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Bouldering Babes: Essential Gear & Tips to Start Climbing 🧗♀️✨
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items My bf convinced me to try indoor bouldering, and I thought it’d be a one-time thing. Turns out, I loved it! I’m sharing all the essentials and extra tips to help any woman starting her bouldering journey! #BoulderingForBeginners #WomenWhoClimb #Climb...
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Bouldering Gear Essentials
Bouldering Extras
Bouldering Inspiration
Bouldering Gear Essentials
Everything you need to start bouldering.
You can perfectly start bouldering without a bag, especially if you are new! However, once you start advancing, chalk will be your best friend to keep your hands dry and give you more grip! The bag is also handy to carry other stuff like your phone, ...
Bouldering Chalk Bag
This helps sooo much! Especially when you are advancing, this extra grip will give you that extra confidence to go that little bit further!
Climbing Chalk
If you are just trying it out to see if bouldering is for you, you can usually rent some shoes at the indoor bouldering gym. However, if you like it and plan to continue, buy your own shoes! You don't have to go expensive, beginner shoes will last yo...
Climbing Shoes
Again, something you don't need when you first start out, but comes in handy as you progress! The brush is used to clean holds of excess chalk and dirt to improve your grip.
Climbing & Bouldering Brush
You need to have a water bottle with you! I really like this one because it's super light and I can take it with me for hiking, outdoor sports, biking, etc.
Water Bottle
You don't need special sportswear to start bouldering! You just want something comfortable, breathable and light. I always wear the sport jogging from H&M Move, which I really recommend because can also wear it for other sports like yoga, running...
Sports Leggings
I just like to wear a very light and stretchy t-shirt, again the H&M Move ones are great! I also use them for other sports and even vacation hiking trips, so very good all-rounders! Lightweight and breathable.
Sports Top
Don't worry about spending on a sports shirt! Any shirt will do. Just get started!
Sports Top in DryMove™
Bouldering Extras
Extras that aren’t necessary but make your bouldering experience more enjoyable.
Tip from a woman: You'll want a thick, fast-absorbing hand cream so you can do multiple layers! After a good session your hands will look red, dry and just plain irritated. A good hand cream will provide relief! I really like this one, but you can pi...
Hand cream!
Again, a tip that only a woman will give you, if you have long hair like I do, just leaving it like that while bouldering is annoying! I always use crunchies or something in a braid so you don't have to worry about your own hair!
Scrunchies
So you are really into bouldering and want to train your finger strength at home? This cool tool can really help to train different levels of finger strength!
Hanging Practice & Finger Strength Board
Maybe a random tip, but after bouldering you get tired and especially in winter you get cold, so there is nothing better than cuddling up in a warm fleece and going home!
A Warm Fleece!
Bouldering Inspiration
Bouldering inspo to learn and help you level up your skills.
This YouTube channel is a great resource for anyone interested in bouldering. It offers lots of insights, techniques, and tips to help you learn and improve your skills. I highly recommend it!
YouTube: Lattice Training
A very good video if you are just a newbie!
YouTube Recommendation: What I wish I would've known when I started bouldering | 5 ESSENTIAL TIPS
She shares amazing little tips that have really helped me in my techniques!
YouTube Recommendation: ROAP Coaching