One piece of advice that has allowed me to climb way harder grades: If you are stuck on a section of a climb, and you mind your mind racing about how “bad” a hold is, or looking at all the things you can’t use, your stuck in an unhelpful thought pattern. Instead, when I find myself in these tough positions I look for “options”, my eyes look around for things I CAN use. It seems obvious, but looking for options rather than just thinking about the lack of them allows you to notice holds or consider moves you won’t think of just sitting there thinking “this crimp sucks”

Hey everyone, more free helpful content just dropped for your climbing! These are my most effective tactics for projecting/ climbing really high grades! Check them out, have fun, and climb hard! Quick Link to Projecting Drills Here

Wanted to make a short post with all the links to helpful information! Click this post to see the links: - Footwork Drills - Dynamic Moves 101 - Route Planning 101 - Foothold Basics Enjoy :)

I was climbing with a friend recently they had poor foot placements. When I was starting out, I had this issue as well. One of my coaches recommended a drill to make my foot placements as quiet as possible. You don’t have to do this all the time to get the benefits, just try on something easy to you for a few climbs and see if it help. cheers. p.s. 6 week online climbing bootcamp starts July 2nd shoot me a message to apply to join!

Hey Next Grade Academy family! 109+ members I’m so stoked you’re all here. If you download the app (Skool) this community is much easier to use + there’s free courses (x4) in the classroom section. Also, I wanted to share some inspirational movies and books based on climbing I love. Below I have a list of my hit list, no fluff just great content. I’ve watched all of these movies multiple times, some of the books I have read twice. All heavily focused on climbing and inspired me to be a better climber Movies: Valley uprising Meru The dawn wall The alpinist Free solo Books: Touching the void - Joe Simpson Classic Krakaur - Jon Krakauer Either Dreams - by Jon Krakauer The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers - by Arno Ilgner Alone on the wall - Alex Honnald Push - Tommy Caldwell P.S. I’ve been making a new long video each week, but I’m on an adventure in Peru with family currently, so I will not be able to make any videos for the first 3 weeks of may BUT then I’m in Vancouver back in the mountains so I can start pumping out great resources for everyone. So stoked for that Thanks for all the support so far! Let’s keep the good vibes going. Old photo from “sky walker” I 5.9(?) trad multi pitch in Squamish!!