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Underappreciated reality of climbing performance: it’s about time. If there is a secret ingredient to climbing performance, it’s time. On the rocks, a climber who spends 5 hours a week climbing outside will usually out-perform a climber who trains 10 hours a week and doesn’t go outside. A climber who spends 10 years hangboarding aContinue reading “What is climbing performance’s secret ingredient?”

Hi there! I am Jesse Firestone. One time, my friends started calling me J-Fire, for better or worse. I started climbing in 2007, in a humble converted racquetball court at my university. I remember those days well. I was instantly hooked on the joy and simplicity of the movement. It’s not an understatement to sayContinue reading “About Jesse”