can be learned deliberately in an afternoon.